Chance Lautner bet 13,000 from the cutoff after an opponent checked to him in the small blind on a flop . The small blind made it 40,000, and Lautner quickly jammed.
"Wow," the small blind said, but he wasn't awed enough to fold.
Small blind:
Lautner:
Lautner's two pair were in front, and the turn and river were void of paint as the and hit the felt.
When we last checked on Kou Vang, he was down to just a handful of big blinds and seemed to be on his way out the door. Now, he's hale and hearty after a recent lucky double in which his made the nut flush on a board of against Kenneth Rosheisen, who held for top set.
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Grant Hinkle came into the day with a big stack of nearly 200,000, but it looks like it was a steady decline for him as he just busted out shortly after the level change.
We found Gennady Shimelfarb and Mark Reid all in from late position with Reid at risk.
Reid:
Shimelfarb:
The race was on, but Shimelfarb took control on the flop. He added another ace on the turn, and the river left Reid playing the board against a boat. Shimelfarb has chipped up considerably since an early setback.
David Gonia has continued to accumulate chips. Meanwhile, Kou Vang sent most of his stack over to Brandon Jones in a hand we didn't catch and he's now short.
We saw the tournament director giving instructions at Table 12, with Jon Kim all in preflop and having been called by Jason Brin. Apparently, Brin also exposed his cards, not realizing two players remained to act behind him. The players ended up folding, and all of the cards were exposed.
Kim:
Brin:
Kim was in good shape to double, and the flop looked good with . The turn gave Kim a set but Brin a flush draw.
"There you go, good hand," Brin said, perhaps not realizing at first that he picked up the draw. "Oh, we need a club."
The dealer delivered one: .
"Sorry," Brin said.
The tournament director assessed Brin a two-hand penalty for exposing his cards with pending action.