On a flop, Robert Peltekci got his last 145,000 chips into the middle with . It looks like it was probably a stop-and-go move based on his position in the big blind, but whatever it was, it didn't work. Bolivar Palacios looked him up with , and Peltekci needed some help.
The turn and river were no use, though, and that's another player sent to the rail. Taking Peltekci's chips as his own, Palacios climbs his way up to about 1.5 million.
Bryan Devonshire raiased to 68,000 and was called by Sorel Mizzi in the small blind. The big blind decided to tag along as well to see the flop of . All three players checked and the turn brought the .
Mizzi led out for 135,000 and the big blind got out of the way. Devonshire made the call and the hit the river. Mizzi pushed out 325,000 and Devonshire tanked for about a minute before finally making the call. Mizzi turned up for nines full of jacks and Devonshire could only say "It's good," with a laugh. Devonshire is down to 4,200,000 in chips.
Another preflop all-in confrontation to report between a below-average stack and a big one. In this case, Ara Melikian had the short stack, committing his last 388,000 with . And Tyler Bonkowski had the larger stack, looking to knock out Melikian with .
The flop came , giving Bonkowski a set of queens. The on the turn provided a ray of hope for Melikian, but the fell on the river, sending him out just shy of the top 100.
We're not sure of the betting, but we do know that Thomas Pedersen wound up all in preflop in the small blind for his last 410,000 and was squaring off against Sam Barnhart in the big.
Showdown
Pedersen:
Barnhart:
Barnhart was ahead and stayed there on the flop; however, the turn did provided Pedersen with an open-ended straight draw. Barnhart, who won the first bracelet of the year by winning the $1 Million National Championship, has been running well and continued that streak by dodging the river, which was the .
Pedersen missed his draws and was eliminated from the tournament. Barnhart is up to 3.5 million.
Philipp Gruissem got all in preflop for 774,000 holding and was at risk against the of Stuart Tuvey. Gruissem was in rough shape, but the flop quickly brightened his day. The turn was no help to Tuvey, and neither was the river.
Gruissem managed to pull one out of his hat to take the hand and double to 1.65 million. Tuvey dropped to 2.1 million.
Action folded to Bryan Follain and he raised to 68,000. Aaron Jones reraised to 199,000. Play got back to Follain and he paused for a little bit before moving all in. About two seconds passed before Jones said, "I... will... call."
Jones:
Follain:
"Keep it black! Keep it black, Trav!" yelled out Follain to the dealer Travis.
"I haven't used my one time, but I'm going to use it right now," said Jones.
"Black!" yelled Follain as the dealer prepared the flop.
"I'll take a flush draw," said Jones.
The flop came down and Jones only had one diamond. The turn was the and now Jones had a sweat with two diamonds on board. Unfortunately for him, the river was the and not what he was looking for. Jones was eliminated while Follain moved to 6.6 million in chips.
Fred Berger was all in for his last 985,000 with and hoping to hold versus Frank Calo's . The board ran out , and Berger doubled to 1.95 million. Calo now has 725,000.
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flop, Robert Peltekci got his last 145,000 chips into the middle with 
. It looks like it was probably a stop-and-go move based on his position in the big blind, but whatever it was, it didn't work. Bolivar Palacios looked him up with 
, and Peltekci needed some help.
and river 
were no use, though, and that's another player sent to the rail. Taking Peltekci's chips as his own, Palacios climbs his way up to about 1.5 million.![[user153638]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. All three players checked and the turn brought the 
.
hit the river. Mizzi pushed out 325,000 and Devonshire tanked for about a minute before finally making the call. Mizzi turned up 
for nines full of jacks and Devonshire could only say "It's good," with a laugh. Devonshire is down to 4,200,000 in chips.
. And Tyler Bonkowski had the larger stack, looking to knock out Melikian with 
.
, giving Bonkowski a set of queens. The 
fell on the river, sending him out just shy of the top 100.
.
turn was no help to Tuvey, and neither was the 
river.
and Jones only had one diamond. The turn was the 
, and Berger doubled to 1.95 million. Calo now has 725,000.