In a blind-vs-blind confrontation, big blind Adam Latimer called the all in four-bet of the small blind, which was 77,500, and discovered he possessed the best hand.
Latimer:
Small Blind:
While Latimer was ahead preflop, the flop turned the tables. Suddenly he was behind and in need of some help. The turn and river were both paint as it came and respectively, but neither provided the help Latimer needed.
With the board reading and around 40,000 in the pot already, Pim De Goede was facing a bet of 29,000 from Henry So. De Goede went into the tank and verbally went over the hand saying "I'm afraid you're going to show me eights... or nothing... you could have jacks." He counted out the chips needed to call and looked visibly pained over the decision. Almost begrudgingly, he pushed in a stack of 29,000 chips.
"Good call," So said as he flipped over his . De Goede then triumphantly flipped over his and took down the pot with ace high.
After the hand So's stack shrank to 70,000 while De Goede now has an impressive 265,000.
An early position player raised to 8,000, and Chino Rheem called in the cutoff. Michael Blocksidge was next to act on the button, and he put in a three-bet of 26,500 total. The original raiser folded, and it was back to Rheem. He shoved all in and Blocksidge called fairly quickly.
Rheem:
Blocksidge:
Rheem was in bad shape, and the flop didn't bring him much help, coming . The turn brought the , giving him a ten as an out, but the river came the . Rheem was eliminated, while Blocksidge jumps into the chip leader.
Justin Young raised to 7,000 under the gun and received a call from a player in middle position. Action folded to Tim West on the button and he counted out some chips before sliding forward 25,500. Young gave it some thought before releasing his hand, an example followed by the middle-position player. West took down the pot without so much as a flop.
Here's a few of our recent eliminations who have headed to the payout table to collect their money. All of these players will take home $4,199 for their efforts.
111th - Nicola Maiorana
112th - William Heinselman
113th - Halley Hamburger
114th - William Reilley
115th - Soi Nguyen
116th - Eric Cloutier
117th - Casey Caldwell
118th - William Cruz
119th - Mack Ham
120th - Roger Sippl
It seems every time we make our way to Kyle Cartwright's table he is driving the action. In a recent hand, action folded to Cartwright on the button and he put in a raise to 7,500. The small blind wasted little time in moving all in for 28,500 more, the big blind folded, and action was back on Cartwright.
He took his time counting out his chips to see how much he'd have left if he were to call and lose. "I'm gonna gamble," Cartwright said before putting in the chips.
Cartwright:
Small Blind:
Cartwright could only shake his head when he discovered he shared the six with his opponent. The flop wasn't much help to Cartwright, but the turn gave him a flush draw. There is little doubt that Cartwright has been playing and running well in 2011, which was evidenced by the on the river. Cartwright had hit his flush to steal the pot, increasing his stack to 190,000 in the process.
A player in middle position raised to 7,000 and Soi Nguyen went all in for 9,800. The player in the big blind opted to isolate by putting in a raise to 21,500. The initial raiser folded and the big blind and Nguyen were heads up.
Nguyen:
Big Blind:
Nguyen was in bad shape and would need some help to stay alive but the board ran out and he was sent to the rail.
flop turned the tables. Suddenly he was behind and in need of some help. The turn and river were both paint as it came 
and 
respectively, but neither provided the help Latimer needed.
and around 40,000 in the pot already, Pim De Goede was facing a bet of 29,000 from Henry So. De Goede went into the tank and verbally went over the hand saying "I'm afraid you're going to show me eights... or nothing... you could have jacks." He counted out the chips needed to call and looked visibly pained over the decision. Almost begrudgingly, he pushed in a stack of 29,000 chips.
. De Goede then triumphantly flipped over his 
and took down the pot with ace high.
. The turn brought the 
. Rheem was eliminated, while Blocksidge jumps into the chip leader.
turn gave him a flush draw. There is little doubt that Cartwright has been playing and running well in 2011, which was evidenced by the 
on the river. Cartwright had hit his flush to steal the pot, increasing his stack to 190,000 in the process.
and he was sent to the rail.