Heads-up on a flop with around 1,100 in the middle, Colin Lovelock bet 400 under the gun, and James Alexander raised to 1,650 in the next position. Lovelock thought for a little while and then moved all in, having Alexander covered. Alexander quickly called for his stack of around 6,000 total, and they showed down.
Lovelock:
Alexander:
Lovelock's pair of tens was ahead, but Alexander had flush and straight outs. Alexander turned a pair with the , but he bricked out on the river and was eliminated.
According to Scott Roberts, a little while ago, he had pocket aces and was all in against two more players. Michael Adame was the shortest stack of the three, and he had pocket queens. Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz had them both covered and had pocket kings.
The board ran out with a jack-high flop, and an ace came on the turn. Roberts had the hand locked up on the turn and eliminated Adame.
There was an early position open to 550, and after a player in middle position called, Greg Koutelidakis called in the cutoff. Ryan Rogers called on the button, and Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz moved all in for 3,425 in the small blind. It folded back around to Koutelidakis, and he thought for a while and then folded. Rogers called, and Jaskiewicz was at risk.
Jaskiewicz:
Rogers:
The board ran out , giving Rogers two pair on the turn to win the hand. Jaskiewicz took his well-behaved dog that was sweating him and exited the tournament area.
Steve Karp went all in for his last 1,525 from the cutoff, and John Templeton called on the button. The small blind raised to 5,000, and Templeton went all in. His opponent called and had him covered by a small margin.
Karp:
Templeton:
Small blind:
The board ran out , and Karp tripled up with two pair, jacks and fives. Templeton won a sizeable side pot with ace-king high, and the third player was left with under 2,000 chips.
In addition to Ray Henson, who is currently second on the leaderboard for Player of the Year, current leader John Racener is also in the Flight B field. Alex Foxen is 12th on that list, and he is here and up to a healthy stack of 28,000 from the 8,000-chip starting stack.