Art Parmann raised first in from the small blind, and he and big blind Brian Meinders capped it going to the flop. That left Parmann with just 20,000 in front of him, which he bet dark, and Meinders called dark so we could go ahead and turn the cards up:
Parmann:
Meinders:
There was a disastrous ten right in the door, but the flop kept Parmann hopeful as he picked up an open-ended straight draw to work with. The on the turn was an airball though, and the river was no help either.
Unable to win his final hand with the best hand, Art Parmann has been eliminated in fourth place. He'll take home more than $60,000 for his efforts over the past three days, and that's just not too shabby.
Brian Meinders limped in from the small blind, and Dutch Boyd raised from the big. Meinders called the extra bet, and the two men took a flop of . They both checked.
The turn came the and Meinders checked again. He called a bet from Boyd, and he faced one last bet on the river . "Can you have just a nine?" Meinders asked aloud. After another moment, he flicked in the calling chips.
Boyd tabled , and that was in fact more than a nine. Kings up is good, and Boyd rakes in that pot to pull just ahead of Meinders.
The players have been sent off for a twenty-minute break, during which those pesky orange T1,000 chips will be colored up and raced off. We'll be right back with the full chip counts for you.
Brian Meinders opened with a raise from the button, and Dutch Boyd called from the small blind.
Heads up, the flop came out . Boyd fired a bet that Meinders called, and the action repeated itself on the turn. When the rivered, Boyd fired the third bullet, only to see Meinders put in a surprise raise. Boyd came right back with an immediate third bet, and Meinders went into the tank for a minute. He shot a long glance over at Boyd, started mumbling through some possible holdings for his opponent, and finally slid his cards into the muck.
Dutch Boyd raised from the small blind, and Albert Minnullin made the call from the big blind.
The players saw a flop, and Boyd bed getting a call from Minnullin. The turn was the and Boyd check-called the bet from Minnullin, and did the same when the hit on the river.
As soon as Boyd made the river call, Minnullin mucked his hand. Boyd flipped over to claim his newfound chips.
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flop kept Parmann hopeful as he picked up an open-ended straight draw to work with. The 
on the turn was an airball though, and the 
river was no help either.
board.
and Meinders checked again. He called a bet from Boyd, and he faced one last bet on the river 
. "Can you have just a nine?" Meinders asked aloud. After another moment, he flicked in the calling chips.
up against fellow-short-stack Domenico Denotaristefani and his 
turn. When the 
