Michael Kanaan moved all in under the gun for his last 1,450 and received a call from Phil Ward in the hijack. The rest of the players folded and it was off to the races.
Kanaan:
Ward:
Kanaan was in need of some help, and he found some when he paired his queen on the flop. The turn meant all he needed to do to double was dodge a five on the river, but that proved easier said than done as the spiked. Kanaan let an expletive go and then made a hasty exit from the tournament floor.
From under the gun, Paul Birman moved all in for 2,375 chips and got called by the player in the small blind.
Birman:
Opponent:
The flop immediately delivered the over card and the turn as well as the river were of no help either. Birman smiled in defeat, wished everyone good luck and left the tournament area.
"Oh man, I trapped you. Busted flush draw maybe?" David Bowen was quite upset about the 3,500 bet of Aik-Chuan Nee out of the big blind on the river of a river and there were 2,600 chips in the middle. More than what Bowen still had. He kept talking himself into making a decision and eventually folded, heading disgruntled into the break.
[Removed:17]'s ride in the Six Max event has come to an end, responsible for his elimination was Bruno Portaro. Yan, also known as "MissOracle", was at risk with for the nut flush draw on the flop but his opponent had spiked a set of sixes. Both the turn and river bricked and Yan was gone.
On the turn, the player in the small blind check-raised all in for 4,900 chips and Kahle Burns eventually ended up folding after putting in 1,400 of his own chips. As courtesy, he got shown and said in table chat that he had folded . "If you had 1,000 chips less, I would have called," he said.
With about 1,200 in the pot on the board, Steve Gee bet, and then Sam Higgs raised all in for 1,550. Gee called with the for top pair, but he was behind the for Higgs.
The completed the board on the river, and Higgs doubled up to back over 4,000 in chips. Gee dipped back to 9,000.
Mike Leah was the initial raiser preflop and called a bet of 600 of the player in the big blind on the turn. The appeared on the river and his opponent threw in two red T-500 chips. Leah joked towards his opponent "okay, I give you one" and tossed in a T-1,000 chip to muck when shown .