On the flop, Bill Perkins checked to Mike McDonald. McDonald bet 30,000, and then Perkins check-raised all in.
"How much is it?" asked McDonald, before being told it was 154,000 by the World Series of Poker dealer of the year Andy Tillman.
"If there was a hand I'm not supposed to bet, it's probably this one," said McDonald after a little bit of thought. The table responded with a laugh.
Perkins and McDonald went back and forth a little bit, mostly drawing parallels with this hand and the push-up bet involving the two from yesterday's play.
After a little bit more thought, McDonald gave it up, and Perkins was pushed the pot. He showed the for top two pair, and McDonald claimed he had pocket tens.
Andrew Robl opened to 27,000 from under the gun and it folded over to Keith Lehr who three-bet all in for 202,000. Action came around to Sam Greenwood in the small blind who went into the tank. After a bit of pondering, he announced a call. The big blind and Robl both folded, leaving the active duo to table their hands.
Lehr:
Greenwood:
The flop came down , keeping Lehr's tens in the lead. The board paired on fourth street with the , meaning that Greenwood would have to pair up on the river in order to score the elimination. Unfortunately for Lehr, he did exactly that when the touched down on the felt. Lehr was eliminated from play and Greenwood boosted his stack to around 1.15 million.
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 30,000 from the hijack seat, and Mike McDonald reraised to 90,000 from the cutoff seat. Noah Schwartz called all in from the small blind for 78,000, and O'Dwyer folded.
Schwartz had the , and McDonald had the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Schwartz more than doubled up.
Action folded around to Scott Seiver on the button. He put out a stack of chips that would put both of his short-stacked competitors in the blinds all in. Perkins called for his tournament life of 120,000 and Jason Les folded the big blind.
Perkins showed and was up against Seiver's . The board came down , keeping Perkin's ace-high alive and giving him renewed life in the tournament.
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