According to T.M. Williams, after buying the very last entry at the end of the dinner break for his second bullet, he doubled up immediately when he got all in with pocket tens versus pocket jacks and hit a ten on the river.
Just now, he was in the big blind and heads-up against the cutoff. The flop came , and Williams checked. The cutoff bet 2,200, and Williams check-raised to 5,000. His opponent thought for a little while and called.
On the turn, Williams bet 7,000, and his opponent let it go. Williams is now around 65,000 chips two and a half levels after re-entering.
We got to the table to see 2016 November Niner Kenny Hallaert sitting in the hijack, betting 1,200 after the player in the big blind had checked on the flop. His opponent took some time to think after Hallaert's bet and decided to raise to 3,200. Hallaert called.
The turn was the , Hallaert's opponent bet 3,600, and Hallaert called.
The on the river completed the board, and the other player bet 5,500, Hallaert went all in and had his opponent covered. His opponent called and showed for kings and nines, but Hallaert had him beat as he showed for a full house.
Shortly after losing an 80,000-chip pot with ace-king versus pocket queens on a flop of , Molly Mossey was down around 12,000 chips.
A player in late position min-raised, and Mossey went all in from the small blind. The big blind folded, and the initial raiser tank-called, putting Mossey at risk.
Mossey:
Opponent:
The flop was , giving her opponent a pair of aces to take the lead. The turn gave Mossey a gutshot straight draw, but she couldn't get there on the blank river, and she was eliminated here in Level 8.
The Purple section is now empty, and players have been moved to fill up the tables in the Orange, Gold, and Tan sections. They have also started emptying the Gold section now.
A player in early position raised to 1,400, and Lacey Jones made it 4,500 in the next position. A player in late position called, the remaining players folded, and the initial raiser called.
All three players checked all the way down when the board ran out .
The first player showed for the two pair on the board with an ace kicker. That was no good, though, as Jones had for a better two pair, jacks and tens, good for the pot.
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, and Williams checked. The cutoff bet 2,200, and Williams check-raised to 5,000. His opponent thought for a little while and called. 
turn, Williams bet 7,000, and his opponent let it go. Williams is now around 65,000 chips two and a half levels after re-entering.
, Hallaert's opponent bet 3,600, and Hallaert called.
on the river completed the board, and the other player bet 5,500, Hallaert went all in and had his opponent covered. His opponent called and showed 
for kings and nines, but Hallaert had him beat as he showed 
for a full house.
, Molly Mossey was down around 12,000 chips. 
, giving her opponent a pair of aces to take the lead. The 
turn gave Mossey a gutshot straight draw, but she couldn't get there on the blank river, and she was eliminated here in Level 8.
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for a better two pair, jacks and tens, good for the pot.
