Daniel Blum opened and Andrew Brown defended his big blind. Brown drew two and Blum drew one.
Brown check-called a bet and both players drew one. They then checked, drew one apiece again, and checked again.
"Straight," said Blum tabling 3x4x5x6x7x.
"Ace," replied Brown with Ax8x6x4x3x. "I was calling a bet. On my mother's life."
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Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000
The remaining 59 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Colton Blomberg raised first to act and was called by Brian Brunner in the cutoff. Michael Smith made it three bets to go from the small blind and Jay Kerbel called cold in the big blind. Blomberg then four-bet and everyone called for a bloated four-way pot.
Smith and Blomberg drew one while Kerbel and Brunner took two off on the first draw. Smith then led out for a bet, which was raised by Kerbel. Blomberg made it three bets and Brunner called cold. Smith got out of the way and Kerbel called.
On the second draw, Kerbel and Brunner stood pat and Blomberg drew one. It was then checked to Brunner, who bet. Kerbel folded and Blomberg called.
Both players stood pat on the final draw and Blomberg bet. Brunner raised and Blomberg three-bet. Brunner just called and Blomberg revealed 8x6x5x3x2x. Brunner fanned out 7x5x4x3x2x for the wheel and explained he thought there was one more draw — hence why he didn't raise.
In any case, Brunner was sent the massive pot.
Yueqi Zhu opened and Jon Turner raised. Zhu made it four bets and Turner called.
Both players drew one and checked. Both players drew one again and Zhu bet. Turner called.
Zhu then stood pat and Turner drew one. Zhu check-called a bet but Turner had him beat with 8x6x4x3x2x
Adam Friedman raised from the cutoff and was called by James Tilton in the small blind.
Both players drew two on the first draw and Tilton check-called a bet from Friedman.
On the second draw, both players reduced their draw to one and action checked through.
Friedman and Tilton took one off again on the final draw and Tilton check-folded facing a bet from Friedman after a bit of thought.
Greg "FBT" Mueller was tangling in a hand against Brian Tate when action was picked up on the second draw. Mueller drew one and Tate stood pat. Mueller called a bet from Tate and drew one going into the final draw, with Tate staying pat.
"You know what? I don't want to get raised, so I check," Mueller quipped. Tate quickly checked behind.
"What do I need to beat?" Mueller inquired.
"Eight," Tate responded.
"Eight what?" Mueller insisted.
Tate indicated that any eight would be sufficient, and Mueller fanned out his hand to see if he had gotten there. However, he had paired his trey instead with 3x3x8x4x2x and slipped to a mere four bigs.
Thomas Fuller raised and got three callers in Aaron Cummings, Michael Wagner and Christopher Claassen.
All four players drew two cards. "Fair," said Wagner as action checked to him and he bet. All three opponents called.
On second draw, Claassen drew two, Fuller drew one, Cummings drew two and Wagner drew one. Again it checked to Wagner who bet, and got three calls.
On the final draw, everyone drew one apart from Wagner who stood pat. Again it checked to him and he bet. Claassen and Fuller both folded, but Cummings stuck around and pondered his decision. He called, but mucked when Wagner tabled 7x6x5x4x2x
Heather Alcorn was all in for her last 30,000 pre-draw on the button against Nick Guagenti, who had Alcorn covered from the cutoff.
Both players drew two, then one, then one again on the drawing rounds and Guangenti turned over 9x7x4x3x2x.
Alcorn tabled 5x4x3x2x and squeezed her final draw, which turned out to be a 6x — giving her an unwanted straight to be eliminated.
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