Action folded to Chris Viox in the small blind and he shoved for about 16,000. Markus Garberg called in the big blind and when Viox stood pat, Garberg went into the tank for about three minutes. He opted not to break his hand and stood pat, much to the dismay of Viox.
"Bad jack," said Viox.
"Same," said Garberg, as he tabled .
Viox took another look at his hand, but mucked, surrendering the pot to Garberg.
Markus Garberg moved all in for 31,500 from under the gun and the action folded to Samuel Touil, who shoved over the top from the button. Both blinds folded and the action was heads up.
Garberg took one card and Touil stood pat, showing .
Garberg showed and he was looking to catch a nine, seven, five or deuce in order to stay alive. Garberg squeezed his final card and stood up as soon as he discovered it was a paint card. Garberg tabled a and hit the rail in 14th place.
Orjan Skommko raised to 6,000 in second position and Shunjiro Uchida three-bet shoved on the button for roughly 47,000. After a few moments Skommo opted to call, drawing one card. Uchida stood pat.
Skommo: - drew one
Uchida: - stood pat
Skommo quickly turned over a to make a seventy-six, ending Uchida's tournament in 13th place.
German soccer star Max Kruse just scored a knockout, as he busted Scott Blackman in 12th place. Kruse raised to 5,000 and Blackman moved all in over the top for 36,600 total. The action folded back to Kruse who looked back down at his cards before making the call.
Both players drew one card.
Kruse showed and he was up against Blackman's . Kruse drew a to turn his hand into a pair of deuces and Blackman was very much alive for a nice double up.
As Blackman squeezed his card hoping for a paint one, he said, "This is not good."
Blackman turned over a and the pair of fives sent him to the rail.
The show gets off to a bumpy start with thanks to a few technical difficulties, but a great story about a David Williams bluff and another about "hood" poker get the ball rolling again. Dan O'Brien then joins the program to talk about his jet ski accident, his Me vs. U challenge against Danielle Andersen, and more.
Joseph Cheong raised to 8,000 in the cutoff and Ali Eslami called from the big blind. Both players drew one, Eslami checked, and Cheong bet effectively 15,000-ish.
Eslami tanked for a bit before he called all in, but mucked when Cheong tabled .
Joseph Cheong raised to 8,000 in the hijack and Scott Abrams called from the big blind. Abrams drew two, Cheong drew one and Abrams checked. Cheong bet 8,000, but was met with a check-raise from Abrams to 24,500. Cheong mulled it over for about a minute before he called with . Abrams couldn't beat it and Cheong collected the pot.
Scott Abrams shoved for about 44,000 from the cutoff and Robin Rightmire called all in from the big blind for roughly 16,000. Rightmire drew two cards while Abrams drew one.
Rightmire: - drew two
Abrams: - drew one
Abrams turned over an to make a ten-eight, while Rightmire turned over a and for a ten-nine, ending his tournament in 10th place.
Orjan Skommo opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and Scott Abrams three-bet-shoved on the button for about 43,000. Joseph Cheong four-bet-shoved from the small blind and Skommo folded. Cheong stood pat, while Abrams drew one.
Cheong: - stood pat
Abrams: -drew one
Abrams squeezed a , ending his run in ninth place.
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