Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:36 PM Local Time
Stephen Chidwick shoved for 50,000 from early position, Thomas Bichon called from the cutoff and Paul Magriel called from the big blind as well.
The flop fell and Bichon moved all in for effectively 270,000 into a dry side-pot. Magriel folded and both Chidwick and Bichon opened their hands.
Showdown
Chidwick:
Bichon:
Chidwick did not improve with either the on the turn or the on the river, sending him to the rail.
Bichon is up to 750,000 chips.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:30 PM Local Time
The action was already on Bryan Porter when I arrived, but a quick glance at the felt revealed the probable action: under the gun, Porter had opened for 38,000, Steven Brown had reraised from middle position to 138,000 and the decision was now on Shaun Malough in the small blind. After a few moments, he announced all-in and pushed his short stack of 185,000 across the felt.
Back round to Porter who hesitated, before announcing all-in himself for around 450,000. Brown, who had a similar stack, made the fold, and we had a showdown, Porter in commanding shape with versus .
The flop, however, favored Malough, the dealer laying an eventful onto the felt. Malough punched the immediate air, but it wasn't over yet, he still had six outs to dodge. But dodge he did, the turn and river coming and respectively and Malough picking up the pot with the nut flush.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:18 PM Local Time
Steven Brown open-shoved from middle position and Peter Dawson called on the button. The blinds released and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Brown:
Dawson:
The flop was rather harmless for Dawson, but the on the turn gave Brown nine more outs. The was one of those outs, and when it spiked on the river Brown made the nut flush sending Dawson packing.
Brown's good fortune has him sitting with 575,000 chips.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:13 PM Local Time
Stephen Chidwick is left with just 20,000 chips after losing a massive pot to Jesse Rockowitz.
According to Josh Brikis, Chidwick opened to 35,000 in the cutoff and Rockowitz three-bet to 105,000 from the big blind. Chidwick four-bet shoved and Rockowitz snapped it off.
Chidwick was way behind with against the two kings of Rockowitz and found no help from the board.
Rockowitz is up to 1,200,000 chips while Chidwick is dangerously short.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:13 PM Local Time
After all that movement of chips, it is Sam Trickett who has come out smelling or roses. With 27 players remaining, he is the current chip leader with 1,500,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:04 PM Local Time
In what has been a fast and furious start which has seen more action that a date with Snoopy, John Coon has also hit the rail.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:59 PM Local Time
Tim "tmay420" West just recovered from his early losses by winning a flip of his own.
West was all in with two red sixes against the of Stephen Chidwick. The board ran and West doubled to 370,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:56 PM Local Time
I joined the action with Christopher Greene (cut-off) all in preflop and with Thiago Nishijima (mid-late position) and Larry Wilder (button) battling it out for the side pot.
The flop came , and after Nishijima checked, Wilder announced all-in for a rather heft amount.
Nishijima mulled over his decision for a few moments before making the call and showing . Wilder tabled , whilst Greene faced a similar struggle with .
The turn teased a backdoor flush, but to no avail as the river came a close-but-no-cigar .
"Yes!" yelped Nishijima in delight as a disappointed Greene -"Why couldn't it have been a five?" - departed, and Wilder began to slide over the chips.
A few eyes widened over the time it took for the call to be made, but when he was politely question about it, Nishijima responded: "It was for a lot of chips."
My take: no intent. We are, after all, down to the gritty, and no one wants to make a mistake, especially for a 1,300,000 pot.
Wilder, meanwhile, is right back down to 160,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:51 PM Local Time
Also making the disgruntled early walk to the rail is Nicholas Stowell. He picks $16,681 for his troubles.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:47 PM Local Time
Alex Outhred is out in what the Internet kids would call a "standard situation", running into the of Sam Trickett on a board.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:42 PM Local Time
Action folded to Josh "brikdog24" Brikis who open shoved for 228,000 from the hijack seat. Tim "tmay420" West re-shoved from the small blind, and after Paul Magriel released his big blind the hands were opened:
Showdown
Brikis:
West:
The flop changed nothing, but the on the turn pushed Brikis ahead of West. The on the river gave him two pair for kicks and giggles, doubling him to 460,000 chips.
West slipped to just 185,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:38 PM Local Time
Roger Teska has been eliminated early on Day 3.
We missed the hand unfortunately, but across the room we spotted Teska collecting his things and heading for the door.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:26 PM Local Time
Table 341:
Seat 1: Jesse Rockowtiz - 558,000
Seat 2: Tim West - 419,000
Seat 4: Paul Magriel - 460,000
Seat 5: Bryan Porter - 332,000
Seat 6: Steven Brown - 237,000
Seat 7: Stephen Chidwick - 783,000
Seat 8: Joshua Brikis - 232,000
Seat 9: Peter Dawson - 322,000
Table 342:
Seat 1: Sean Hodge - 250,000
Seat 2: Dutch Boyd - 619,000
Seat 4: Sam Trickett - 922,000
Seat 5: Johan Jakobsson - 522,000
Seat 6: Douglas Gord - 507,000
Seat 7: Alex Outhred - 444,000
Seat 8: Tanya Gawarecki - 77,000
Seat 9: Aristotle Coronel - 480,000
Table 343:
Seat 1: Thiago Nishijima - 643,000
Seat 2: Kevin Odell - 768,000
Seat 3: Christopher Greene - 113,000
Seat 4: Larry Wilder - 916,000
Seat 5: Shaun Malough - 245,000
Seat 6: Andrew Ferguson - 390,000
Seat 7: Thomas Bichon - 265,000
Seat 8: Zachary Clark - 176,000
Seat 9: Roger Teska - 130,000
Table 344:
Seat 1: Edward Yoo - 233,000
Seat 2: Rafal Michalowski - 211,000
Seat 3: Adam Croffut - 259,000
Seat 4: Nicholas Stowell - 268,000
Seat 5: Justin Conley - 479,000
Seat 6: Raymond Coburn - 560,000
Seat 7: Michael Meerkreebs - 363,000
Seat 8: Michael Goldfarb - 617,000
Seat 9: John Coon - 172,000
Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:00 PM Local Time
Just two days ago, 3,097 players jammed into the Pavilion Room making Event #45 the largest $1,500 field this summer. Now, after two long days of play, we are down to 35 runners.
Sam Trickett is our chip leader with 922,000 chips and he is closely followed by Larry Wilder with 916,000. Trickett finished runner up to Jason DeWitt in Event #17: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em and chipped up steadily throughout Day 2. Wilder won a huge pot during one of the final hands last night, making a flush against Jesse Rockowitz (558,000) to win him a pot worth over a million chips.
Dutch Boyd (619,000) is in search of his second bracelet of the year. Frank Kassela is our only repeat offender thus far, and with a good run today Boyd could surely join him.
Thomas Bichon (265,000) and Josh "brikdog24" Brikis (232,000) are both below average and Tim "tmay420" West (419,000) is sitting right at average to start the day. All three of these players are tough though, and we wouldn't be surprised if one or all of them went very deep.
The action is scheduled to restart at 2:30 p.m. PST and we hope to see you then!