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We join the action on the flop, heads up in a battle of the blinds between between Ken Christopher and Billy Kopp. The first three community cards showed , and Christopher led out with a bet of 35,000. Kopp came along, and the two men saw the turn card bring the . Christopher kept the heat on with another 40,000 chips, which Kopp once again called.
Fifth street came the , and both players checked. Kopp rolled over , and it was the winner as Ken Christopher sent his cards back to the dealer face-down.
[user66118]
With the super short stacks out of the way, each of the four remaining players have a relatively comfortable amount of chips to play with. Still, play is especially timid right now, back to a sort of feeling-out period it seems.
We've seen just three flops since the break ended.
donpeters
Jean Gaspard open-raised from the button before Ken "Bama" Christopher reraised from the small blind. Then, Daniel Walsh moved all in for about 200,000 from the big blind. Gaspard folded and Christopher snapped!
Showdown
Christopher:
Walsh:
The flop came down . The turn brought the , which did help Walsh a little. The river was the though and that did it for Walsh. Christopher's fellow members of Team Snap Turtle congratulated him as he raked in the big pot and eliminated Walsh in fifth place.
donpeters
Anita Vasquez - 6th Place
Anita Vasquez has been nursing the short stack for quite some time now. Finally, she moved all in for 54,000 and found a caller in Jean Gaspard. Gaspard wasn't the only caller though. Ken "Bama" Christopher took a minute or two in the tank and then made the call as well from the small blind. The big blind, Daniel Walsh, folded.
The two active players in the hand, Gaspard and Christopher checked the action down the entire way as the board ran out .
When it was time for a showdown, Christopher turned up , Gaspard held pocket fives, and Vasquez held . Christopher scooped the pot with queens full of kings and eliminated Vasquez in sixth place.
The last woman standing earned nearly $40,000 for her efforts.
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Justin "LockdownTex" Allen - 7th Place
Under the gun, Justin Allen got things started with a raise to 30,000. In middle position, Jean Gaspard put in the call. Steven McKoy was in the big blind with just 49,000 chips left, and he ducked out, letting his two opponents go heads up.
The flop came down , and both players checked. Fourth street brought the . Allen took control once again, firing out a bet of 40,000. Gaspard wasted little time calling. The last card off the deck was the . Allen slowed down now, passing over to the big stack, and Gaspard obliged him with a quick bet of 80,000. Allen called.
Gaspard turned over , having rivered the Broadway straight. With a disgusted look on his face, Allen flung his cards into the muck. "F***ing serious?... Never in my goddamn life..." After taking that hit, Allen was crippled all the way down to 55,000.
On the very next hand, Gaspard opened into Allen's big blind with a raise to 30,000. When it came around to Allen, he moved all in for that 55,000, and Gaspard quickly called.
Showdown
Gaspard:
Allen:
The board would run out bone dry for the at-risk player, and Gaspard's pair of fours was good enough to win the pot. With that, Justin "LockdownTex" Allen becomes our 7th-place finisher, stopping by the payout desk to pick up his check for just shy of $32,000 on his way out the door.
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, and Christopher led out with a bet of 35,000. Kopp came along, and the two men saw the turn card bring the 
. Christopher kept the heat on with another 40,000 chips, which Kopp once again called.
, and both players checked. Kopp rolled over 
, and it was the winner as Ken Christopher sent his cards back to the dealer face-down.
. The turn brought the 
, which did help Walsh a little. The river was the 
though and that did it for Walsh. Christopher's fellow members of Team Snap Turtle congratulated him as he raked in the big pot and eliminated Walsh in fifth place.
against Christopher's 
and McKoy doubled up.
.
. Christopher scooped the pot with queens full of kings and eliminated Vasquez in sixth place.
. Allen took control once again, firing out a bet of 40,000. Gaspard wasted little time calling. The last card off the deck was the 
. Allen slowed down now, passing over to the big stack, and Gaspard obliged him with a quick bet of 80,000. Allen called.
