Bryan Micon's in the small blind and Shannon Shorr is in the 25,000 big blind. The pot is limped by Tad Jurgens. Micon folds, and then inexplicably so does Shorr.
"You know he just limped, right?" Micon asked Shorr. Shorr just buried his face in his hands.
Bryan Micon was in the big blind for a preflop raise by Mitch Schock. Micon called. Both players checked through a flop of . Micon led the turn and the river . Schock called each bet. Both players had the same low, ace-six, but Micon took the high half with tens and fours.
Shannor Shorr raised preflop and was called by the resurgent Tad Jugrens. On a flop of , Jurgens led into Shorr. Shorr raised, leaving himself just 85,000 behind. Jurgens called, then led again when the hit the turn. Shorr folded to that bet. He's hurting for chips.
James Van Alstyne had a terrible round of hold'em, and now he's been quartered in Omaha Hi/Lo. Luckily for van Alstyne, it was limped three-way pot that was checked through on the flop and turn. At the river, with the board showing , Van Alstyne led with a bet that was called by Tad Jurgens. The hands were:
Jurgens:
Van Alstyne:
Each player had a live ace for low, but Jurgens got the high half of the pot with his pair of eights.
What a difference a few hands can make. Just three hands ago, Tad Jurgens needed a non-pairing club on the river to avoid elimination. Now he has 800,000. He took down two more hold'em pots, one against Mitch Schock without showdown.
The other was once again against James Van Alstyne. Van Alstyne raised the cutoff, then called Jurgens' three-bet from the button. When the flop came ace-high, , Van Alstyne went for the check-raise. Jurgens called.
The on the turn brought a bet from Van Alstyne and a call from Jurgens. Van Alstyne finally slowed down on the river, check-folding to a bet from Jurgens.
Just like that, Jurgens has 800,000 chips. Talk about picking your spots!
Tad Jurgens has been very, very quiet for a long time, but he just got a needed double-up. He was in the big blind and called a raise from James Van Alstyne. On a flop of , Van Alstyne led out from the small blind. Jurgens raised, then called a reraise. Van Alstyne led again on the turn and again Jurgens called.
When the river fell , Van Alstyne bet one more time. Jurgens raised all in for 5,000 more and got the call. He turned over for a club flush, taking out Van Alstyne's turned set of queens, .
It was Shannon Shorr who got things started by completing third street, but it was James Van Alstyne who finished them off on the river. Van Alstyne called Shorr's bets on each street until sixth street, where he led into Shorr. Shorr called there, then called again on the river. Van Alstyne turned up for a seven-high straight and a 7-6 low to scoop both halves.
Van Alstyne is up to 850,000. Shorr is down to just 320,000.
Jurgens: x-x / FOLD
Micon: x-x / / x
Schock: x-x / / x
This three-way pot started slowly, with Tad Jurgens bringing it in and Bryan Micon and Mitch Schock just calling the bring-in. Micon then took the betting lead on fourth street and bet, with only Schock calling.
Schock had the lead the rest of the way with his open kings, but elected to just check-call every street. At the river, Micon turned up -- he had started with rolled up aces! Schock mucked his hand.
400,000 chips can vanish in a hurry with limits at 25,000 and 50,000. Brian Malcolm, already stuck a few chips since the break, completed third street then called a raise by Mitch Schock. Malcolm check-called on fourth street, called a bet on fifth street, and called all in on sixth street. The hands at showdown were:
Malcolm: / /
Schock: / /
Neither player improved on their initial pair. Schock's jacks therefore took down the pot over Malcolm's fives, sending Malcolm to the rail in sixth place with $39,183.
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. Shorr called and we started flipping cards:
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. Micon led the turn 
and the river 
. Schock called each bet. Both players had the same low, ace-six, but Micon took the high half with tens and fours.
, Jurgens led into Shorr. Shorr raised, leaving himself just 85,000 behind. Jurgens called, then led again when the 
hit the turn. Shorr folded to that bet. He's hurting for chips.
, Van Alstyne led with a bet that was called by Tad Jurgens. The hands were:
river, check-folding to a bet from Jurgens.
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