On a flop we witnessed a lot of action. Ryan Hartmann had checked from the big blind and the player under-the-gun had made it 15,500. Brent Becker on the button made the call and now the action was back on Hartmann. He shoved all in for about 43,000 and the player under-the-gun folded. Becker on the button made the call though and must have been feeling pretty good with his . There were only two hands he was in trouble against but unfortunately for him, Hartmann had one of them: for the flopped wheel. If the board would pair all things would change. They did not, though only low cards would come. The on the turn and on the river didn't change the situation and Hartmann would find a full double-up, plus some extra from the under-the-gun player.
We missed the exact action pre flop but Kevin MacPhee told us he had three bet from the big blind, so there was already some chips in the middle when the action escalated. On a flop MacPhee bet 12,200 and he insta-called as his opponent shoved all in for 42,400 effectively. MacPhee turned over while his opponent, who was seated in middle position, had flopped a set of eights in this already big pot with .
MacPhee stood up from his chair and was already emotionally out of the tournament, when the hit the turn. The on the river didn't change the situation and MacPhee sat back in his seat. MacPhee now has about 114,000.
Ryan Riess started at a tough first table but had 84,600 to start with. He lost some early on, and the rest of the chips are gone now as well.
He shoved all in under the gun for about 10,000 and was looked up by Christopher Scott in early position. All other players folded and the cards had to be shown. Riess was in trouble with his , he was dominated by Scott's . With | as the board on the turn, there was some hope for a split pot if another would pop up, but Riess had no such luck. The on the river was a blank and Riess had to leave the tournament area.
Tue Phan started out the day second in chips with 115,000, but he has lost all those chips by now, handing the keys to the kingdom to Brian Odonoghue.
We picked up the action on the turn as Phan bet 7,000 on . Odonoghue raised it up to 22,000 and Phan made the call. The turn brought the to the table and Phan check called a 14,000 bet by Odonoghue. The river was the and Phan checked again. Odonoghue put his opponent all in for his last 55,000 and after three minutes of tanking, Phan decided to call.
Odonoghue showed for the nut flush and Phan tabled . That big pot made Odonoghue into one of the chipleaders, while Phan departed probably wondering 'what could have been'.
We missed the precise pre flop action but we're sure Schleger was all in pre flop with from the button. He was up against James St. Hilaire who held the better hand with . The flop gave Schleger a pair and that one would hold from there on out: | | . St. Hilaire had to give Schleger another 3,400 but there was already something out there in the main pot. Schleger now has
Russell Crane opened from early position to 3,500 and saw Brent Becker three bet to 10,000 from middle position. Crave made the cal and both players checked the flop. Crave bet out 9,200 when the dealer put the on the turn. Becker made the call and both players went back to checking once the popped up on the river. Crane showed his and the duckies were enough to make Backer muck. Both players are still up for the day, Crane now lots.
Govert Metaal lost a lot of chips early on in the day, but is in great shape again after he doubled twice. First he opened the button to 3,500 with and he called as the big blind shoved on him for 22,300 total. The big blind had and his kicker would play no part in it with | | on the table.
Not much later Govert Metaal opened again, this time to 3,400 from the cut off. His next door neighbor, Noah Sandler, raised it up to 8,000 from the button. After both blinds folded, Metaal clicked back the action to 13,200 and called as Sandler shoved for 46,800 effectively. Metaal showed his and Sandler showed .
Metaal wasn't out of the woods yet though, as Sandler flopped a draw about as good as they could come: . Fortunately for Metaal both the turn () and river () bricked and he found his double up. Sandler, in the meantime, still has a very healthy stack of about 160,000.
flop we witnessed a lot of action. Ryan Hartmann had checked from the big blind and the player under-the-gun had made it 15,500. Brent Becker on the button made the call and now the action was back on Hartmann. He shoved all in for about 43,000 and the player under-the-gun folded. Becker on the button made the call though and must have been feeling pretty good with his 
. There were only two hands he was in trouble against but unfortunately for him, Hartmann had one of them: 
for the flopped wheel. If the board would pair all things would change. They did not, though only low cards would come. The 
on the turn and 
on the river didn't change the situation and Hartmann would find a full double-up, plus some extra from the under-the-gun player.
flop MacPhee bet 12,200 and he insta-called as his opponent shoved all in for 42,400 effectively. MacPhee turned over 
while his opponent, who was seated in middle position, had flopped a set of eights in this already big pot with 
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hit the turn. The 
, he was dominated by Scott's 
. With 
as the board on the turn, there was some hope for a split pot if another 
would pop up, but Riess had no such luck. The 
. Odonoghue raised it up to 22,000 and Phan made the call. The turn brought the 
from the button. He was up against James St. Hilaire who held the better hand with 
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. St. Hilaire had to give Schleger another 3,400 but there was already something out there in the main pot. Schleger now has
on the turn. Becker made the call and both players went back to checking once the 
popped up on the river. Crane showed his 
and the duckies were enough to make Backer muck. Both players are still up for the day, Crane now lots.
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on the table.
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