Chad Brown defended his big blind after he was raised from early position. Both players saw a flop of . Seat Two again bet out, and Brown quickly made the call.
Fourth street was a and Seat Two bet out only this time to be raised by Brown.
Seat Two paid to see the last card. A on the river brought no action as both players checked.
Brown
Seat 2
Brown is well below starting stack at this moment.
On a board, the small blind bet and David Chiu made the call before asking “tens full?”. His opponent did indeed have and Chiu flashed a before he mucked.
A short-stacked Ted Forrest got his remaining 650 in preflop against Jonathan Aguiar on the button and the player in the small blind. With Forrest's tournament life on the line, both active players checked the flop, leading to the on the turn.
The small blind led out, Aguiar raised, and the small blind opted for a three-bet. Aguiar insta-mucked and the small blind showed for trips. It was good as Forrest was drawing dead with . The was put out on the river for good measure as Forrest was eliminated from the tournament, mid-massage we might add. Unfortunately there was no happy ending for Mr. Forrest.
Brock Parker raised from the cutoff and Scott Clements three-bet on the button. The big blind made it four bets to go which got Parker out of the way while Clements stuck around. The big blind led out on the flop and Clements called. On the turn, the big blind check-called a Clements’ bet. Both players checked the river and the big blind turned over . Clements showed before he mucked his hand
We caught up with the action to find Hellmuth all in against two other players with a board of . Noah Boeken who was also in the hand faced a raise on the flop, which he called quickly.
Both players checked the on the turn. With a appearing on the river, Boeken again faced another bet from his aggressor which he called.
Hellmuth showed the table and was able to win the main pot. The side pot was awarded to the player in late position who held . Boeken mucked his cards.
We caught up with the action on a board where Shawn Buchanan checked from the small blind. Frank Kassela bet from middle position and was check-raised by Buchanan. Not to be deterred, Kassela made it three bets and Buchanan made it four. Once the hit the river however, the action slowed down as Kassela only called one Buchanan bet. Buchanan showed for a full house, queens full of jacks on the turn which became full of kings on the river. Kassela too held for the same hand though as the players chopped it up.
Phil Hellmuth raised from under the gun and then called an opponent's reraise from the button. It was heads up to the flop, which Hellmuth bet for his last 200. The button made the call and Hellmuth was on the draw.
Hellmuth:
Button:
The turn was no help to Hellmuth and neither was the . The "Poker Brat" showed up late and left early.