On a flop of , Vince Wan moved all in from the big blind, Dale Townsend called, and Michael McDonald called from the button. Both Townsend and McDonald checked down the turn and the river.
Wan turned up for two pair, while Townsend showed for the busted nut flush draw. McDonald also held a flush draw with .
After the hand, Wan was up to a much healthier 140,000 in chips.
Chris Wood was all in for his big blind. Alex Luck limped. Damon Oborne moved all in for 82,000. Kalan Shuttlewood moved all in for his last 38,000. Luck folded.
Wood:
Oborne:
Shuttlewood:
The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Kalan Shuttlewood doubled up. Oborne slipped to 45,000. And Wood busted out in 16th place.
Mark Saber raised to 22,000, Michael "Timex" McDonald moved all in and Saber made the call.
Saber
McDonald
The flop was , giving the lead to McDonald with a pair of kings. The turn was the , the river was the and McDonald took it down with trips. Saber's stack was decimated on the hand, leaving him with only 72,000 while McDonald seized the chiplead with over 300,000.
"Run good, monkey!" teased McDonald's friend Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke who watched the hand play out from an adjacent table.
Dale Townsend open-raised from UTG, Vince Wan moved all in from the small blind and Townsend made the call.
Wan
Townsend
The flop was , Wan hitting a set of sixes. The turn was the , the river was the , and Wan doubled through Townsend, increasing his stack to just over 100,000.