Whitis put out the bring-in and Pearson completed before Shaun Deeb called from the six-seat. Whitis then proceeded to raise and both Pearson and Deeb called before Whitis led out on fourth street. Both Pearson and Deeb called, then Whitis opened again on fifth street.
This time, Pearson raised, forcing Deeb out of the way, and Whitis called all-in, turning up his hole cards with a flourish.
"Pair of deuces in the hole, one time baby!" Whitis cried. They held all the way, and with Pearson not holding a qualifying low,Whitis scooped the pot and doubled up.
In one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far, we managed to pick up the action from fourth street in a three-handed pot between Don McNamara, Brian Haveson and Kendall Fukumoto.
From there, the betting got a little too crazy for our reporter to keep up with, but we can tell you though that after Haveson capped the betting on sixth street, he ended up getting the last of his money in on the river. Fukumoto got out of the way and McNamara called, having binked a -low against Haveson's king-high diamond flush to chop the pot!
Josh Weiland raised from the UTG +1 before the flop and the action folded to Shaun Deeb who reraised from the button. Travis Pearson called frm the big blind, as did Weiland before all three players changed up two cards on the first draw.
The action then checked to Deeb who opened the betting after the draw. Pearson and Weiland called, and they each took another two cards while Deeb elected to take one card, after which, the action checked to Deeb again who fired out a second shell.
Pearson folded and Weiland called, then Weiland and Deeb took one card each before Deeb called Weiland's bet and showed down to pick up the pot.
We joined a growing pot on the turn as the board showed . Travis Pearson was first to act, and he put out a bet of 40,000 into a pot of ~62,000. Josh Weiland folded, Shaun Deeb called, and David Whitis tanked and called. On the river , all three players checked.
Whitis missed his club draw, and Pearson showed to take the whole pot. With it comes the chip lead once again.
In the last pot-limit Omaha pot, Shaun Deeb checked on the turn of a board. He was up against David Whitis again, and Whitis grabbed betting chips. He cut them out into the pot very sloppily, pulling chips back and adding them to his bet with awkward motions.
"You can't do that," Deeb said, shaking his head. Whitis continued to fumble, then announced, "Thirty-seven."
Deeb took the opportunity to explain that players are not allowed to add chips to the pot in stages like that, demonstrating the rule with his own chips as he folded. Whitis was a little more eager to accept the correction this time. He apologized again, then got smiley and talkative.
"By the time you guys are done with me, you'll have me a poker player yet!"
"Probably not," Deeb answered flatly. The mood has lightened a bit, and he took the opportunity to needle a little bit.
"Would you believe I'm an online player?" Whitis tried again.
"No, you play too bad to be an online player."
"Well, would you believe I've played poker before?"
Deeb cracked a subtle laugh and answered, "Yeah, I think you've probably played with your grandparents before. There's nothing wrong with that. I play with my grandparents."
Brian Haveson raised to 16,000, and Kendall Fukumoto reraised the pot, making it 54,000 total. Haveson called.
The flop came , and Fukumoto checked. Haveson's announced, "All in," but he had a bit more than the pot. It was 114,000 total, and it left Haveson with about 25,000 behind. Fukumoto tanked and folded face-up, and Haveson showed his cards too. We couldn't catch the hands, but both men seemed satisfied by the result, and Haveson is certainly smiling now. He's back up to 245,000.
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-low against Haveson's king-high diamond flush to chop the pot!
to pick up the pot.
. Travis Pearson was first to act, and he put out a bet of 40,000 into a pot of ~62,000. Josh Weiland folded, Shaun Deeb called, and David Whitis tanked and called. On the river 
to take the whole pot. With it comes the chip lead once again.
