Preflop Adam Shuman made a raise to 12,000 from the button. He was called by Russell Crane in the small blind and Christopher Rauscher in the big blind. On the flop, Rauscher made a bet of 10,500. He was only called by Shuman.
The turn was the and this time Rauscher fired again for 12,500. Once again Shuman called.
On the river, Rauscher slowed down with a check. This prompted Shuman to make a bet of 17,500. Eventually Rauscher made the call.
Shuman showed for a flush, but Rausher showed for a rivered flush and he scooped the pot.
The flop was on the board with Paul Wasicka and Joseph Pergola both all in. Wasicka was in the lead with against Pergola's for a flush draw. The turn gave Pergola the lead and Wasicka saw received no help from the river.
Action folded to Dan Gannon in the small blind who moved all in for 151,500. He was called by the player in the big blind with a covering stack.
Gannon:
Big Blind:
Gannon was in trouble and he needed help, but he didn't get it on the flop. The turn was just what he needed though and the gave Gannon his three outer. He still needed to fade a though, and he did so when the came on the river to give him a full house.
Gannon has a little more life in him now as he has surpassed the 300,000 chip mark.
The flop of was showing as we heard Eric Lindgren announce "all in" from middle position. There was one other player in the 30,000 pot and that was the big blind. After some thought, The big blind called for a little less.
Lindgren:
Big Blind:
The turn improved Lindgren's hand but he couldn't fade the on the river.
Bryan Micon open shoved the last of his chip, roughly 100,000, all in before the flop from middle position. Action folded to Hunter Frey in the small blind who made the call with a covering stack. The big blind folded and the two players showed their hands.
Micon:
Frey:
It was a flip for Micon but he would need to catch up to stay alive. The board of did not bring him what he needed, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
The money was all in preflop between Simon Lam holding and Mark Wahba with . The board came and Wahba was eliminated after leading the field in chips at the start of the day.
On a flop of , Hunter Frey bet out 31,500 chips. Another player in middle position raised to 120,000. Action on Jedidiah Hoffman, he raised all in.
Action folded back to Frey who folded, but the player who reraised Frey went into the tank. He took off his hat, rubbed his head, asked for a count and finally after about a minute of theatrics, made the call.
Hoffman was in good shape as he had flopped a set with and his opponent would need to catch some running cards with . The ended it for Hoffman as his opponent was already drawing dead, but the dealer put out the on the river anyways.
After that double Hoffman has moved into the realm of respectability and now has one of the largest stacks in the room.
Our first elimination came at the hands of Chris Hunichen when he called the all in from Christopher Rauscher under the gun. Hunichen had against Rauscher's . The board ran out and Hunichen is stacking more chips.
The second elimination saw Damien Lhommeau hit the rail when his could not improve against his opponent's .
As a result of these eliminations, we are redrawing and moving to the other side of the Amazon Room.
Just before the break Grant Curnow got into a confrontation with Hiren Patel. The two players were all in preflop with Patel holding and Curnow holding . The board ran out granting Patel the elimination and sending Curnow home.
![[user217945]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop, Rauscher made a bet of 10,500. He was only called by Shuman.
and this time Rauscher fired again for 12,500. Once again Shuman called.
river, Rauscher slowed down with a check. This prompted Shuman to make a bet of 17,500. Eventually Rauscher made the call.
for a flush, but Rausher showed 
for a rivered flush and he scooped the pot.
flop was on the board with Paul Wasicka and Joseph Pergola both all in. Wasicka was in the lead with 
against Pergola's 
for a flush draw. The 
turn gave Pergola the lead and Wasicka saw received no help from the 
flop. The turn was just what he needed though and the 
gave Gannon his three outer. He still needed to fade a 
though, and he did so when the 
came on the river to give him a full house.
was showing as we heard Eric Lindgren announce "all in" from middle position. There was one other player in the 30,000 pot and that was the big blind. After some thought, The big blind called for a little less.
and his opponent would need to catch some running cards with 
ended it for Hoffman as his opponent was already drawing dead, but the dealer put out the 
on the river anyways.
.
. The board ran out 
granting Patel the elimination and sending Curnow home.
