Steve Wilkie limped in from the cutoff and went three ways to the flop with Barb Visher in the small blind and Randy Needens in the big blind. The flop fell and Visher and Needens checked. Wilkie bet 35,000 and received a call from Visher. Needens folded.
The turn came and Visher checked to Wilke, who bet another 50,000. Visher made the call. She then led out with a bet of 150,000 on the river and Wilkie quickly verbalized a call.
Visher tabled and Wilkie showed , taking down the pot with a flush.
Jay Jesse shoved all in from early position for 355,000 and action folded around to Wendy Freedman, who was in the big blind. She slid forward a stack of chips to call.
Jay Jesse:
Wendy Freedman:
Jesse found himself with his back to the wall at risk for his tournament life. The flop came to give him an open-ended straight draw, though it only gave him four more outs. One of those four new outs came on the turn to give him a straight, needing to dodge the last two jacks in the deck that would give Freedman a higher straight. The river fell and he secured the double.
Action folded around to Steve Wilkie in the hijack and he limped in. Nate Zoller limped behind in the cutoff and Barb Visher limped from the button. Randy Needens completed his small blind and Bobby Sanoubane checked his option.
The five players went to the flop and action checked to Visher, who bet 75,000. She received three folds, putting action back on Zoller, who called.
The turn came and Zoller checked to Visher, who bet another 125,000. He called and the river fell . Both players checked to showdown.
Zoller showed for a straight and Visher sat there, motionless for about two seconds before slowly and deliberately sliding her cards forward to muck them.
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Jon Cohen opened to 50,000 from early position and action folded to George Medina, who went all in from the hijack.
Cohen asked for a count, which was totaled to be 330,000, and he put out chips to call.
George Medina:
Jon Cohen;
Medina found himself off to the races for his tournament life. The middle card of the flop was the first visible one and it spelled disaster for Medina as the dealer fanned out . Medina now found himself with two cards left, in need of finding one of the remaining two tens in the deck to stay alive. He was unable to do so as the turn and river fell, making him the first elimination of the day.
Randy Needens opened to 35,000 in early position and received a call from Steve Wilkie, who was in the small blind. Both players checked the flop .
The turn came and Wilkie led out for 50,000. Needens called.
The river fell and Wilkie threw out another 100,000. Needens thought for about 20 seconds and let his hand go, resulting in Wilkie taking down the pot.
Jay Jesse was on the button and saw action folded to him. He opened to 40,000 and was called by George Medina in the small blind and Steve Wilkie in the big blind.
The flop came and both Medina and Wilkie checked. Jesse made a continuation-bet of 55,000 and Medina called. Wilkie called behind, bringing the turn . Medina led out for 60,000 and received a call from Wilkie. With action on Jesse, he thought for a few moments before picking up his cards to look at them. He then folded.
Action went heads up to the river and both players checked to showdown.
Wilkie tabled and Medina briefly flashed his cards before mucking them. A player asked what he had and the dealer flashed them again for a split second, displaying in the process.