Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack - No-limit Hold'em

With 42,000 in the middle on the flop of    , Antoine Saout bet 22,000 from the button and was met with a check-raise from Christopher Maguire in early position for 52,000 which was called by Saout.

The   turn brought a second flush draw to the table and Maguire moved all in, which would put Saout at risk for 143,000. The Frenchman went deep into the tank and eventually found the fold and the dealer pushed the chips Maguire's way.

Christopher Maguire	292,000
Antoine Saout	143,000	-15,000
David ODB Baker	58,500

The early position player bet 17,000 and Kevin Vega moved all in for 63,000 from the button. Early position made the call.

Kevin Vega:   
Early Position:   

A classic flip and after the runout of      , Vega took down the pot with top pair - top kicker to secure the double up.

William Kassouf was facing an all in raise preflop, against Erik Cajeslais, with Kassouf covering.

As usual, Kassouf offered plenty of commentary, stating, "This is gonna be a flip" and "I know you have ace-king" amongst lots of other patter. Eventually Kassouf said, "I can't fold these" and made the call.

Erik Cajeslais:   
William Kassouf:   

The flop fanned out    , which got Kassouf's approval: "Keep it low", he chimed in.

The turn was a   but the river came   and gave Cajeslais the hand.

Erik Cajelais	350,000	207,000
William Kassouf	105,000	105,000

Under the gun and early position limped and was met with a shove from Haris Zambas on the button for 54,500. Under the gun called and early position open folded   .

Haris Zambas:   
Under the gun:   

Zambas had his opponent crushed and the runout of       awarded the pot to the Cypriot, whilst the early position player was questioning themself if they should have been braver.

Zambas is fresh from his biggest-ever recorded cash, scoring $40,000 in the Main Event.

Haris Zambas

103,000

103,000

Andreas Kniep went all in from the cutoff, for 47,000 — and was called by the big blind, who covered.

Andreas Kniep:   
Big Blind:   

The flop fell     giving Kniep an open-ended straight draw. A   on the turn instantly completed that draw and Kniep celebrated good-naturedly.

The river was a meaningless  , though Kniep did point out that the board would have been a lot more interesting, if it had it run out the other way round.

Andreas Kniep

102,000

-28,000

Late registration has closed in the Ultra Stack, and currently the tournament clock is reading 4,129 entries, bringing total entries to 7,220.

There is still a long line of max-late registrants who are waiting to be assigned a seat. Confirmed numbers will be posted as soon as the information is available.

Shachar Haran raised to 6,000 preflop and received four callers.

On a     flop, action was checked to Lara Eisenberg on the button, who bet 7,000. The big blind came along, as did Haran.

A turn, which fell the  , was checked all round and the river came a  . Action was checked to Eisenberg once more, and she put out a bet of 13,000.

The big blind folded and Haram thought for half a minute or so before finding the call. Eisenberg tabled    but Haran turned over    and his ace was enough to claim the pot.

Shachar Haran	187,000	187,000
Lara Eisenberg	100,000	-3,000

Jared Ward raised to 6,000 from under the gun and a player one seat over called which saw the button call as well.

The flop of     saw Ward check over to his neighbor who bet 25,000 which saw the button fold and Ward moved all in for 59,000 which his opponent called.

Jared Ward:   
Opponent:   

Ward had his opponent drawing dead on the flop before the board ran out    and Ward snagged a double.