On a board of Dominik Nitsche made a bet into the pot. That prompted two other players to go all in. Nitshe had to decide if he wanted to call 10,000 more to put both players at risk. The answer was yes and he made the call. All three players flipped up their hands.
Nitsche:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Nitsche had two pair while one opponent had a flush with a straight flush draw and the other had the nut flush. Nitsche would need a king or three to fill up and get the double knock out. The turn was the . But the gave Nitsche the full house and the double knockout. Nitsche's opponents could not believe their misfortune as they headed for the door. With that Nitsche sailed to 53,000.
Jackie Glazier opened to 550 from early position. She was called by another player in early position and Matt Affleck from the cutoff. Action folded to the player in the big blind who moved all in for roughly 3,300. With action back on Glazier she moved all in as well for just about 5,000 total. The early position caller and Affleck both folded and it was off to the races.
Glazier:
Big Blind:
The flop was no help to Glazier when it came but lucky for her the turn fell the , giving her the lead. The on the river only solidified the knock out and Glazier racked up the chips.
Phil Hellmuth came and went fairly quickly in Event #27. Moments ago we stumbled upon his table, and all we found in his stead was a Starbucks cup with the words "The Man" on it. He was eliminated by Ricky Fohrenbach, who was kind enough to give us some details. According to him, Hellmuth defended a raise with 13 big blinds then got the rest of his money in on an [8x3x2] flop holding . Fohrenbach had him crushed with , and held.
The 13-time bracelet winner hit the rail, while Fohrenbach now has 18,000 chips.
With 593 entrants, Event #27 generated a total prize pool of $1,618,890. The top 68 players will earn a minimum of $4,694, while all 32 players who reach heads-up play will take home $10,360. Making the quarter finals earns you $51,561, the flour players in the semis earn $132,748, and each participant in the championship match will take home $231,501.
The winner of this event will take home a shiny new gold bracelet and the top prize of $372,387. For a full list of the payouts, we suggest you click the tab above.
From early position a player raised to 500 only to meet a reraise from Faraz "The Toilet" Jaka to 1,250. Action folded back to the original raiser who made the call.
On the flop, the player in early position led out for 2,100. Jaka called.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The came down on the river and the player in early position checked again. This time Jaka fired, he made it 4,200. After a few seconds in the tank the early position player folded and Jaka collected the chips.
David Sands opponent did not seem to pleased when Sands turned his cards over.
The board was reading and Sands turned up when his opponent called a push by Sands. Sands opponent had Sands the whole way until the river but with the river flush Sands was able to recover some lost chips and shoot up to 24,000.
Before the level change, Dario Minieri was all in on a board of . 2012 Octo-Niner Jeremy Ausmus, who made a final table at WSOP APAC and made the final table of the National Championship, tank-called.
Minieri:
Ausmus:
The river was a brick, and Minieri hit the rail. Ausmus is back up to 30,000 chips.
Vanessa Selbst and Kathy Liebert have also been eliminated from the tournament.
With a board of out, Ana Marquez had a bet of 4,800 placed in front of her from the big blind. The player in hijack seat called.
The river was the and Marquez bet enough to put her opponent all in for roughly 10,000. Her opponent didn't think long at all before making the call. Marquez showed for flopped trips that turned into the nut flush and her opponent mucked his hand and got up from the table to leave.