Curtis Phelps raised under the gun to 200,000 and Lewis Brant placed a third bet of 300,000 and Phelps went all in for the remainder of his short stack.
Curtis Phelps: A♦Q♣Q♠2♠
Lewis Brant: A♥Q♠3♥2♥
The board ran out 5♣J♣3♠A♠9♦ and Phelps made his way out of the tournament area.
Sovann Pen limped in from middle position and Adam Nattress limped along in the cutoff. Lewis Brant completed the small blind and Todd Dakake checked his option.
Dakake bet on the 7♥4♦3♠ flop and Pen raised. Both Nattress and Brant quickly folded, and Dakake called. On the 5♦ turn, Dakake bet again, Pen raised and Dakake went all in with his final chips.
Todd Dakake: 8♦8♠6♥5♥
Sovann Pen: A♠J♦4♥4♠
Dakake had hit a fantastic turn to make a straight but had to watch in agony as the 7♣ fell on the river, giving Pen a full house alongside his 7-5-4-3-A low. Dakake received $20,640 for his deep run.
Niveau: 29
Blinds: 50,000-100,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000
Photos by Hayley Hochstetler.
Pearce Arnold raised from under the gun and action folded around to Todd Dakake in the big blind. He reraised and got his final crumbs in shortly after.
Todd Dakake: A♥Q♦7♦3♥
Pearce Arnold: A♣K♣10♠2♦
THe board ran out K♥J♦4♦5♦Q♠ for Dakake to turn a flush and double up.
After getting scooped by Pearce Arnold earlier, John Dakake lost another pot to put him firmly in the red zone. Dakake limped in from under the gun and called a raise from James Chen in the small blind.
Chen bet the A♠K♠10♠ flop and Dakake called. Both players checked the 7♥ turn. Chen bet again on the A♦ river and Dakake called.
Chen quickly flashed the A♥7♠ for the boat, followed by 9♣2♣. Dakake flashed the A♣, followed by 6♦4♣2♠ and slammed them into the muck.
Todd Dakake called in early position which saw Pearce Arnold raise and action folded around to Dakake who called.
The flop rolled out K♠J♥6♠ and Dakake check called a bet from Arnold.
Dakake checked the turn 5♥ over to Arnold who bet and once more Dakake called.
On the river 8♥, Dakake checked over to Arnold who bet and Dakake quickly called.
Arnold turned over A♥K♥4♦3♣ and the nut-flush and second nut-low was good for Arnold to take the pot.
The action has not slowed down since the final table moved to the main stage in the Horseshoe.
Todd Dakake, Pearce Arnold, Sovann Pen limped and Adam Nattress completed from the small blind and Curtis Phelps checked his option.
The flop came out 7♥3♦7♠ and when action checked to Pen he bet 100,000. Nattress called, taking them heads up to the turn.
Nattress checked the 9♠ turn and Pen bet 100,000 again, which Nattress called. The river was the 6♠ and when it was checked to Pen he bet 200,000 which Nattress called and the players went to showdown.
Sovann Pen: A♥6♦4♠3♠
Adam Nattress: A♦6♥5♠2♦
The players chopped the pot.
James Chen raised in the hijack and Lewis Brant called in the cutoff while Jamie Kerstetter moved all in from the small blind, which both Chen and Brant called.
The flop rolled out 5♥3♥3♣ which saw Chen bet and Brant called.
On the turn 5♠, Chen bet once more and Brant called.
Chen checked on the river 10♣ which saw Brant bet and Chen put in the call.
Jamie Kerstetter: A♣Q♠J♥6♠
James Chen: A♦K♥K♦2♥
Lewis Brant: A♠K♠10♠3♠
Brant had made threes full of tens to scoop both the main and the side pot while Chen's kings up were rendered second best. Kerstetter wished her opponents luck as she became the first casualty of the unofficial final table.
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