Eric Spitzer was all in preflop and Aleksandr Gofman had made the call, putting Spitzer at risk.
Spitzer:
Gofman:
Spitzer was way behind and in trouble, needing one of the two remaining fours or running cards. The dealer fanned out a board of and Spitzer was busted in 12th place.
Steven McNally pushed all in from middle position and Michael Souza came over the top from the cutoff before all other players folded their hands.
McNally:
Souza:
Souza was in need of some help if he were to survive the hand, as he had the shorter stack. The board ran out and he didn't find any of the cards he needed. Souza was eliminated in 11th place for $36,975.
As we are now 10-handed, players have been combined and are taking seats on the feature table. We'll have a seating chart with chip stacks shortly.
With fresh beers in the hands of his supporters on the rail, Steven McNally pushed all in from under the gun and found a call in Ronald Sullivan from middle position. Everyone else gave up their hands and we had a race.
Sullivan:
McNally:
The board ran out and McNally scored the big double with his nines.
"Ahhh, that would've sucked if you busted just as we got these beers," his rail said.
"Yeah, these taste so much better now that you just doubled up," another supporter said.
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In the very first hand after break, Matt Stout pushed all in from middle position after Robert Schmidt opened under the gun. Schmidt made the call and the race was on.
Stout:
Schmidt:
Stout was needing to connect somehow to catch up to the pocket pair, and the flop of was no help. The turn was the wrong card for him, but the on the river saved him from elimination.