Friday, June 18, 2010 5:30 PM Local Time
Hold'em
We picked up the action on fourth street as the board showed . Hani Awad was the one doing the betting, and Daniel Ospina made the call to see the river card.
It was the , and Awad fired out with one last bet. Ospina thought it over for a minute, and he eventually decided on the call. The only problem was that he somehow accidentally stacked out 30,000 and slid it foward, 10,000 too much to be a call.
The floor was called over, and he ruled that it was two bets, sending the decision back to Awad. Without missing a beat, he three-bet it, and Ospina sunk in his chair. After a long soak in the tank and many shakes of the head, he made a reluctant call.
Awad tabled , and his straight was good for the pot. His frustrated opponent shook his head a few more times and placed his cards quietly into the muck.
You can see what a big mistake it was; Ospina is left with just 66,000 now.
Friday, June 18, 2010 5:22 PM Local Time
Hold'em
Blake Cahail has some chips to work with, and he's put them to good use in the hold'em round. Sitting in the small blind, he was the only caller of Hani Awad's pre-flop raise. Cahail led into Awad on a flop of . Awad raised, allowing Cahail the opportunity to three-bet. Awad called that raise, then called a single bet on the turn and the river . At showdown, Cahail showed two jacks, , to claim the pot.
Friday, June 18, 2010 5:15 PM Local Time
Omaha 8/b
Allen Kessler chopped a couple pots with his short stack before finally relinquishing the rest of his chips on the last hand of the O8 round.
In the cutoff seat, Dustin Leary raised, and Allen Kessler considered for just a moment before calling all in for his last 12,000 on the button. Nobody else wanted to tangle, so the cards were turned up on their backsides with Kessler at risk for his full stack.
Leary:
Kessler:
The board frowned on Kessler as it ran out . "Nines full," announced the dealer, and Kessler just sat there shaking his head. He was unable to find a low or any other way to take part of that pot, and he has been knocked off in 13th place. It was another deep run for the man they call The Chainsaw, but he has run out of gas a few places short of another final table appearance.
Friday, June 18, 2010 5:05 PM Local Time
Omaha 8/b
Allen Kessler opened with a raise, and Andrew Revesz called from the small blind.
Heads up, the two men took a flop of , and Revesz check-called a bet. On the turn, he checked again, but this time he snuck in a raise when Kessler bet a second time. Kessler called the extra bet, and he called one more bet on the river.
Revesz:
Kessler:
Revesz had made his lucky wheel, and Kessler could not believe it. "You were dead to a deuce," Kessler reminded him.
"I know. Very lucky," Revesz responded as he stacked the pot. Kessler is now down to just 11,000 lonely chips.
Friday, June 18, 2010 5:01 PM Local Time
Hold'em
Two hands of hold'em liquidated James Van Alstyne's remaining chips and sent him to the rail in 14th place. First, Van Alstyne played a pot from the big blind against Dustin Leary. On the turn, with the board showing , Van Alstyne checked and called a bet. The river brought the . Van Alstyne checked again, drawing another bet from Leary of 20,000. Van Alstyne had only 37,000 behind and tanked for about a minute before calling.
"Just an ace," said Leary. He opened . Just an ace was good enough after Van Alstyne mucked.
A few hands later Van Alstyne was all in pre-flop against Andrew Revesz and Ken Lennaard. Revesz and Lennaard checked all the way to the river, . That's where Lennaard's bet folded Revesz. Lennaard opened for the nuts. Van Alstyne mucked and headed out to collect his prize money.
Friday, June 18, 2010 4:56 PM Local Time
Stud
Burlot: (X) (X) / / (X)
Puchkov: (X) (X) / / (X)
Regis Burlot completed third street and was raised by Konstantin Puchkov. That isolated the action heads-up to fourth street, where Puchkov bet the lead and Burlot called. Both players checked fifth and sixth streets. Down the river, Burlot bet and Puchkov called. Burlot made aces up with , but so did Puchkov, with . Burlot's aces and fours were no good against Puchkov's aces and queens.
Burlot is now among the short stacks with about 80,000 chips. Puchkov has 470,000.
