Level: 21
Ante: 5,000
Bring-In: 5,000
Completion: 20,000
Limits: 20,000-40,000
Level: 21
Ante: 5,000
Bring-In: 5,000
Completion: 20,000
Limits: 20,000-40,000
Thomas Bessoir: A♦A♣5♦/8♦K♠3♣6♥
Steven Davis: XxXx/2♦3♠6♦9♦/Xx
Tyler Phillips: J♥9♥2♣/J♠4♥4♠7♥
Brian Rast: XxXx/8♠2♥6♣ - folded on fifth street
Thomas Bessoir bet on fourth street, getting Steven Davis, Tyler Phillips, and Brian Rast along to fifth street.
Phillips then made an open pair and led out. Rast quickly folded, but Bessoir and Davis called again. Another bet and two calls followed on sixth street, after which seventh street was checked to showdown.
Bessoir tabled a pair of aces and an eight-low. Phillips had jacks-up for the high half of the pot, while Davis stared at his cards for a while before he added them to the muck in defeat.
Davis was left with about four big bets, which he lost not much later. Meanwhile, Mike Matusow was seen driving away on his iconic scooter as he had lost the remainder of his short stack.
Christian Roberts: 10♠7♦/2♦7♣2♣5♣/4♦
Mary Jones: 8♠8♦/6♣8♥3♥K♦/4♣
Christian Roberts bet his open pair of deuces on fifth street, and Mary Jones just called. Roberts committed his final 26,000 on sixth street, quickly being looked up by Jones.
Jones had made trip eights on fourth street, winning the pot when Roberts could not improve to a full house on seventh street.
Action was picked up on fifth street in a multi-way pot with Gustavo Campos already all in and at risk, having been put in the street prior.
Gustavo Campos: 8♠5♠/5♣4♠2♥9♣/Xx
Ryan Hoenig: 5♦2♣/3♦10♣4♥J♥/Xx
Andrew Ostapchenko: XxXx/A♥3♣K♠ - Folded on fifth
Hoenig bet on fifth street to see Ostapchenko think for a bit before tossing his hand away.
On seventh, Hoenig peeled first to see an A♣ to make a wheel. No card could save Campos and he peeled the J♠ as a mere formality before exiting the tournament.
Kao Chieng Saechao: A♠Q♣9♦/6♠6♣5♠2♥
Gustavo Campos: XxXx/3♥5♦9♥2♦/Xx
Andrew Ostapchenko: XxXx/6♦9♣ - folded on fourth street
Kao Chieng Saechao bet on fourth street, and Gustavo Campos called. Andrew Ostapchenko got out of the way, seeing Saechao fire bets on fifth and sixth street as well.
Ostapchenko called both times, after which seventh street was checked to showdown. Saechao just had the sixes on his board, but Campos could not beat it and added his hand to the muck.
Mary Jones: XxXx/9♥K♦K♣J♦/Xx
Jason Daly: XxXx/A♠J♠5♣8♥/Xx - folded on seventh street
Mary Jones completed, Jason Daly two-bet, and Jones called. Daly fired another bet on fourth street, which Jones called.
Jones made an open pair on fifth street, prompting her to lead out. Daly called to sixth street, where he called another one of Jones' bets.
Jones prepared a bet on seventh street, but Daly had already flung his cards into the muck, claiming he could not beat his opponent's board.
Action was picked up on sixth street in a three-way pot between Joey Couden, Tyler Phillips, and Steven Earleywine. Earleywine had gotten his final be in on fourth, with Couden and Phillips having put in multiple bets into a side pot.
Steven Earleywine: XxXx/3♣6♥2♦9♥/Xx
Joey Couden: XxXx/6♣Q♣6♦10♠/Xx
Tyler Phillips: XxXx/8♣7♦A♦K♣/Xx
Sixth street saw Couden check-call, with seventh street repeating the same way with Couden all in and at risk for his final bet.
"I have two pair, aces and sevens," said Phillips who turned over A♥7♠6♠. Couden turned over 9♣5♣2♥ to show only a pair of sixes and Earleywine tabled Q♠7♥3♦ for a pair of threes. Neither player could match or beat Phillips' hand and he climbed up the counts, knocking out both of his opponents.
Steven Davis: XxXx/A♠10♦10♠ - folded on fifth street
Tyler Phillips: XxXx/4♥6♥10♣ - folded on fifth street
Taylor Atchison: 9♥8♠8♥/8♦9♦6♠2♣
Joey Couden: XxXx/3♥2♥3♠9♣/Xx
It checked to Taylor Atchison on fifth street, who bet. Joey Couden then two-bet, folding out Steven Davis and Tyler Phillips. Atchison made it three bets to go, and Couden called.
Couden went on to check-call Atchison's bets on sixth and seventh street. Atchison showed Couden a full house, prompting him to muck his cards in defeat.
Shortly after, Blaz Zerjav, who won this event last year, was eliminated from another table.
Kristan Lord and Jon Kyte were involved on a pot picked up on fifth street.
Kristan Lord: 7♦6♠/A♥10♦9♦5♠/Xx
Jon Kyte: 6♦2♦/6♥Q♠10♥5♦/Xx
Lord check-called a bet on fifth from Kyte to put himself all in for his final bet.
Kyte peeled a 4♠ on the end to leave him with just a pair of sixes, but Lord turned over J♥ to show his gutshot and low had missed and he was eliminated from the tournament.