On the flop of , Dave "Doc" Sands checked to Gabe Patgorski. Patgorski bet 800 and Sands made the call. The turn brought the and Sands checked again. Patgorski fired 3,000 and Sands made another call.
The river completed the board with the and Sands checked. Patgorski moved all in for 10,100 and after a minute or two, Sands made the call. Patgorski tabled the for a set of kings and Sands mucked his hand.
Patgorski improved to about 30,000 while Sands was left with 12,000.
A short-stacked Harry Cullen got all in preflop with and was up against the of Kevin Calenzo. The flop certainly made things interesting, as did the turn. However, the river was no help to Calenzo and Cullen doubled to around 7,000, which is still relatively short.
After a player opened for 750, Travis Lutes raised to 1,900 from the hijack. Kyle Cartwright, who was next to act in the cutoff, then made it 4,250 to go. The original raiser folded and Lutes moved all in for 12,275 more. The huge raise sent Cartwright into the tank, but he eventually made the call.
Lutes:
Cartwright:
Lutes was in great shape to double, but not so much after the flop came down . Cartwright had hit his set to take the lead. The turn changed nothing and left Lutes looking for a king on the river. Unfortunately for him, it was the and the IP Biloxi Main Event Champ was eliminated from the National Championship.
Brett Richey qualified for the National Championship via an "At-large bid," but he did so unknowingly it seems. We have it on good authority that Richey is still in New York, so it would seem his participation in the tournament is extremely unlikely.
Bernard Lee raised from middle position to kick off the action. He made it 550 and Allen Kessler called from the button. Michael Traylor called from the small blind and Robert Georato called from the big blind. With four players in action, the flop came down . Action checked through to Kessler and he bet 850. Traylor folded, Georato called and Lee folded.
The turn added the to the board and both remaining players checked to see the fall on the river. With two ladies now on board, Georato fired 1,950. Kessler mucked and Georato scooped the pot.
Action folded to Joel Merwick in the small blind and he limped, prompting Scott Clark to check his option in the big blind. Both players proceeded to check the flop as the dealer burned and turned the . Merwick check-called a bet of 300 and then led out for 625 when the peeled off on the river. Clark conceded the hand and Merwick took down the small pot.
Merwick, who qualified for the National Championship via an "At-large bid," is holding steady at 20,500.
With two limps ahead of him, Todd Terry bumped it up to 900 from the hi-jack as both the limpers made the call.
The flop was checked through to see the land on the turn as one of the limpers fired out 1,500. Terry made the call as the original limper mucked as the dealer completed the board with the .
"Really you bet that card?" asked Terry as his opponent pushed out a 3,000-chip bet.
Eventually Terry made the call tabling his for a straight as his opponent's would be no good as Terry moved to 23,000 in chips.
, Dave "Doc" Sands checked to Gabe Patgorski. Patgorski bet 800 and Sands made the call. The turn brought the 
and Sands checked again. Patgorski fired 3,000 and Sands made another call.
and Sands checked. Patgorski moved all in for 10,100 and after a minute or two, Sands made the call. Patgorski tabled the 
for a set of kings and Sands mucked his hand.
and was up against the 
of Kevin Calenzo. The 
flop certainly made things interesting, as did the 
turn. However, the 
river was no help to Calenzo and Cullen doubled to around 7,000, which is still relatively short.
. Cartwright had hit his set to take the lead. The 
turn changed nothing and left Lutes looking for a king on the river. Unfortunately for him, it was the 
and the IP Biloxi Main Event Champ was eliminated from the National Championship.
. Action checked through to Kessler and he bet 850. Traylor folded, Georato called and Lee folded.
to the board and both remaining players checked to see the 
. Merwick check-called a bet of 300 and then led out for 625 when the ![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
for a straight as his opponent's 
would be no good as Terry moved to 23,000 in chips.