Fortini Falls; Thieme Follows
Hand #1: Taylor Fortini found himself with crumbs after ceding a double to the pocket eights of Shannon Hudson and open-jammed his remaining chips on the button, receiving an isolation-raise from Lawrence Brink to give him a shot at a double.
Taylor Fortini: 
Lawrence Brink: 
Fortini was unable to find one of the three remaining sixes in the deck as the runout 
left Brink's jack kicker on top to earn him the pot and the knockout.
Hand #2: One hand later, Brian Thieme was seen vacating his seat at the very same table as Mike Wheeler was collecting the pot that did him in. Wheeler filled in the details, saying there was a limped pot preflop that saw 
come on board.
Thieme checked to Wheeler, who bet and saw Thieme check-jam. Wheeler called.
Brian Thieme: 
Mike Wheeler: 
"And I hit a flush on the river," said Wheeler, who now finds himself with a stack of 170,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,500
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
160,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
75,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |