John Racener was in early position and pushed all in for 16,200 and was called by the small blind. Pete Chen was in the big blind and moved all in over the top for around 120,000. The small blind folded and Chen tabled . Racener showed and would need some help to keep his tournament hopes alive.
The board ran out and Racener was eliminated while Chen stacked chips over 150,000 now.
Jonathan Duhamel called a preflop raise from the big blind and the flop came . Duhamel checked to his opponent in early position who bet 9,500. Duhamel raised to 33,000 getting his opponent to fold. Duhamel raked in the pot and now has over 100,000 sitting in front of him.
A player in late position open-raised and Rex Clinkscales piled in his remaining 75,000 from the button. The original raiser called.
Clinkscales:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Clinkscales spiked his three-outer to get a huge double-up. As he was raking in the pot, he said to his opponent, "You always have it, hey," to which his opponent just shrugged his shoulders.
A player in the cutoff seat raised to 6,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko was on the button and three-bet to 14,000. His opponent took a minute and called.
The flop was and the opponent in the cutoff check-folded after Timoshenko fired out a bet of 9,000. Timoshenko has seen a lot of fluctuation to his stack throughout the day but over the last three or four blind levels he has been steadily climbing.
With the pot having around 80,000 in the middle, the board read and Frank Kassela was heads up with an opponent. The action was checked to Kassela who bet 60,000. His opponent was in the tank for a couple minutes before sticking in his chips. Kassela tabled while his opponent showed before tossing it to the muck.
Kassela left his opponent with 3,500 in chips, barely enough for one big blind. "It was a value bet. I didn't want to bust you," Kassela said to his opponent.
Ivan Luca from early position raised to 8,000 and there was one caller before the action was on Loni Harwood. She moved all-in from the button for 72,000 and the action was back on Luca. He thought about his decision and eventually put out the chips to call. The other opponent folded and the cards were tabled.
Harwood:
Luca:
The board ran out and Harwood's over pair to the board was good enough to earn her a double up.