Michael Rocco and Brant Hale got all the chips in the middle before the flop and Hale had the larger of the two stacks.
Michael Rocco:
Brant Hale:
Hale had the preflop advantage with his aces and Rocco needed help from the deck in order to double up. The board ran out to give Hale the nut straight and send Rocco to the cage.
Toby Joyce raised to 2,800 from under the gun and Jonathan Zarin in the small blind was the only caller.
The flop came and Zarin checked. Joyce bet 3,400 and Zarin called. The turn brought the and Zarin checked again. Joyce bet 7,400 this time, and Zarin called again.
The fell on the river and Zarin checked to Joyce once more. Joyce bet again, 16,600 this time, and Zarin went into the tank. After about half a minute of consideration Zarin folded, and Joyce took the pot.
With a number of short stacks at the tables and fairly narrow pay jumps for a while, there is likely to be a rapid thinning of the field early on today and Jacob Dahl was one of the early eliminations.
All the chips were in the middle after a flop of ...
Jacob Dahl: — was the player at risk
Daniel Spencer: — was the man looking to knock him out
The turn and river completed the board to give Spencer a straight and the remainder of Dahl’s chips.
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to give Hale the nut straight and send Rocco to the cage.
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and Zarin checked again. Joyce bet 7,400 this time, and Zarin called again.
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