Action folded to Casey McCarrel in the cutoff who raised, and Ron Burke was the only caller in the big blind. The flop came and Burke check-raised after McCarrel bet. McCarrel called, and the players saw the on the turn. Burke bet, and then McCarrel put Burke in, though he didn't look too happy doing it. Burke called and showed for a flopped two pair, and McCarrel showed . McCarrel needed a queen on the river to chop, but it didn't come, as the river was the . Burke doubled up 160,000, while McCarrel dropped to 120,000.
Tyler Bonkowski lost a few hands to start the table that briefly had him as one of the short stacks, but he has fought his way back up to second place after this big hand. Ron Burke raised, and Mitch Schock put in three bets in the cutoff. Bonkowski called in the big blind, as did Burke, and the three took a flop of . Bonkowski and Burke checked, and Schock bet. Bonkowski raised, and Burke then reraised. Schock reluctantly folded, and Bonkowski put in another bet. Burke called, and then call bets on the turn and the river, which came the and . Bonkowski showed for a flopped set, and Burke mucked, dropping to 70,000, while Bonkowski jumped up to 475,000.
On a flop of , Ron Burke and Shawn Keller checked, and Tyler Bonkowski bet. Burke folded, and Keller called. The turn brought the , and Keller led out. Bonkowski called, and called when Keller bet the on the river. Keller showed for a turned set, and Bonkowski mucked. Keller is now up to 920,000, and Bonkowski dropped to 150,000.
Matt Sterling raised in the cutoff, and Andrew Brongo called in the big blind. The board ran out and on every street, Brongo check called Sterling, including when Sterling moved all in on the river. Sterling showed for top pair, and it was good enough to win, as Brongo had . Sterling upped his count to 150,000, while Brongo is down to 460,000.
Leo Labbe limped in preflop, then called after Brandon Demes raised. The two took a flop of , the players got in a raising war that resulted in Labbe going all in.
Demes:
Labbe:
The turn brought the and the river wsa the , and Labbe was knocked out while Demes increased his stack to 420,000. With that elimination, we have our official final table!
Casey McCarrel entered the final table as the short stack, but he has just won a big pot that boosted his chip count over 200,000. Leo Labbe limped preflop, and Tyler Bonkowski raised. McCarrel then reraised, and Jeff Shulman put in a fourth bet after him. Labbe folded, and Bonkowski called. McCarrel then capped the betting, and Shulman and Bonkowski came along, already making for a huge pot. The flop came , and Bonkowski checked. McCarrel bet, and both Shulman and Bonkowski called. The turn came the , and Bonkowski bet again. McCarrel led out, and Shulman folded, but Bonkowski called .The river brought the , and McCarrel went all in after Bonkowski checked. Bonkowski folded, and McCarrel dragged the huge pot to get up to 225,000.
Andrew Brongo raised preflop and got one call from Leo Labbe. The flop came , and Labbe bet out. Brongo raised, and Labbe called. The turn and river were the and , and Brongo bet on both streets. Labbe called both, then mucked when Brongo showed for aces up, which was good enough to take the pot. Brongo jumped up to 480,000, while Labbe dropped to 58,000.
We are two hands into the final table, and Brandon Demes has won both of them. In the first hand, Demes bet the whole way on a board of , forcing Shawn Keller to fold the river. On the second hand, Demes showed on a board of , which was good enough to take the pot and boost his stack to 350,000.
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and Burke check-raised after McCarrel bet. McCarrel called, and the players saw the 
on the turn. Burke bet, and then McCarrel put Burke in, though he didn't look too happy doing it. Burke called and showed 
for a flopped two pair, and McCarrel showed 
. McCarrel needed a queen on the river to chop, but it didn't come, as the river was the 
. Burke doubled up 160,000, while McCarrel dropped to 120,000.
. Bonkowski and Burke checked, and Schock bet. Bonkowski raised, and Burke then reraised. Schock reluctantly folded, and Bonkowski put in another bet. Burke called, and then call bets on the turn and the river, which came the 
and 
. Bonkowski showed 
for a flopped set, and Burke mucked, dropping to 70,000, while Bonkowski jumped up to 475,000.
, Ron Burke and Shawn Keller checked, and Tyler Bonkowski bet. Burke folded, and Keller called. The turn brought the 
on the river. Keller showed 
for top pair, and it was good enough to win, as Brongo had 
. Sterling upped his count to 150,000, while Brongo is down to 460,000.
, the players got in a raising war that resulted in Labbe going all in.
, and McCarrel went all in after Bonkowski checked. Bonkowski folded, and McCarrel dragged the huge pot to get up to 225,000.
and 
, and Brongo bet on both streets. Labbe called both, then mucked when Brongo showed 
on a board of 
, which was good enough to take the pot and boost his stack to 350,000.