Michael Binger raised to 7,000 from under the gun and Shaun Deeb called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Deeb checked and Binger fired 10,000. Deeb folded and Binger won the pot.
On the next hand, Deeb raised to 7,500 from the small blind, attacking Binger's big blind. Binger reraised to 19,000. Deeb folded and showed that he was laying down the . That's two in a row for Binger off Deeb.
With this unique bounty shootout event, the payouts are different than a normal tournament. Each player ponied up $5,250 for the buy-in with $5,000 going to the prize pool. Each bounty is worth $1,000 and the player who collects the most bounties throughout the duration of the tournament will earn $25,000. Each player who won their first table earned $10,000. All six of the players who made the final table also earned an additional $40,000 for winning their second table to make it here to the final. Winning this table will earn the overall first-place prize of $213,000.
From under the gun, Shaun Deeb raised to 6,500. Andrew Chen defended with a call from the big blind and the flop came down . Chen was up first and checked. Deeb fired 10,300 as his continuation bet and won the pot.
On the very next hand after Scott Binger's double, action folded to Marko Neumann in the small blind and he moved all in for . Scott Baumstein called from the big blind and flipped .
The flop was no help to Neumann but the turn gave him a flush draw. The river gave him the said flush and he doubled to 49,400. Meanwhile, Baumstein dropped to 100,000.
Action folded to Michael Binger in the small blind and he limped. Marko Neumann moved all in from the big blind and Binger snap-called for his tournament life.
Binger:
Neumann:
The board ran out and Binger doubled to 91,600. Neumann was left with just 10 big blinds.
We're waiting patiently for a hand to report on, but raise and take it has been the norm as of late. If we see a flop, it is in a limp pot and a post-flop bet takes it down.
Scott Baumstein opened for a raise under the gun, Michael Binger raised from the small blind, and Baumstein called to create a pot worth 32,400. When the flop came down , Binger checked and Baumstein bet 16,000. Binger folded and that was that. Not much of a hand, but the most exciting in awhile.
Shaun Deeb raised to 5,300 under the gun and was met with an all-in reraise for 38,100 from Marko Neumann on the button. The blinds for out of the way and action was back on Deeb. He wasn't quick to act, taking his time and thinking things through, but eventually he folded.