David Bach raised to 75,000 in middle position and was called by Phil Laak in the cutoff. When action reached Nick Schulman in the big blind, he announced a raise and made it 245,000 more to go. Bach instantly repotted, Laak folded, and Schulman called off for a total of 600,000.
Bach:
Schulman:
Schulman was behind and had quite the hill to climb. The gave Schulman a pair of fives, leaving him in need of some help. The turn was not what he was looking for, and neither was the river. Bach held the nut low with aces and eights, enough to scoop the pot and send Schulman bolting for the exit in seventh place.
Nick Schulman raised to 60,000 under the gun, and Bryce Yockey potted it to 192,000 all the way around in the big blind. Schulman took a good long pause before reraising, and Yockey called all in for his last 244,000.
Showdown
Schulman:
Yockey:
Yockey flopped the joint as the dealer spread out , and Schulman needed some runner-runner help. The turn was a good start, and the river improved both players' hands. Yockey made aces full, but Schulman ran down a low, and both will have to settle for a profit of just half the small blind, 6,000 chips apiece.
Trevor Reader raised to 63,000 from the cutoff and Phil Laak defended from the big blind. Both players checked the flop, leading to the turn. Laak opted to lead out for 116,000, which inspired a quick fold from Reader.
Nick Schulman raised to 60,000 from early position and was called by Phil Laak in the small blind. Both players proceeded to check the flop, as well as the turn. When the appeared on the river, Laak ended up check-folding to Schulman's 100,000 bet.
First in from the cutoff, Bryce Yockey opened to 48,000, and Nick Schulman called in position next door. In the small blind, Trevor Reader announced, "Pot," but he was a bit short. He only had 157,000 chips left, so it was an all-in shove. Yockey called after just a few moments, and Schulman didn't consider for long before sliding the call into the pot as well.
The two live players would check it all the way down on a board, and the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Yockey:
Schulman: (95% sure, but they were quickly mucked)
Pearson:
Pearson had the only low to take that half of the pot, and he and Yockeys ace-queen chopped up the high half. Pearson gets three quarters to move up to 371,000, Yockey gets one quarter, and Schulman gets zero quarters.
Action folded to Peter Charalambous in the cutoff and he raised to 60,000. The button and small blind got out of the way, but Nick Binger pushed back to the tune of 192,000 from the big. Action was back on Charalambous and he tanked, no doubt well aware of the fact that a call constituted the vast majority of his chips.
After about a minute of contemplation, Charalambous tossed his hand to the muck.
With Laak slipping a bit, Nick Binger has worked his stack to the top of the pack. It's a case of the Haves vs. the Have-Nots, and Nick Schulman is the only player really hovering near the chip average of ~750,000.
gave Schulman a pair of fives, leaving him in need of some help. The 
turn was not what he was looking for, and neither was the 
river. Bach held the nut low with aces and eights, enough to scoop the pot and send Schulman bolting for the exit in seventh place.
, and Schulman needed some runner-runner help. The turn 
was a good start, and the river 
improved both players' hands. Yockey made aces full, but Schulman ran down a low, and both will have to settle for a profit of just half the small blind, 6,000 chips apiece.
(95% sure, but they were quickly mucked)
