Hand #5: KT Park opened for 20,000, James Park called and Shawn Silber called from the big. All three players checked the flop, the turned and KT bet 28,000 after Silber checked to him. James made the call, Silber folded and the completed the board on the river. KT checked, James bet 53,000 and KT thought for well over a minute before folding his cards.
Hand #6: Eric Shanks opened for 20,000 and Noah Schwartz called from the button. Shawn Silber came along from the small blind and then Brandon Crawford did the same from the big, leading to a flop. Three checks saw Schwartz fire out 38,000, only Crawford called and the dealer burned and turned the . Crawford checked, Schwartz bet 87,000 and Crawford hit the tank. Eventually he emerged and moved all in, which Schwartz snap-called.
Crawford:
Schwartz:
Schwartz had flopped the nut straight while Crawford, who if you recall finished as the Day 1 chip leader, held three pair. That meant Crawford needed one of his cards to pair on the river, and although the paired the board, it wasn't the card he needed.
Crawford exited the ESPN Main Stage to a nice round of applause on his way to the payout desk to collect $19,909.
Hand #65: Eric Shanks reraised the pot after Shawn Silber opened for a raise. Silber reraised all in, and Shanks called.
Shanks:
Silber:
The board came , and Silber never had a real hope of catching up to Shanks' kings, so he was forced to double his opponent up.
Hand #66: Eddie Blumenthal raised to 40,000, finding no callers.
Hand #67: Noah Schwartz raised to 40,000, and David Greene reraised to 170,000. Josh Pollock repotted from the small blind, and Schwartz folded. Greene called off his remaining chips.
Pollock:
Greene:
Pollock improved to a full house on the board, eliminating Greene.
Hand #90: Noah Schwartz opened for 65,000 from the small blind and Shawn Silber folded from the big.
Hand #91: Eddie Blumenthal raised the pot to 84,000 from the cutoff only to have Noah Schwartz reraise to 250,000 from the button. Blumenthal made the call and then moved all in on the flop. Schwartz made a quick call and the hands were tabled.
Blumenthal:
Schwartz:
Schwartz was well out in front with his pair of aces; in fact, after the dealer burned and turned the , Blumenthal needed a ten on the river to survive. Unfortunately for the Wisconsinite, it wasn't in the cards as the blanked. This marked the second seventh-place finish for Blumenthal at the 2013 WSOP, the other coming in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event.
Hand #92: Noah Schwartz and Shawn Silber checked a flop, and the turn was . Schwartz bet 65,000, and Silber called. The river was , and both players checked. Schwartz showed to take the pot.
Hand #93: Josh Pollock raised to 50,000. He took the pot.
Hand #94: James Park raised to 50,000 from the button, and Pollock called from the big blind. The flop came , and both players checked. A put trips on the board, and two more checks resulted. The river was a , and Pollock bet out 50,000. Park called. Pollock's in the hole was good.
Hand #95: Eric Shanks raised to 50,000 from the button, and Pollock made it 162,000 from the small blind. Shanks repotted to go all in, and Pollock called.
Shanks:
Pollock:
A flop of gave Pollock hope despite being far behind preflop. A turn gave him a flush, and a river finished out the board.
Hand #130: Shawn Silber raised to 140,000. Josh Pollock put Silber all in, and Silber called.
Silber:
Pollock:
The flop came , keeping Silber's aces in the lead but giving Pollock a gutshot straight draw. An turn added more outs to Pollock's hand, as now either a five or a ten would make his straight. The river came a , and Silber's aces had been toppled, ending his run.
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Hand #131: James Park raised to 80,000 on the button and Josh Pollock called from the small blind. Noah Schwartz came along from the big and three players saw a flop of . All three players checked to see the turn and Pollock checked. Schwartz bet just over 200,000, James raised the pot, Pollock folded and Schwartz three-bet it. James called off and as it turned out was freerolling.
James:
Schwartz:
Unfortunately for James, his freeroll wouldn't come in as the useless peeled off. Chop it up.
Hand #132: Noah Schwartz raised to 120,000 from the small blind and won the pot.
Hand #133: KT Park made it 120,000 to go from the small blind only to have James Park three-bet the pot. KT got his short stack in and the cards were tabled.
KT:
James:
James was ahead with sevens, though he improved to a pair of tens on the flop. KT picked up a gutshot straight draw to go with his threes and overs, but neither the turn nor river would deliver him salvation. With that, KT Park shook hands with the remaining players and then exited the tournament in fourth place.
Hand #146: James Park called from the small blind, Josh Pollock checked his option and the flop fell . Park bet 50,000, Pollock called and the turned. Park slowed down with a check and Pollock did the same. Action repeated itself on the river and Pollock showed for sevens and threes, which was good enough to win.
Hand #147: James Park opened for 80,000 from the button and Noah Schwartz defended from the big blind. Schwartz checked the flop and Park bet 130,000. Schwartz then woke up with a check-raise to 350,000 and Park quickly folded.
Hand #148: Noah Schwartz raised to 100,000 from the small blind and won the pot.
Hand #150: James Park raised the pot (120,000) from the small blind and pushed Josh Pollock off the big blind.
Hand #151: Noah Schwartz got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #152: Noah Schwartz made it 120,000 from the small blind only to have James Park raise the pot. Schwartz three-bet it and Park called off.
Park:
Schwartz:
Park got it in with a pair of queens but was behind Schwartz's kings. The flop paired Schwartz's ace and kept him in the lead. The turn improved Schwartz to a set and left Park in need of either a jack or club on the river, but the was no help. Park was eliminated in third place for $108,090.
Hand #198: Noah Schwartz opened for 150,000, Josh Pollock called and the flop came down . Pollock checked, Schwartz bet 200,000 and Pollock called. The turn saw Pollock lead out for 450,000 and Schwartz make the call. The river prompted Pollock to bet and Schwartz to bet 550,000. Pollock made a quick call with the for a flush, which bested Schwartz's three tens.
Hand #215: Noah Schwartz raised to 155,000, and Josh Pollock called. He then checked the flop, and Pollock checked 200,000. Pollock raised the pot, and Schwartz called off the last of his chips.
Schwartz:
Pollock:
Both players had flopped straights, but Pollock's was better. Schwartz was already drawing dead, and the and completed the board.
flop, the 
turned and KT bet 28,000 after Silber checked to him. James made the call, Silber folded and the 
completed the board on the river. KT checked, James bet 53,000 and KT thought for well over a minute before folding his cards.
flop. Three checks saw Schwartz fire out 38,000, only Crawford called and the dealer burned and turned the 
. Crawford checked, Schwartz bet 87,000 and Crawford hit the tank. Eventually he emerged and moved all in, which Schwartz snap-called.
paired the board, it wasn't the card he needed.
board, eliminating Greene.
, Blumenthal needed a ten on the river to survive. Unfortunately for the Wisconsinite, it wasn't in the cards as the 
to take the pot.
, keeping Silber's aces in the lead but giving Pollock a gutshot straight draw. An 
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. Pollock checked, Schwartz bet 200,000 and Pollock called. The 
for a flush, which bested Schwartz's three tens.
