We're not sure how the preflop action went down, but we do know Jeff Fielder got his stack of 117,000 all in and was at risk against Mike Lang.
Lang:
Fielder:
Fielder held the goods, but Lang got a little sweat as the flop paired his king. The turn locked up the hand for Fielder, but that didn't stop Lang from joking with him after the peeled off on the river.
"Chop," Lang said, which saw Fielder do a double take at the board. "I got you to look up," Land added with a smile.
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Henry Gingerich opened for 17,000 from early position and Mike Lang called from the cutoff. When action reached Tim Hudson in the big blind, he three-bet jammed for roughly 80,000. Gingerich proceeded to move all in over the top, and that drove Lang from the hand.
Gingerich:
Hudson:
Hudson was in dire straits, and his battleship was sunk after the board ran out a dry . Hudson exited in 38th place for $1,382 while Gingerich closed in on 400K.
In the last hand of Level 16, action folded to RunGood Ambassador Michael Sanders on the button and he slid his stack of 70,000 in the middle. Jeff Brin called from the small blind, and after the player in the big folded the cards were turned up.
Sanders:
Brin:
It was a flip, but not after the flop came down to give Brin a boat. Sanders stood and watched helplessly as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river to send him home in 39th place for $1,382.
Hamid Feiz got his last 95,000 all in preflop and was in great shape to double through Jose Mendoza.
Mendoza:
Feiz:
The flop paired Feiz, but it also gave Mendoza an open-ended straight draw. The turn was harmless enough, but the river wasn't. Mendoza spiked his Broadway straight and just like that Feiz had to make his way to the payout desk.
After RunGood Ambassador Justin Gardenhire bowed out in 45th place, Yong Hee Yoon followed him out the door in 44th.
It happened when Nick Weaver limped under the gun and Yoon raised all in for approximately 55,000. David Rockvam then three-bet all in over the top from the button, the blinds both folded, and Weaver got out of the way.
Rockvam:
Yoon:
The flop gave Yoon a gutshot straight draw, but it wouldn't come in as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.