Jimmy Fricke got the last of it in on third against Joe Tehan.
Fricke: /
Tehan: /
Fricke was able to catch aces up by sixth with , but Tehan had snagged a third eight with . Fricke squeezed out his last card, rapping the table as he turned over paint.
On fifth street we found Jimmy Fricke betting out only to have Calvin Anderson raise. Levon Torosyan called, as did Fricke before a bet from Anderson on sixth pushed out Torosyan but kept Fricke in. On seventh Anderson fired again and Fricke called.
Torosyan: /
Fricke: / /
Anderson: / /
Anderson tabled his / as Fricke mucked the and was left crippled with just 26,000 in chips.
Joe Tehan had the bring-in and Eric Kurtzman completed with Calvin Anderson and Melissa Burr calling before Tehan re-raised to 30,000. All three players called as Tehan bet fourth and only Anderson called. Anderson then bet fifth and sixth with Tehan calling before seventh was checked.
Tehen: / /
Kurtzman: / (folded on fourth)
Anderson: / /
Burr: / (folded on fourth)
Jimmy Fricke jokingly asked the tournament director if Game of Thrones could be put on the TV above the tournament table, which currently sports Game 5 of the NBA finals.
"No!" Melissa Burr said. "I haven't seen the last episode!"
Jimmy Fricke completed from the last position with , and Calvin Anderson defended his bring-in with . Fricke kept up the aggression on fourth when he caught , while Anderson had . It was Anderson taking the lead and betting the rest of the way though, after he paired with the .
Anderson: /
Fricke: /
Anderson showed down for a straight and a low, and Fricke could only muse about having "so many outs."
Joe Tehan completed and Melissa Burr called before she called bets on fourth and fifth before leading out for 30,000 on sixth. Tehan raised and Burr called all in for her last 2,000.
Tehan: / /
Burr: / /
Burr scooped with her jacks and eight-five low to send her stack upwards of 200,000.