When we got to the table there was already over 450,000 in chips in the middle between overnight chip leader Evan Lipshultz and Jake Balsiger on a flop.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and again both players checked. Lipshultz turned over for two pair, jacks and eights, and that was good enough to take down the flop.
Thiago Nishijima shoved on the button for 620,000 and DJ MacKinnon did the same for about 400,000 in the small blind. Mitchell Bowles quickly folded his big blind.
DJ MacKinnon:
Thiago Nishijima:
The board ran out to give Nishijima a set of treys on the flop to eliminate MacKinnon.
Juan Carlos Martin raised to 75,000 from the cutoff and was met by a shove of Richard Kirsch in the small blind. Martin checked how much Kirsch had and Kirsch replied he had around 400,000. Martin called.
Richard Kirsch:
Juan Carlos Martin:
The board ran out for Martin's kicker to count with the flopped pair of aces they both had to take Kirsch out of the running.