11/6/12 - Ben Kerns

Game one began with 19 players. By the break we were down to 13. The final table consisted of Dave Lee, Glenn Pruiksma, Dennis Mitchell, Michael Gifford, Claw Kelsay, Eric Noble, William Yeung, and Ben Kerns. This is the first time this season, that Ben had played on Tuesday night. Michael Gifford went all in with king jack and is called by Dennis Mitchell with a pair of fives. Gifford got the necessary jack on the river and took a bite out of Mitchell's chip stack. Dave Lee went out when Claw Kelsay's ace queen bested Lee's ace seven. Dennis Mitchell goes all in in the dark and is called by Glenn Pruiksma. Dennis's king three holds up against Glenn's queen seven. Both Dennis and Glenn go all in and were called by William Yeung. Yeung had queen six and a gets two sixes on the board to give him trip sixes. Gifford goes all in with three five and is called by Kerns with ace king. Ben won and took out Gifford. Claw Kelsay all in with ace jack against Ben Kerns' ace eight. Ben gets a straight and takes out Claw. William Yeung goes all in with fours and is called by Eric Noble with king jack. The fours hold up and William wins that hand. Eric Noble goes all in with ten king and is called by Yeung with a pair of fives. William's pocket pair wins and takes out Noble. The final play saw Ben Kerns win with a full house and secure a seat in the championship finals.