From under the gun, Claudia Crawford raised all in for 850,000. Action folded to Tripp Kirk on the button, and he announced a call. The two blinds folded and the cards were on their backs.
Crawford showed the , and she was up against the for Kirk. Despite having just six high, Crawford was plenty live to double up.
The flop came down , and Crawford picked up an open-ended straight draw to increase her odds. The turn was the , which left Crawford down to just one more card. She needed a three, a five, a six or an eight.
The river completed the board with the and paired the board. Crawford failed to hit what she needed and was eliminated in 10th place. She took home over $31,000 for her finish, while all of the remaining nine players have officially made the final table here in Hammond.
Action folded to Tripp Kirk on the button, and he raised to 125,000. In the small blind, Josh Williams made the call, and the two took a flop of . Both players checked.
The landed on the turn, and things got a little more interesting than the flop action. Williams fired 175,000, and Kirk raised to 410,000. After a minute of tanking, Williams folded to give Kirk the pot.
Josh Williams opened to 130,000 from under the gun, Zal Irani called in the hijack seat, and Sean Szurko three-bet to 275,000 on the button. Both Williams and Irani called, and the flop fell .
The action checked to Szurko, who continued for 500,000, and both Williams and Irani released.
Sean Szurko opened to 100,000 from the hijack seat, Josh Williams three-bet to 225,000 from the small blind, and Erik Roussakis cold four-bet to 550,000 from the big blind. Szurko quickly got out of the way, and Williams went into the tank. After the better part of a minute, he called, and the dealer fanned .
Williams checked, and Roussakis quickly slid out what looked like 575,000. Williams sat quietly, riffling a handful of blue T25,000 chips with his hand, and eventually uttered, "All in."
Roussakis looked stunned. He quickly counted how many chips he had since Williams had him covered, and mulled the decision over for less than a minute before folding face up.
Williams mucked his hand face down, and raked in the massive pot.
The players are currently playing 10-handed at the "unofficial" final table. Once one player is eliminated in 10th place, the field will move up to the main stage to get setup, and then they will all be sent on dinner.
, and she was up against the 
for Kirk. Despite having just six high, Crawford was plenty live to double up.
, and Crawford picked up an open-ended straight draw to increase her odds. The turn was the 
, which left Crawford down to just one more card. She needed a three, a five, a six or an eight.
and paired the board. Crawford failed to hit what she needed and was eliminated in 10th place. She took home over $31,000 for her finish, while all of the remaining nine players have officially made the final table here in Hammond.
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. Both players checked.
landed on the turn, and things got a little more interesting than the flop action. Williams fired 175,000, and Kirk raised to 410,000. After a minute of tanking, Williams folded to give Kirk the pot.
, and Williams checked. Crawford continued for 400,000, and Williams moved all in for 1.48 million effective.
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face up.