Friday, June 18, 2010 4:53 PM Local Time
Stud
Awad: (X) (X) / / (X)
Ospina: (X) (X) / / (X)
Daniel Ospina's completion bet on third street was called by three other players, including Hina Awad. Ospina kept the betting lead on fourth street and fired again, folding two opponents but earning another call from Awad. Ospina tried a bet a third time on fifth street; again Awad called.
Awad's board started to show a lot of possibilities on sixth street, and that may have been why Ospina decided to check. Awad obliged with a bet that Ospina called. It was the same action on the river. At showdown, Awad produced as his hole cards, a heart flush. It was good enough to earn him the pot. His stack now totals 660,000. Ospina is down to 245,000.
Friday, June 18, 2010 4:48 PM Local Time
Stud 8/b
Dustin Leary brought it in with the showing, and Allen Kessler completed with the . James Van Alstyne called with the (though he would check-fold on fourth street), and Leary came along with the call as well.
Leary: (X) (X) / / (X)
Kessler: (X) (X) / / (X)
Leary bet right out on fourth street, and Kessler's raise was the one that pushed Van Alstyne out of the pot. Leary called quickly though.
On fifth street, Leary check-called a bet, and he check-called another one on sixth street. On seventh, Kessler checked, and he called when Leary made the bet.
Leary quietly said, "Flush," and he turned up . Kessler could hardly believe it as he threw his arms up in the air and shook his head back and forth slowly. He studied his own cards for about 30 seconds, and, unable to find anything good enough for half the pot, slung them into the muck.
That pot moves The Chainsaw down to 115,000.
Friday, June 18, 2010 4:18 PM Local Time
We've played two levels of poker, and the players are already a few minutes into their first twenty-minute break of the day.
Friday, June 18, 2010 4:18 PM Local Time
Stud
Reslock: (X) (X) / / (X)
Awad: (X) (X) / / (X)
Cahail: (X) (X) / / (X)
We joined the action on fourth street as Cahail bet his king-nine, and Reslock raised to two bets. Awad called both bets, and Cahail flicked in the extra 8,000 as well.
On fifth street, Reslock bet all in for her last 6,000, and both opponents called. Cahail got bets in on sixth and seventh streets, with Awad calling both.
Cahail had (X) for two pair, so Reslock's trips were safe on that side. Awad, however, turned up for the straight, and Reslock would need some help from her final card to stay alive. She shook her head and flipped over , then her final card, the useless .
Unable to improve her trip fours, Ming Reslock has been sent to the exit in 15th place.
Friday, June 18, 2010 4:10 PM Local Time
Stud
Mizrachi: / /
Steindl: / /
A short-stacked Johannes Steindl doubled up once during the second row, but his second attempt ended in his elimination. Robert Mizrachi completed the bring-in directly to Steindl's right. Steindl squeezed out his hand and then raised, folding all other players back to Mizrachi. He put in another raise, which was enough to get Steindl all in.
Steindl's board came about as ragged as it could possibly come. He was drawing dead going into the river after Mizrachi made jacks and treys. Just to add insult to injury, Steindl drew a complete blank to finish his last hand with an ace-high pai gow. He's been eliminted in 16th place and will leave with $8,349.
Friday, June 18, 2010 3:54 PM Local Time
Omaha 8/b
Ming Reslock raised, and Konstantin Puchkov reraised. Reslock had 34,000 total chips to start the hand, and she went ahead and got them all in there preflop. Cards up, lady and gent:
Reslock:
Puchkov:
The board ran out just fine for Reslock, coming . Kings full of aces is the best hand, and Reslock doubles her way back to 80,000.
Friday, June 18, 2010 3:47 PM Local Time
Omaha 8/b
Looks like Ken Lennaard has intentions to stick around for a while. He just doubled up in Omaha Hi/Lo, getting all in on a flop of against Allen Kessler. Lennaard showed a pair of aces and a low draw, ; Kessler tabled for a big straight-and-low draw. Kessler missed everything when the turn and river were running jacks.
After the hand, Lennaard asked floor supervisor Robbie Thompson to un-register Lennaard rom the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em event starting in fifteen minuets.
