Brett Apter raised to 75,000 from the early position, keeping 2,000 behind. Brock Wilson three-bet to put Apter all-in for the rest of the table to fold which is what happened so action was back on Apter. He took his time and then called for the 77,000 in total that he had behind.
Brett Apter:
Brock Wilson:
The flop came for Wilson to hit top pair.
"Give him a queen to make it more exciting," Wilson commented.
The turn brought them the indeed to give Apter a gutshot to a straight.
The river completed the board with the to keep Wilson ahead and eliminate Apter in 66th place for $9,734.
James Salmon (bb) and Peter Vitantonio jousted in a pot, getting to the river with a board of , when Salmon checked. Vitantonio bet 70,000 and Salmon let it go.
Billy Pilossoph (button) moved in for 348,000 on the turn with a board of . Joey "Bobo" Cappello (hijack) tanked, burning a couple of time chips, before opting to release his hand. Pilossoph took the pot without showdown.
Here are the chip counts for Table 5, where these two reside, after that hand:
In the first hand, Patrick Serda raised to 25,000 from the button and Sandeep Pulusani defended his big blind. The flop came , Pulusani check-called the 45,000 continuation-bet of Serda. The turn brought them the , Pulusani checked again and Serda now bet 160,000 which Pulusani called. The river completed the board with the , Pulusani checked for the last time and now Serda shoved to put Pulusani at risk. He took some time but opted to fold in the end.
The hand after, Serda bet 25,000 from the cutoff and Alex Visbisky defended his big blind. The flop came , Visbisky check-called the 45,000 bet of Serda. The turn brought them the and Visbisky check-called again, this time for 160,000. The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Visbisky tabled for the pair of fives. Serda showed for the pair of kings to scoop the pot.
On the river with a board of Neil Chriss jammed for 336,000 from the big blind. Adam Gerber was his lone opponent and after burning one of his Time extension chips, Gerber opted to let it go.
Chriss is stacking up nicely here about halfway through the level.
Craig Varnell raised to 30,000 from the middle position and was called by Neil Chriss in the cutoff and Stephen Press in the big blind.
They all checked through the flop to the on the turn. Press bet 43,000 and only Chriss made the call.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Press tabled for king-high for Chriss to pick up the pot with for the turned pair of nines.
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for Wilson to hit top pair.
indeed to give Apter a gutshot to a straight.
to keep Wilson ahead and eliminate Apter in 66th place for $9,734.
, when Salmon checked. Vitantonio bet 70,000 and Salmon let it go.
. Joey "Bobo" Cappello (hijack) tanked, burning a couple of time chips, before opting to release his hand. Pilossoph took the pot without showdown.
, Pulusani check-called the 45,000 continuation-bet of Serda. The turn brought them the 
, Pulusani checked again and Serda now bet 160,000 which Pulusani called. The river completed the board with the 
, Pulusani checked for the last time and now Serda shoved to put Pulusani at risk. He took some time but opted to fold in the end. 
, Visbisky check-called the 45,000 bet of Serda. The turn brought them the 
and Visbisky check-called again, this time for 160,000. The river completed the board with the 
and both players checked. Visbisky tabled 
for the pair of fives. Serda showed 
for the pair of kings to scoop the pot.
flop to the 
on the turn. Press bet 43,000 and only Chriss made the call. 
and both players checked. Press tabled 
, Darren Elias put his last chip in against Theodore Lui. Elias' 
(middle pair) of Lui.
