Brandon Smith shoved all in from early position for 275,000 and was called by Nick Jivkov in the hijack. Andy Van Blair then shoved for about 450,000 in the blinds, and Jivkov called.
Jivkov:
Van Blair:
Smith:
No more jacks remained in the deck, but the worst hand quickly became by far the best as the flop brought , giving Jivkov a nearly unbeatable flush. The turn meant the hand was done, and a finished the board out.
Action folded to Mike Lang, who jammed for about 10 big blinds in the cutoff. Robert Noe shoved on the button, and the blinds folded.
Noe:
Lang:
Things turned from grim to rosy for Lang as the dealer spread a flop of , giving him top pair. A turn put him even farther ahead with a boat, and the river was a .
Nick Jivkov made it 90,000 to go, and cutoff Andy Van Blair called. Brandon Smith called off for 90,000 in the big blind, and the two active players checked down the board. Jivkov rolled over , but Smith had gotten lucky with .
Brandon Smith moved in from an early position, and Jeremy Dresch jammed from the cutoff as well. Everyone else folded.
Dresch:
Smith:
Smith's ace-king was destroyed, and he was dead by the turn as the board came . Stacks were counted down, and Smith had a few big blinds left after sending Dresch 365,000.
Darren Ficek opened to 80,000 under the gun, and action folded to Ken Rosheisen, who made it 240,000 in the small blind. Andy Van Blair called in the big blind, as did Ficek. The flop brought , and Rosheisen's 300,000 bet was respected by both opponents.
John Reading opened for a raise in the cutoff and then called the shove of Phil Mader on the button, who had only about 120,000 or so.
Mader:
Reading:
Reading was happy to see live cards, but a flop of was favorable to the Nebraskan. A hit the turn, but Mader was shaking his opponents' hands after a fell to bust him.
, giving Jivkov a nearly unbeatable flush. The 
turn meant the hand was done, and a 
finished the board out.
, giving him top pair. A 
.
, but Smith had gotten lucky with 
.
. Stacks were counted down, and Smith had a few big blinds left after sending Dresch 365,000.
, and Rosheisen's 300,000 bet was respected by both opponents.
was favorable to the Nebraskan. A 
hit the turn, but Mader was shaking his opponents' hands after a 
fell to bust him.
