Kevin Boudreau has a little more breathing room after the last hand. Mike Sexton raised to 7,000, and another player called. Boudreau then moved all in from the small blind for 27,000. Sexton folded but the flatter called. Boudreau held and was up against . The board gave Boudreau two pair and the double up.
Will Failla raised to 5,500 under the gun, and John Kabbaj called. Manny Jo raised to 20,000, and the blinds folded. Will the Thrill quickly moved all in for an extra 48,600. Kabbaj ducked out, and Jo called.
Failla:
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The board fell , and Failla doubled to 145,000. Jo still has an above-average 220,000.
Tom Dwan fired 4,700 after his opponent checked to him on the flop. The player called and the turn was the . Both players checked and the dealer dealt the out on the river. Dwan bet 12,400 after being checked to and got called.
Dwan's opponent showed the for a set of tens and Dwan mucked.
Action folded to the hijack seat and that's where Dario Alioto was seated. He raised to 6,000 before Tom Marchese could make the call from the cutoff seat. In the small blind, Aaron Schaff made the call and then the player in the big blind also called.
All four players saw the flop come down and action checked around to see the fall on the turn. Action checked through to Marchese, who was last to act on every street post flop. Marchese fired 17,500 and only Schaff made the call to see the river.
The river was the and Schaff checked. Marchese also checked. Schaff announced that he had two pair and showed the . Marchese mucked his hand and Schaff won the pot with eights and deuces.
With the board reading , Aaron Schaff, Ivan Freitez and Dario Alioto were in action. Schaff was up first and checked before Freitez fired a bet of 20,000. Alioto made the call and Schaff also called.
The river was the and Schaff checked. Freitez checked and then Alioto reached for chips. He bet 50,000. Schaff folded and Freitez went into the tank. After a minute, he made the call to put himself all in for 31,200.
"If you have a full house, you have it," said Freitez, showing just the from his hand for the wheel. Alioto didn't hold a full house, he held a higher straight with the . Freitez mucked the rest of his hand and was eliminated from the tournament.
We missed the hand but arrived in time to see Matt Glantz stacking a bunch of chips. He doubled through Kevin Boudreau with . Glantz now has around 185,000 and Boudreau, who finished second in the $5k PLO event last year, is down to 30,000.