Jimmy Thomson opened to 7,500, a player shoved for 40,600 from directly behind, and Nick Walker cold-called from the small blind. Thomson called behind, and the three players saw a flop with more than 120,000 already in the middle. Walker shoved for around 70,000, and Thomson tank-folded before opening for top pair top kicker. Walker showed for the same hand with a flush draw, and the player in Seat 10 needed help with his . The turn and board completed the flush for both players, but Walker's king-high took the massive pot to push him over 200,000 in chips.
We saw Josh Knight walking away from his table and discovered that he had been eliminated by Alex Rivera. Knight was all in with against Rivera's pocket aces, and Rivera turned a straight to send Knight to the rail.
We're down to the final three players in Event #2. Andy Spears has been moved to Table 5 with Jason Nablo, Rick Block, Randy Pfeifer and Art Demmerley. We'll call that the feature table for now.
Andy Spears rarely gets his chips in behind, and even when he does he finds a way to win. A player raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Spears defended his big blind to see a flop. Spears bet 8,600 and his opponent called. On the turn, Spears put the other player all in and received a quick call.
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Spears was pleased to see he still had four outs, and sure enough the spiked on the river to complete his straight. He's up to 130,000 in chips and eyeing another title here at Seneca.