David Steicke raised to 22,000 under the gun holding the and was met by a three-bet to 42,000 by Connor Drinan, who held the in the hijack. Action folded back to Steicke, who opted to just call.
Steicke then check-called a bet of 30,000 on the flop, the dealer burned and turned the , and Steicke checked. Drinan moved all in and Steicke, who only had 88,000 back, released his hand.
Action folded to David Peters in the hijack, and he finally decided to shove his last 27,000. Action folded to Ben Tollerene, who felt compelled to call from the big blind.
Tollerene:
Peters:
Peters was ahead, and he stayed there as the board ran out .
Former champion of this event David Steicke has been all in twice in a row. The first time he had , the second time he had . Both times he found no callers.
Action folded to Fedor Holz on the button and he made it 20,000. David Peters called from the big blind with and the flop came .
Peters checked with his flopped flush draw. Holz bet 10,000 and Peters shoved all in for 43,000. Holz reluctantly made the call with his pair of jacks.
The on the turn was a blank but the on the river sure wasn't! Another double up for Peters.
Sam Greenwood limped in from the button and Fabian Quoss completed from the small blind. Ben Tollerene in the big blind tanked, used a time breaker chip, and raised it up to 50,000 with . Both the button and small blind quickly released and Tollerene took it down.
Action folded to Fedor Holz on the button and he opened to 28,000 with . Jason Mercier folded his small blind but David Peters in the big blind shoved all in for 148,000 with .
Peters knew soon enough he was in trouble as Holz called immediately.
The flop came and by the time the hit the turn it was all done for Peters. He had no way of improving anymore and made his exit, leaving the tournament room with hanging shoulders.
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and was met by a three-bet to 42,000 by Connor Drinan, who held the 
in the hijack. Action folded back to Steicke, who opted to just call.
flop, the dealer burned and turned the 
, and Steicke checked. Drinan moved all in and Steicke, who only had 88,000 back, released his hand.
.
, the second time he had 
. 
on the turn was a blank but the 
on the river sure wasn't! Another double up for Peters.
and they took a flop of 
. 
on the river were blanks and Quoss doubled up.
. Both the button and small blind quickly released and Tollerene took it down.
hit the turn it was all done for Peters. He had no way of improving anymore and made his exit, leaving the tournament room with hanging shoulders.