Byron Kaverman raised to 22,000 in the cutoff, Pierre Neuville three-bet to 48,000 on the button, and Kaverman responded with a four-bet to 102,000.
Neuville folded.
Byron Kaverman raised to 22,000 in the cutoff, Pierre Neuville three-bet to 48,000 on the button, and Kaverman responded with a four-bet to 102,000.
Neuville folded.
"When Bryn [Kenney] was bigger, Tyler was the Diddy Kong to his Donkey Kong," Griffin Benger just said in between hands, seeing that Bryn's brother Tyler was on the rail.
The five players at Table 447 let out a laugh.
"What does that make Mustapha [Kanit]?" Bryn asked. "Mario?"
Kanit, a jovial Italian gentleman, shook his head no.
"Wario," he answered, grinning and gripping an imaginary steering wheel, navigating the Rainbow Road in his head.
Kevin Eyster raised to 22,000 in the hijack, Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger three-bet to 55,000 on the button, and Eyster called.
Eyster check-called a bet of 33,000 on an all-jack flop — ![]()
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— then the turn brought the
, and both players checked.
The river was the
, Eyster led out for 48,000 or so, and Lichtenberger called. "Chewy" won the pot with ![]()
, and now has 965,000 chips.
Kevin Eyster raised to 22,000 in the cutoff, Jeremy Kottler reraised to 55,000 on the button, and Eyster called.
The flop fell ![]()
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, Eyster check-called a bet of 45,000, and the turn was the
. Both players checked.
The river was the
, Eyster oped to lead out for 150,000, and Kottler folded.
Jeremy Kottler raised in the cutoff, Jay Dragland moved all in for 92,000 out of the small blind, and Kottler called.
Kottler: ![]()
Dragland: ![]()
Dragland improved to a pair of jacks on the ![]()
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, and doubled through as the turn and river bricked
,
respectively.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 30,000 in the hijack, Jeremy Kottler defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned ![]()
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. Kottler check-called a bet of 22,000, then check-called another 38,000 on the
turn.
A repeat six — the
— completed the board, and Kottler check-called one last bet worth 93,000.
Lichtenberger turned over ![]()
, and Kottler mucked.
Greg Merson limped in on the button, David Borrat checked his option in the big blind, and the flop fell ![]()
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. Both players checked.
The turn was the
, Borrat check-called a bet of 16,000, and the
completed the board. Borrat checked, Merson fired out another 28,000, and Borrat made the call.
Merson revealed ![]()
for jack-high, but it was no good against Borrat's ![]()
for king-high.
There will be no back-to-back bracelets for Georgia native Kory Kilpatrick, as he was "showered" by Mustapha Kanit.
Kilpatrick raised to 22,000 in the cutoff, Kanit three-bet to 41,000 on the button, and Kilpatrick moved all in for 195,000.
"Like two-hundred?" Kanit asked.
The dealer confirmed his estimation, and the Italian called.
Kanit: ![]()
Kilpatrick: ![]()
The ![]()
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flop kept Kilpatrick in the lead, and the 2014 bracelet winner remained ahead after the
turn. But the man with the axe —
— completed the board, giving Kanit a pair of kings.
"You showered me," Kilpatrick told Kanit, grinning.
"I told you!" Kanit said excitedly. "I said I'd shower you!"

Mustapha told me he was gonna shower me, then he did with KQ to my AQ. Oh well, can't complain. Thanks for the love, amigosFollow @kory_kilpatrick
For those of you who are confused, young poker players have shortened "hit the showers" to "showers," and when players are either eliminated or owned — or both — they are "showered."
Kilpatrick and Kanit shared a hearty laugh, and as Kilpatrick was walking out, Griffin Benger laid the icing on the cake.
"Go home and cry on your bracelet!" the Canadian cried out.
Mustapha Kanit raised to 23,000 out of the small blind, Bryn Kenney moved all in for effectively 358,000, and Kanit folded.
Bryn Kenney raised to 22,000 in the cutoff, Griffin Benger three-bet to 46,000 in the small blind, and Kenney moved all in. Benger folded.