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Hold'em
Blake Cahail has some chips to work with, and he's put them to good use in the hold'em round. Sitting in the small blind, he was the only caller of Hani Awad's pre-flop raise. Cahail led into Awad on a flop of 
. Awad raised, allowing Cahail the opportunity to three-bet. Awad called that raise, then called a single bet on the turn 
and the river 
. At showdown, Cahail showed two jacks, 
, to claim the pot.
Omaha 8/b
Allen Kessler chopped a couple pots with his short stack before finally relinquishing the rest of his chips on the last hand of the O8 round.
In the cutoff seat, Dustin Leary raised, and Allen Kessler considered for just a moment before calling all in for his last 12,000 on the button. Nobody else wanted to tangle, so the cards were turned up on their backsides with Kessler at risk for his full stack.
Leary: 
Kessler: 
The board frowned on Kessler as it ran out 
. "Nines full," announced the dealer, and Kessler just sat there shaking his head. He was unable to find a low or any other way to take part of that pot, and he has been knocked off in 13th place. It was another deep run for the man they call The Chainsaw, but he has run out of gas a few places short of another final table appearance.
Hani Awad is leading, and Allen Kessler is in the Dank Position:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
560,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
465,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
395,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
||
|
315,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
280,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
230,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
215,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
155,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
151,000
-94,000
|
-94,000 |
|
|
||
|
136,000
-62,000
|
-62,000 |
|
|
130,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
17,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
Omaha 8/b
Allen Kessler opened with a raise, and Andrew Revesz called from the small blind.
Heads up, the two men took a flop of 
, and Revesz check-called a bet. On the 
turn, he checked again, but this time he snuck in a raise when Kessler bet a second time. Kessler called the extra bet, and he called one more bet on the 
river.
Revesz: 
Kessler: 
Revesz had made his lucky wheel, and Kessler could not believe it. "You were dead to a deuce," Kessler reminded him.
"I know. Very lucky," Revesz responded as he stacked the pot. Kessler is now down to just 11,000 lonely chips.
Hold'em
Two hands of hold'em liquidated James Van Alstyne's remaining chips and sent him to the rail in 14th place. First, Van Alstyne played a pot from the big blind against Dustin Leary. On the turn, with the board showing , Van Alstyne checked and called a bet. The river brought the 
. Van Alstyne checked again, drawing another bet from Leary of 20,000. Van Alstyne had only 37,000 behind and tanked for about a minute before calling.
"Just an ace," said Leary. He opened 
. Just an ace was good enough after Van Alstyne mucked.
A few hands later Van Alstyne was all in pre-flop against Andrew Revesz and Ken Lennaard. Revesz and Lennaard checked all the way to the river, 
. That's where Lennaard's bet folded Revesz. Lennaard opened 
for the nuts. Van Alstyne mucked and headed out to collect his prize money.
Stud
Burlot: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Puchkov: (X) (X) / / (X)
Regis Burlot completed third street and was raised by Konstantin Puchkov. That isolated the action heads-up to fourth street, where Puchkov bet the lead and Burlot called. Both players checked fifth and sixth streets. Down the river, Burlot bet and Puchkov called. Burlot made aces up with 
, but so did Puchkov, with 
. Burlot's aces and fours were no good against Puchkov's aces and queens.
Burlot is now among the short stacks with about 80,000 chips. Puchkov has 470,000.
Stud
Awad: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Ospina: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Daniel Ospina's completion bet on third street was called by three other players, including Hina Awad. Ospina kept the betting lead on fourth street and fired again, folding two opponents but earning another call from Awad. Ospina tried a bet a third time on fifth street; again Awad called.
Awad's board started to show a lot of possibilities on sixth street, and that may have been why Ospina decided to check. Awad obliged with a bet that Ospina called. It was the same action on the river. At showdown, Awad produced as his hole cards, a heart flush. It was good enough to earn him the pot. His stack now totals 660,000. Ospina is down to 245,000.
Stud 8/b
Dustin Leary brought it in with the showing, and Allen Kessler completed with the . James Van Alstyne called with the (though he would check-fold on fourth street), and Leary came along with the call as well.
Leary: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Kessler: (X) (X) / / (X)
Leary bet right out on fourth street, and Kessler's raise was the one that pushed Van Alstyne out of the pot. Leary called quickly though.
On fifth street, Leary check-called a bet, and he check-called another one on sixth street. On seventh, Kessler checked, and he called when Leary made the bet.
Leary quietly said, "Flush," and he turned up 
. Kessler could hardly believe it as he threw his arms up in the air and shook his head back and forth slowly. He studied his own cards for about 30 seconds, and, unable to find anything good enough for half the pot, slung them into the muck.
That pot moves The Chainsaw down to 115,000.
Level: 21
Blinds: /
Ante:
We've played two levels of poker, and the players are already a few minutes into their first twenty-minute break of the day.
