Event #11: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Regional Championship - Nationally Televised

Matt Waxman raised to 13,000 under the gun and AJ Jejelowo called from the next seat over. Allie Prescott called in the cutoff, Allen Kessler did the same from the small blind, and a     flop came down.

Kessler checked it to Waxman who bet 24,000. Jejelowo quickly called the bet, as did both Prescott and Kessler to see the   turn.

Kessler immediately shoved for 87,000, getting Waxman to fold. Jejelowo spent a good amount of time in the tank before folding, Prescott folded immediately, and Kessler took the hefty pot to up his stack to about 250,000.

Kunal Patel raised to 12,000 to open the pot, and Allie Prescott three-bet to 35,000 in position. Jeremy Gaubert called all in for his last 6,000 from the small blind, and the action came back to Patel. He thought for a minute, then capped his cards with a chip and thought some more. He double-checked his hole cards, then shoved over the top all in for about 110,000. Prescott shrugged and called covering both players, and the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Gaubert:    
Patel:    
Prescott:    

Patel was in front, and he had to be happy to see his two opponent sharing the overcard ace. It didn't much matter. The flop came      , and Prescott shot into a big lead with aces up. Gaubert needed to find an ace, queen, or king to chop, while Patel was dead to the two remaining jacks in the deck.

The turn   and river   were blanks, though, and Prescott drags the biggest pot of the day. It's good enough to boost him into the chip lead with about 650,000, and it eliminates Gaubert and Patel in 9th and 8th places, respectively.

From the cutoff, AJ Jejelowo opened the action with a raise. Scott Lipshutz re-raised to 33,000 on the button and when the blinds folded, Jejelowo shoved with the big stack. Lipshutz folded after a few moments, giving up another pot to Jejelowo.

AJ Jejelowo	590,000	79,000
Scott Lipshutz	195,000	-49,000

Harry Cullen limped in from under the gun and Matt Waxman did the same from the cutoff. Allie Prescott checked his option and the flop came down    .

Prescott checked it to Cullen who bet 17,000. Waxman was the lone caller to see the   turn. Both opted to check it, landing the   on the river. Both checked again and Cullen tabled   . Waxman couldn't beat it, giving the pot Cullen.

Matt Waxman	203,000	-24,000
Harry Cullen	165,000	19,000

Kunal Patel opened to 11,000 from middle position, and AJ Jejelowo came along with a call from the button. The two men took a       flop, and Patel continued out with another 14,000 chips. Jejelowo didn't waste much time raising it up to 33,000 total, and Patel let it go.

After Harry Cullen opened the pot with a raise from the hijack, Allen Kessler shoved from the cutoff for about 45,000. Action folded around to Cullen who opted to fold, giving the pot to Kessler who showed pocket tens.

AJ Jejelowo raised to 12,000 from middle position. Scott Lipshutz called one seat over and Gary Friendlander called from the big blind, landing a     flop.

Action checked to Lipshutz and he bet 22,000 with only Jejelowo coming along to see the   turn. Jejelowo check-called another 22,000 from Lipshutz, leading to the   river. A third check from Jejelowo led to an all-in shove from Lipshutz for 127,000. Jejelowo gave it up after about a minute in the tank.

Lipshutz upped his stack to about 247,000, while Jejelowo slipped to roughly 430,000.

Jeremy Gaubert raised to 12,000 from the hijack and Kunal Patel popped it to 29,000 from the button. Action folded around to Gaubert and he shoved for about 100,000. Patel called immediately, but that's where the drama ended.

Gaubert:   
Patel:   

The board ran out       for a chopped pot.

Kunal Patel	183,000	23,000
Jeremy Gaubert	108,000	-13,500

The prizepool has been adjusted as per the players' request. Ninth place will pay out $12,000 instead of zero now, and $1,500 was taken from each of the top eight spots to facilitate the save.

The players are being introduced as we speak.