John Racener raised to 5,500 from the cutoff and was met with a Mickey Petersen re-raise to 13,200 from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Racener called.
Flop:
Racener took his time checking and Petersen fired out a 15,600 bet in short order. Racener chipped out a call but then mucked his hand.
Racener has slipped to 65,000 while Petersen has chipped up to approximately 200,000.
We caught up with the action on a flop reading . Jeff Kimber led out for 8,500 from early position and Brian Rast raised to 21,000. Kimber announced, "Pot," and Rast went all in for 112,200, which was slightly more than Kimber's 102,000. Kimber called.
Kimber:
Rast:
The turn and river were no help to Kimber, who was forced to the rail.
With that huge hand, Rast is the new chip leader with 230,000.
We caught up with action with Dajuan Whorley all-in for his last 41,800. Hoyt Corkins, his lone opponent, asked for a count, tanked, but eventually made the call.
Corkins:
Whorley:
The put Whorley in the lead and the turn guaranteed Whorley would double up. A meaningless fell on the river and Whorley doubled, leaving Corkins with just 6,200.
Benjamin Maerefat opened to 4,500 and was called by Mika Paasonen to see a flop fall.
Maerefat pushed out his continuation-bet of 8,400 only to have Paasonen move all in for 21,800. Maerefat made the call.
Maerefat:
Paasonen:
With Paasonen pushing with a gutshot and two-dead overcards, the on the turn would be all that he needed to snatch the pot from Maerefat as he moves to just over 50,000 in chips.
We missed the action, but are being told a small raising-war broke out preflop between Nick Brancato and Michael Leah, which ended up with Leah all-in for his last 20,000 and change.
Leah:
Brancato:
The board was no help to Leah, who was forced to leave the field.
Christopher DeMaci opened to 4,500 from under the gun and both Dajuan Whorley and John Gordon made the call to see a flop fall and the action checked round.
DeMaci led for 7,700 when the turn landed the only to have Whorley bump it up to 17,2000 as Gordon folded.
DeMaci made the call, and when both players checked the on the river, DeMaci's bested Whorley's as he slips to 42,000 while DeMaci moves into the six-figure club.