A preflop raising war just broke out between Steven Kelly and Cole Jackson that resulted in the former being all in for roughly 65,000, which meant there was a monster 130,000 pot on the line!
Kelly:
Jackson:
The table was in awe of the two hands and at the size of the pot. As a few players from other tables surrounded the table the dealer burned and put out the flop. Kelly was way out in front and looking to dodge an ace. The dealer burned and turned the . The table reacted in disbelief as Jackson spiked his card to leave Kelly drawing to the case king. The dealer burned one last time and put out the on the river, the last card a clearly upset Kelly would see in Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
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The big blinds are forcing the action, and as such the chips are flying. One man who is benefitting greatly is Mike Doucette, who appears to be our chip leader halfway through Level 14. We're not quite sure how he got them all, but we do know he is sitting on a stack of around 240,000.
We happened upon the action with the board showing and Sean Hegarty, in the big blind, called the 18,000 bet of Brent Hanks from the cutoff.
Hegarty checked the turn at which time Hanks moved all in for more. After a solid 4-minute tank, Hegarty made the call. Hegarty revealed for top pair and the winning hand against the of Hanks.
Matt Waxman has been on an up-and-down ride throughout Day 2, but it just hit a high note when he cracked Jose Nadal's pocket queens.
It happened when Waxman opened for 8,000 from early position only to have Nadal three-bet all in for 51,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded, Waxman called and the cards were turned up.
Waxman:
Nadal:
It was a flip, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Nadal had a 56.55% chance of surviving the hand. With that said, Waxman had a 43.03% chance of winning the hand so it was essentially a flip.
The flop was disaster for Nadal as it took his lead away by pairing Waxman's ace. Nadal's chances of survival dropped to a meager 8.78%, and went down to 4.55% when the dealer burned and turned the . Nadal needed a queen on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off.
Paul Wasicka knows a thing or two about going deep in large no-limit hold'em field; after all, he did finish runner-up to Jamie Gold back in the 8,773-player strong 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event for $6,102,499. Wasicka barely missed out on his first gold bracelet then, and his hopes of attaining it now, seven years later, has come to an end.
It happened when he moved all in from the cutoff with and was called by Cole Jackson, who held in the small blind. The board ended up containing three paint cards, but they were all jacks. Jackson made jacks full of fours to send Wasicka to the rail.
Nick Abou Risk raised to 20,000 and Amit Makhija reraised to 46,000. Abou Risk went all in and Makhija immediately called. Abou Risk tabled and was up against Makhija's . The board came giving Makhija the double up and crippling Abou Risk.
Abou Risk was eliminated on the very next hand when he went all in under the gun for his final 50,000. He found a caller in Eric Baldwin from the big blind. Abou Risk held and Baldwin showed . Baldwin hit a pair on a board of to eliminate Abou Risk in 17th place.
Scott Yelton limped into the pot from mid position, Amit Makhija, the small blind, called and Ronald Crabtree, the big blind, checked his option.
Makhija led for 25,000 on a flop of . Crabtree went all in for his final 70,000 and Yelton folded. When the hands were tabled, Makhija had and Crabtree . The turn and the river did not improve Crabetree's hand and he was eliminated in 16th place.
After taking a big hit post break, James Beard had been struggling as a short stack for the last and final level of today's play. He pushed all-in a few times before he was eventually called by Brent Hanks and eliminated from the tournament.
Beard got it in under the gun with , lofting in his remaining 6,800 into the pot. He was called by Hanks, who showed . The board came , giving Hanks a pair of queens and missing Beard, who was awarded $13,805 for 14th-place finish.
flop. Kelly was way out in front and looking to dodge an ace. The dealer burned and turned the 
. The table reacted in disbelief as Jackson spiked his card to leave Kelly drawing to the case king. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
on the river, the last card a clearly upset Kelly would see in Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
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and Sean Hegarty, in the big blind, called the 18,000 bet of Brent Hanks from the cutoff.
at which time Hanks moved all in for more. After a solid 4-minute tank, Hegarty made the call. Hegarty revealed 
for top pair and the winning hand against the 
of Hanks.
flop was disaster for Nadal as it took his lead away by pairing Waxman's ace. Nadal's chances of survival dropped to a meager 8.78%, and went down to 4.55% when the dealer burned and turned the 
peeled off.
and was called by Cole Jackson, who held 
while Flores showed 
, and Yelton's jacks held up against Flores's tens.
and was up against Makhija's 
and Baldwin showed 
river did not improve Crabetree's hand and he was eliminated in 16th place.
