Dragana Mackelprang, who was 2021's Last Woman Standing in the Main Event (64th), is one of the bigger stacks in Bally's Silver halfway through Level 3.
Gabriel Ramos, who just won a big pot and scored an elimination with quad deuces, is up to 220,000.
The action was picked up on the river in a pot of roughly 25,000. The board was and the small blind led out for 20,000. Halifax, Nova Scotia native Eric Place was in the big blind and moved all in for 34,000 total.
The small blind looked sick but after some thought tossed in a chip for the call. Place showed for a full-house and his opponent shook his head and showed for flopped nut-flush.
Place is part of a poker group called the Nova Scotia Nine which include Colin McHugh, Alex "Cheese9" Allison" and none other than WSOP bracelet winner Alex Livingston.
A large pot was brewing and two players were already all in in a pot worth about 90,000.
The complete board showed . The player in middle position had moved all in for his 31,300. Sidney Farber had snap-jammed all in for 38,000 himself.
David Medeiros sat in the big blind with a big decision. Two players had moved all in and he was at risk with about 27,000 in his stack. After thinking for about three minutes, he called the clock on himself.
Before the floor could get too far into the countdown, Medeiros folded, showing the for the flush.
The middle position player tabled , but Farber had for the best flush.
Farber stacked up huge, Medeiros made the tough fold to live and fight for another pot.
The details of this hand were provided after the fact by the remaining players at the table.
Allen Kessler opened for 1,500 under the gun. Barstool Owen Roeder to his left raised to 3,200, getting a call from the player to his left and from Kessler.
The flop came . Kessler checked to Roeder, who fired for 2,500. Both opponents called.
On the turn, Kessler checked. Roeder bets 12,000. The next player raised to 30,000. Kessler moved all in. Roeder jammed behind, and the third player called.
Allen Kessler:
Owen Roeder:
Opponent 2:
Kessler had turned a full boat, but his opponent made top boat, leaving the Chainsaw drawing dead to quads. The river was a brick, and Kessler was sent to the rail.
Action was caught on the flop with 4,000 in the pot. Francisco Pacheco checked from under the gun before Olivier Chaume bet 3,000 from the next seat over. Eli Elezra called on the button as did Pacheco.
The turn checked through to the river. Chaume bet 6,500 and only Elezra called.
Chaume tabled his for aces full of kings and Elezra sent his cards into the muck.
Three players saw a flop of , creating a pot of about 4,300. Athanasios Polychronopoulos checked first to act, followed by Maria Lampropoulou and Daniel Dyke did the same.
The hit the turn and once checked to, Lampropoulou put in a bet of 3,000. Dyke called and Polychronopoulos mucked.
The completed the board, and Lampropoulou continued to fire, betting 7,000. Dyke wasted little time making the call and Lampropoulou conceded the pot by pushing her cards face down towards the dealer. Dyke politely showed his for a flush on the river as the dealer pushed him the pot.