On a board that read Joel Thomas put out a bet of 26,000 which was enough to put his opponent in Seat 7 all in. His opponent called quickly and Thomas turned over the for the flush.
However, Seat 7 did not immediately relent his stack as he argued that Thomas had only made a bet of 1,500 because no verbal announcement about bet size was made despite Thomas putting in a 25,000 and 1,000 chip. He claimed that due to the similarity in color between the 25,000 and 500 chip that a verbal announcement was necessary. The floor was called over and quickly ruled that it was a valid bet of 26,000 with a call and that the player in Seat 7 was indeed eliminated.
"That's a terrible way to go out" Seat 7 said as he left the table. The table looked at each other in confusion while Thomas stacked his new chips.
Table 49 just saw major action on a flop that involved the elimination of John Laney. It had been multiway to the flop (five or six – including both blinds - calling a preflop raise to generate a pot of 18,000), and there was a bet of 12,000 in front of Patrick Piche, and 21,000 (all-in) in front of Laney, with action on small blind Jonathan Ng. There were two players left to act after him before it got back to initial flop-bettor Piche.
Ng in turn moved all-in over the top of Laney, which prompted folds all around including from Piche, leaving a heads-up showdown.
Laney:
Ng:
Laney failed to hit either of his outs and left with an agreeable, “Y’all have a good one.”
On a flop of , Matthew Kustafik faced a check-raise from the small blind, from 9,500 to 30,000. This effectively committed his opponent’s stack to the pot, and Kustafik thought for a while before taking the plunge with . He covered his opponent, who tabled , and made a higher flush (the board ran out ).
“They held up for once!” said Kustafik, echoing a feeling many players have expressed at the felt.
“You’re good with your aces,” countered a tablemate, “They’re the second aces for you.”
The board read and Jamin Soch was facing an all in bet from his opponent. After thinking it over for a few moments, Soch put in the call. The at risk player in Seat 7 turned over the . Soch frowned in disgust and showed the .
"Wow" exclaimed a player at the table. But the true wow came on the turn when the hit to suddenly vault Soch's hand into the lead. The river was a harmless to confirm the bust out of Seat 7 and give Soch a fortuitous pot.
Seat 7 was a good sport and stood up to graciously shake Soch's hand before leaving the table, while Soch kept repeating "Oh my God" and sighing with of relief.
Walking around the Pavilion, it was noticed that the seat formerly occupied by Mark Kroon was empty. The Madison,Wisconsin native will have to re-enter if he wishes to continue to try and progress in the Big 50.