[Removed:17] was short when he got his last 625 all in preflop holding and found himself up against an opponent's . The flop was no help to Yan, and he watched helplessly as both the turn and river blanked to put an early end to his Event #4.
Preflop action exploded between Bruno Kawauti, Dylan Wilkerson, and the player in the hijack that resulted in a three-way all-in pot.
Wilkerson:
Kawauti:
Hijack:
Wilkerson was all in for 1,575, which meant Kawauti and the hijack were also playing for a 6,000 side pot. The flop was as dry as could be, and the turn kept Wilkerson well out in front. Kawauti looked as if he would suffer the most, but then the spiked on the river.
The case ace gave Wilkerson the triple with a full house, but it also gave Kawauti a pair of aces to win the side pot and send the hijack to the rail.
"Unbelievable how I am running down under," Ray Henson said on Twitter. Indeed, he had just found himself on the wrong end of a set-over-set situation.
It happened when he called a raise from the big blind in a six-way pot. The flop saw action explode between him and Jason Aksoy, who had limped preflop. By the end of it all, Henson was all in for 5,450 and the rest of the players had folded.
Aksoy:
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Henson was on the bad end of set over set, and Aksoy had him covered by just 100 in chips. Neither the turn nor river were the case ten Henson needed, and he was terminated in Level 2 while Aksoy collected the $500 bounty.
On a five-way flop of , Brian McAllister moved all in for 2,525 chips and the opponent in seat two went over the top for 3,750 chips. The player in the big blind took some time before releasing his cards and McAllister needed help to avoid the elimination.
McAllister:
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The on the turn secured the double up for the finalist of the Accumulator Event and the meaningless completed the board.
Jeff Madsen opened for 125 under the gun and received a call from a player in middle position. Former Octo-Niner Russell Thomas then called from the button, [Removed:17] came along from the big blind, and four players saw a flop of . Three checks put action on Thomas, and he bet 300. One by one his opponents folded, and Thomas won the pot.
Not much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on some chip counts.
We missed the action unfold, but we do know that action exploded on a flop between Dale West and two other players. The trio got all the chips in, and West had both covered with the best hand.
West:
Opponent #1:
Opponent #2:
The turn was of no consequence, and the river actually improved West to a flush. He scored the double elimination, which means he has already locked up $1,000 in bounties.
With 800 in the pot and a board reading , the player in the big blind bet 350 and Millionaire Maker champ Jonathan Dimmig raised to 900 from the under-the-gun position. The big blind thought long and hard before making the call, and then both players checked when the put three clubs on board.
The big blind tabled the for a pair of aces, but it was no good as Dimmig held two pair with the .
Meanwhile, Jack Salter became an early elimination from the tournament.
Another table has opened up to accommodate some late registrants, and once again the table is chock-full of pros including Crown regular Michael Kanaan; American Ray Henson; Canadians Mohsin Charania and Mike Watson; and Slovenia's all-time money winner Casey Kastle.
With 1,525 in the pot and a board reading , 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Ryan Riess checked from the big blind and Brazil's Bernardo Castilho bet 1,100. The player on the button flatted, Riess folded, and it was heads-up action to the river.
Castilho kept the pressure on with a bet of 1,300, and this time it did the trick as his opponent snap-folded his cards. It was a kind first level for the Brazilian, but not so much for Riess, who is down to about half the starting stack.