Joseph Aronesty was in the cutoff and raised to 44,000. Darrell Ticehurst was in the big blind and called.
The flop came . Ticehurst checked, Aronesty bet 95,000 and Ticehurst called. The turn was the and both players checked to the river, which was the . Ticehurst led out for 125,000 and Aronesty called.
Ticehurst tabled for trip nines, and Aronesty flashed the before mucking his hand. Ticehurst looked over at his neighbor and asked, "Remember what you said about nine-seven suited?"
Terry Stuhldreher has been the most aggressive player at his table so far today, but recently other players have picked up on that.
Just now Stuhldreher raised to 81,000 from middle position and Ed Aulick pushed all in for 359,000. The action was folded around to Stuhldreher and he folded.
A couple of hands later, Stuhldreher raised to 81,000 again from under the gun and the action was folded to James Moore in the big blind. Moore went all in for 460,000 and Stuhldreher thought for a couple minutes but eventually folded again.
Darrell Ticehurst raised to 55,000 from under the gun and Veronica Daly called from the cutoff. Earl Hirakawa was in the big blind and moved all in for 603,000. Ticehurst folded and Daly called for 578,000.
Daly tabled and was at risk against Hirakawa's in a classic coin flip scenario.
The flop came and Daly pulled ahead with a pair of kings, while giving Hirakawa some outs to survive with a straight draw. The turn was the and the river was the . Daly doubled and Hirakawa was left with just 25,000 in chips.
John Isler raised to 75,000 from under the gun and Ken Aldridge three-bet to 200,000 on the button. Earl Hirakawa moved all in for his last 20,000 from the small blind, after losing most of his stack in a flip the very hand before. Isler moved all in and Aldridge snap-called.
Earl Hirakawa:
Ken Aldridge:
John Isler:
Aldridge had the best of it, but Isler had both players covered.
The board ran out and Hirakawa was eliminated, while Aldridge fully doubled through Isler.
Darrell Ticehurst raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Federico 'Fred' Cuellar moved all in from the big blind for 122,000. Ticehurst called.
Cuellar was at risk with , well behind the of Ticehurst.
The flop came and Ticehurst remained ahead with king-queen high, requiring Cuellar to hit a jack or running cards to make a straight to survive. The turn was the and the river the . Ticehurst made a flush and Cuellar was eliminated in 13th place.
Stanley Siegel raised to 60,000 from the button and David Smith three-bet to 125,000 from the big blind. Siegel quickly moved all in and Smith called just as fast. Smith was the one at risk for 559,000 and he had the best hand with against Siegel's .
The board ran out and Smith got a double-up to sit with more than 1.1 million.
The action was folded around to Stanley Siegel in the small blind who raised to 50,000. Kerry Goldberg was in the big blind and called to see the flop of .
Siegel bet 100,000 and Goldberg called. The turn was the and Siegel pushed all in. Goldberg called and tabled which had Siegel drawing dead with . The river was the , improving Goldberg's hand to a full house, and he doubled up to become the new chip leader.
. Ticehurst checked, Aronesty bet 95,000 and Ticehurst called. The turn was the 
and both players checked to the river, which was the 
. Ticehurst led out for 125,000 and Aronesty called.
for trip nines, and Aronesty flashed the 
before mucking his hand. Ticehurst looked over at his neighbor and asked, "Remember what you said about nine-seven suited?"
and was at risk against Hirakawa's 
in a classic coin flip scenario.
and the river was the 
. Daly doubled and Hirakawa was left with just 25,000 in chips.
and Hirakawa was eliminated, while Aldridge fully doubled through Isler.
of Ticehurst. 
and Ticehurst remained ahead with king-queen high, requiring Cuellar to hit a jack or running cards to make a straight to survive. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Ticehurst made a flush and Cuellar was eliminated in 13th place.
and Siegel pushed all in. Goldberg called and tabled