Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:30 PM Local Time
Tom Dwan has the button.
Simon Watt walks it out in the big blind.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:30 PM Local Time
Simon Watt has the button.
We missed the very quick action in the aftermath of the frenzy that last pot created.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:26 PM Local Time
David Randall has the button.
He makes it 200,000 straight, and Simon Watt tanks it up for a bit. He eventually fumbles for chips and slides out a reraise to 590,000. After a Tom Dwan fold and another short pause, Randall announces an all in, and Watt quickly calls to put his tournament life in jeopardy. Cards on their backs, gents:
Watt:
Randall: (oops)
Board:
That river six is not enough for Randall to overcome the pocket pair, and the largest pot of the tournament has just been pushed to Simon Watt. He's now the commanding chip leader, and we'll have the counts as soon as they figure out the pot up there.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:20 PM Local Time
Tom Dwan has the button.
Dwan folds his button and David Randall raises to 150,000 from the small blind. Simon Watt calls from the big blind and the flop falls .
Randall leads for 235,000, Watt folds and the dealer ships the pot to Randall.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:17 PM Local Time
Simon Watt has the button.
He folds, and Tom Dwan raises to 165,000. David Randall gives him a stare-down and makes the call to go heads up to a flop.
The dealer spreads out , and Dwan methodically continues out with a bet of 190,000. Randall sits still for about 20 seconds before reaching for raising chips. He makes it a total of 555,000, drawing a mouth-open gaze from "durrrr". He decides a fold is in order, and Randall takes it down.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:14 PM Local Time
David Randall has the button.
Randall opens to 150,000 with the button, both blinds fold and he is shipped the pot.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:13 PM Local Time
Tom Dwan has the button.
He makes it 145,000 to go and takes the blinds and antes.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:12 PM Local Time
Simon Watt has the button.
Watt raises to 150,000 with the button and Tom Dwan re-raises to 415,000 from the small blind. David Randall tanks for a bit before putting in a fourth bet to 960,000 and both Watt and Dwan fold.
Randall takes the over half million chip pot without a flop.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:08 PM Local Time
David Randall has the button.
Randall raises on the button, the blinds release and he is awarded the pot.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:06 PM Local Time
Tom Dwan has the button.
He raises to 160,000 and takes down the blinds and antes.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:06 PM Local Time
Simon Watt has the button.
He folds, Tom Dwan completes the blinds, and David Randall checks for a free flop from the big.
It comes , and a bet from Dwan is good enough to take it down without incident.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:05 PM Local Time
David Randall has the button in Seat 8.
Randall opens to 150,000 with the button, Simon Watt re-raises to 405,000 from the small blind and Tom Dwan folds from the big blind. Randall tanks for a very long time before four-betting to 900,000 and Watt puts in a fifth bet moving all in.
Randall snap-mucks and Watt takes down a huge pot preflop taking him to 3,700,000 chips.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 10:59 PM Local Time
Tom Dwan has the button in Seat 4.
He folds, and the blinds take a cheap flop heads up.
It comes , and the action check-checks. It repeats on the turn, and again on the river. David Randall shows to take the blinds and antes with ace high.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 10:57 PM Local Time
Simon Watt has the button in Seat 9.
Watt folds his button, Tom Dwan completes from the small blind and David Randall checks his option.
Both players check the flop and Dwan leads for 85,000 after the turns. Randall folds and Dwan rakes in the pot.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 10:55 PM Local Time
David Randall has the button in Seat 8.
He makes it 150,000 to skate, and Tom Dwan calls from the big blind after shooting a bit of a sideways look at his neighbor.
The flop comes , and Dwan taps the table once. Randall cuts out 225,000 and puts them out in front of the invisible betting line, and he has to endure a long, unblinking stare from Dwan. "Durrrr" finally glances down at his chips and elects to make the call.
Turn:
That draws another Dwan check and Randall checks behind this time.
The river comes the , and Dwan slowly stacks out betting chips. He takes several long minutes to settle on 385,000. After another minute or so, Randall makes the call.
Dwan shows up , and that's good. Randall's cards go into the muck, Jon Aguiar yells, "Oh my goodness!" from the bleachers, and Dwan stacks the pot.
He's up to 2.43 million.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 10:49 PM Local Time
Tom Dwan has the button in Seat 4.
Dwan opens to 140,000 with the button and David Randall three-bets to 420,000 from the small blind. Simon Watt surrenders his big blind and Dwan folds.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 10:47 PM Local Time
Simon Watt has the button in Seat 9.
He raises to 150,000, and Tom Dwan moves all in from the small blind for the second time in four hands (and it looked like he wanted to during the last hand too). His opponents folded, and Dwan has picked up another couple hundred thousand chips.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 10:45 PM Local Time
David Randall has the button in Seat 8.
Randall opens to 165,000, Simon Watt folds his small blind and Tom Dwan defends from the big blind.
Both players check the flop, and Dwan checks again after the turns. Randall bets 225,000 and Dwan releases.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 10:44 PM Local Time
Tom Dwan has the button in Seat 4.
Dwan folds his button, David Randall opens from the small blind and Simon Watt gives up his big blind.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 10:44 PM Local Time
Simon Watt has the button in Seat 9.
He folds, and Tom Dwan moves all in for 780,000 from the small blind. In the big, David Randall quickly makes the call to put Dwan at risk for possibly the first time in this entire tournament.
Showdown
Dwan:
Randall:
The tension builds as the entire arena is on their feet to sweat this board.
Flop: , followed quickly by a nervous but rowdy cheer sweeping through the featured table area as Dwan pulls into the lead.
Turn: !
An enormous rumble of applause and shouting fills the entire room from end to end, and dozens of players from the other events come sprinting to our corner of the room to see what the commotion is all about.
Dwan locks up the double when the hits the river, and he's back in this thing with more than 1.5 million chips.