Brian "omahabrian" Battistone bet 3,200 from early position and was shoved on by Maxima in the cutoff for 26,200. Battistone called.
"Maxima": J♠J♣
Brian "omahabrian" Battistone: 6♦6♥
Maxima was well ahead, but Battistone hit a six on the river on the completed board of A♠K♣5♣8♦6♠ to make a set. Maxima opted to rebuy and is back with a starting stack.
Level: 15
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 160
Andrew "drew08144" Connor bet 2,989 from middle position and was shoved on by Justin "kirch25" Kirchhofer for 19,100, which was called by Connor.
Justin "kirch25" Kirchhofer: A♠Q♦
Andrew "drew08144" Connor: 10♣9♣
Despite Connor flopping a flush draw, Kirchhofer improved on every street on the board of Q♣5♣2♦Q♠A♥ to make queens full of aces to get a much-needed double-up.
Level: 14
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 120
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Currently, 1,551 players have paid $500 to enter, creating a prize pool of $927,000. Get in quick if you want to join the action!
Level: 13
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Benjamin "TheChyGuy" Ector bet 1,600 from middle position and "roulettepro" raised to 4,000 from the hijack. Nathan "Forbroke" Blair cold called from the button, which lead to Ector raising to 12,420.
"roulettepro" moved all in for 24,066 and Blair only called once again. Ector moved all in, which covered Blair who called for 91,481.
"roulettepro": Q♠Q♦
Nathan "Forbroke" Blair: A♥A♣
Benjamin "TheChyGuy" Ector: A♠K♦
Blair's passive play worked to perfection, but the flop of Q♥J♥2♥ gave "roulettepro" top set. Blair's fears were soon allayed as the A♦ came on the turn for a better set and improved further when hitting the 5♥ to make the nut flush.
Blair scopped up a massive pot, leaving Ector with crumbs as roulettepro was eliminated.
Keegan "whatsyours" Westover bet 1,600 from under the gun and was immediately raised by Bogdan "Nitazor" Munteanu in early position for 4,000. "vsamba" cold called in the small blind, which didn't deter Westover from reraising to 13,600. Munteanu moved all in for 31,355. "vsamba" folded and Westover called.
Bogdan "Nitazor" Munteanu: A♥A♣
Keegan "whatsyours" Westover: J♠J♦
Munteanu was well ahead, but couldn't have liked the 7♠5♠3♠ flop that gave Westover a flush draw. The 3♥ on the turn changed nothing, but the J♣ gave Westover a set to take a massive pot and catapult into the chip lead. Munteanu decided not to rebuy and exited the tournament.
Level: 12
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 80
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