Bill Khourie has continued to open more often than the rest of the final table. On the last two hands, he lost about 100,000 to Jeremy Detamore and 100,000 to Joe Ebanks.
Khourie opened to 45,000 from the small blind and Detamore defended from the big blind. The flop came and Khourie led for 50,000. Detamore called. The players checked the remaining streets as the turn and river came and Detamore took the pot with pocket sixes.
Khourie opened the next hand on the button for 40,000 and Ebanks defended from the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Ebanks led for 55,000. Khourie called. The river was the and Ebanks led again, this time making it 130,000. Khourie folded.
David O'Connor did a lot of work today. Dipping under 40,000 and working his stack back up to over 400,000, however no one can seem to beat Joe Ebanks.
O'Connor and Ebanks got all in preflop and this time Ebanks had the best of it with . O'Connor had .
The board ran out and Ebanks sent another player home. He now has almost half the chips in play with five left.
Bill Khourie has been pretty active and opening many of the hands at the final table. He just won a pot off Jeff Gregg with a three bet preflop. However, on this hand he called Detamore's shove with pocket sixes and was behind.
Khourie made it 45,000 and Detamore shoved for just under 400,000. Khourie called and was behind the of Detamore. Khourie's got a bit of a sweat when the board ran out , but he missed the gut shot and Detamore doubled up.
Chris Meyers was eliminated in seventh place by Joe Ebanks. Meyers lost a massive pot when the two got all in preflop.
To start the hand, both players had two of the biggest stacks at the table. The action started when Meyers raised to 45,000. Ebanks was in the big blind and made it 160,000. Meyers, who was sporting a Lebron James jersey and was happy to see his team win earlier, made it 375,000. Without too much consideration, Ebanks went all in. Meyers snap called with and Ebanks looked to immediately regret the hand with .
The regret wouldn't last long because Ebanks flopped the nuts on the flop. Meyers still had a shot when the turn was the , but the closed the door on Meyers tournament run.
Ebanks is now approaching 2-million chips with six players remaining.
Chris Roberts' luck finally ran out and he was eliminated by Joe Ebanks in eighth place.
Jeremy Detamore opened the action preflop and Roberts shoved over the top. Joe Ebanks was next to act. He took a few moments and then shoved all in over Roberts. Detamore folded and Roberts was all in with for his tournament life against Ebanks.
Ebanks had and the board kept him ahead. Roberts will finish just behind Donald Groves for the first place spot in the HPO Columbus leaderboard. Groves will win the seat to the HPO Championship Event in June.
and Khourie led for 50,000. Detamore called. The players checked the remaining streets as the turn and river came 
and Detamore took the pot with pocket sixes.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Ebanks led for 55,000. Khourie called. The river was the 
and Ebanks led again, this time making it 130,000. Khourie folded.
. O'Connor had 
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and Ebanks sent another player home. He now has almost half the chips in play with five left.
and Ebanks looked to immediately regret the hand with 
flop. Meyers still had a shot when the turn was the 
, but the 
closed the door on Meyers tournament run.
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