Friday, June 18, 2010 3:41 PM Local Time
Table 375
Seat 1: Dustin Leary
Seat 2: Allen Kessler
Seat 3: Chip Jett
Seat 4: Robert Mizrachi
Seat 5: Johannes Steindl
Seat 6: Andrew Revesz
Seat 7: James van Alstyne
Seat 8: Ken Lennaard
Table 376
Seat 1: Ming Reslock
Seat 2: Hani Awad
Seat 3: Danny Kalpakis
Seat 4: Regis Burlot
Seat 5: Konstantin Puchkov
Seat 6: Al Barbieri
Seat 7: Blake Cahail
Seat 8: Daniel Ospina
Friday, June 18, 2010 3:38 PM Local Time
Everything happened so quickly, we didn't even see it happen. Regardless, the short-stacked Kyung Han is out in 17th place.
We're now down to 16 players, and the field is being redrawn down to the final two tables.
Friday, June 18, 2010 3:37 PM Local Time
Stud 8/b
James Darnaby completed with the showing, and Hani Awad called with the . Blake Cahail called with the , but he'd duck out on fourth street.
Darnaby: (X) (X) / / (X)
Awad: (X) (X) / / (X)
On fourth street, Darnaby's bet was quickly called, and he said, "Eighteen," to tell Awad how many chips he had left. On fifth street, Darbaby bet the 16,000, and Awad put him all in.
Darnaby turned up , having made two pair by the time the money went in. Awad tabled , and he plucked a lucky on seventh street to improve to trip aces. Darnaby just shook his head and flipped over his last card, a useless .
That's the end of Darnaby's day, out the door in 18th place.
Friday, June 18, 2010 3:28 PM Local Time
Stud 8/b
Revesz: (X) (X) / / (X)
Han: (X) (X) / FOLD
Josephy: (X) (X) / / (X)
A big three-way pot of Stud Hi/Lo drew our attention to Cliff Josephy's table. The action was already to sixth street with a large number of chips in the middle. Andrew Revesz showed an open pair of nines and had the betting lead. His bet folded short-stacked Kyung Han, but Josephy called to the river.
At the river, Revesz checked to Josephy. Josephy fired out a bet, leaving himself about 10,000 behind. Revesz then check-raised, causing Josephy to look like he wanted to vomit. He seemed to sense he had blundered, but with so few chips left and so many in the pot Josephy probably didn't have much choice in his action. He called.
"Full house, no low," said Revesz. He opened for nines full of deuces. Josephy appeared to table for aces and fives with no low. The whole pot went to Revesz, allowing him to climb to 410,000 in chips. Josephy, however, is out in 19th place.
Friday, June 18, 2010 3:20 PM Local Time
Razz
The up cards were already out on board when we found this action.
Johannes Steindl: (X) (X) / / (X)
Konstantin Puchkov: (X) (X) / / (X)
There was a pot of more than 100,000 chips in the middle when we joined the pot on sixth street, and Steindl fired out a bet. Puchkov promptly raised, and Steindl tank-called. Puchkov got one more bet in on seventh street, and Steindl reluctantly called.
Puchkov turned up for kings up, and Stendl shook his head, looking a bit frustrated. After staring at his cards for another few seconds, he flopped them into the muck, dropping his stack down to 85,000.
Friday, June 18, 2010 3:14 PM Local Time
Stud
Zuffi: / / (X)
Van Alstyne: / / (X)
One pair looked good enough for the short-stacked Mark Zuffi. When he made open deuces on fifth street, he put his last 10,000 chips into the pot. James Van Alstyne thought about it for a few seconds before calling. Zuffi didn't have anything better than deuces; Van Alstyne made a pair of jacks on fifth street. He improved to jacks and fours on sixth street, leaving Zuffi looking to improve on the river. That didn't happen, and as a result Zuffi is out.
Friday, June 18, 2010 3:11 PM Local Time
Hold'em
Thomas Hunt did his best to hang on as long as he could. Finally, in the hold'em round, he re-raised after Daniel Ospina opened. Hunt had only 5,000 cihps behind his re-raise, which quickly went into the middle.
Ospina:
Hunt:
"It's a flip," remarked Allen Kessler. That wasn't entirely true; Ospina was a roughly 3-to-2 favorite. He was a massive favorite after a flop of . Hunt needed running cards for a full house and was drawing dead after the turn. He leaves with $6,885 in prize money.