Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:42 PM Local Time
Adam Richardson opened the pot under the gun, and Sebastien Roy moved all in on the button for about 590,000 chips. Richardson snapped.
Showdown
Roy:
Richardson:
The board came out and Roy is our 5th place finisher. He took home $111,783.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:28 PM Local Time
With only 165,000 in front of him, John Dolan made an unusual raise to 120,000 when acting under the gun. He was called by Mick Carlson in the hijack, Adam Richardson on the button and Sebastien Roy in the big blind.
The flop came and Dolan went all in for his last 45,000. All three of his opponents called and checked the on the turn as well as the on the river.
When action had concluded Richardson and Dolan both showed and Roy showed , but it was Carlson who took the pot down with .
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:24 PM Local Time
From the cutoff seat, John Dolan opened the with a 135,000-chip raise. In the small blind, Scott Montgomery re-popped it to 300,000. Dolan moved all in and Montgomery tanked, asked for a count and eventually called.
Showdown
Dolan:
Montgomery:
Flop: flush draw for Montgomery;
Turn: Dolan still in the lead;
River: Flush for the Canadian!
Scott Montgomery is now up to 3,200,000 chips, and Dolan is down to 165,000.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:15 PM Local Time
Play was folded to John Dolan in the small blind who raised it to 130,000 with Mick Carlson calling from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and turn to give us a board of . Dolan bet the river, committing 145,000 to the pot. Carlson called, but mucked upon seeing Dolan's
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:58 PM Local Time
Daniel Fuhs opened the pot in the cutoff seat with a 135,000-chip raise, and Peter Dufek moved all in on the button. The blinds released and Fuhs called.
Showdown
Dufek:
Fuhs:
The board ran out and Dufek is our 7th place finisher. Daniel Fuhs is now up to 1,250,000 chips.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:55 PM Local Time
Adam Richardson raised to 130,000 from the cutoff and was called by Daniel Fuhs on the button. On a flop of Richardson bet 130,000 and Fuhs called. When the river came both players checked.
The river was the and Richardson was back to betting, this time for 245,000. Fuhs tanked for a minute before folding.
Richardson is now over 2,500,000 in chips.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:50 PM Local Time
In the first hand after the break, Mick Carlson opened the pot with a 140,000-chip raise from the hijack seat, and Scott Montgomery re-popped it to 330,000 from the cutoff.
Carlson eventually folded and Montgomery took the first pot.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:51 PM Local Time
Players have one hour to grab some food. We're going to do the same.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:48 PM Local Time
In the last hand of the level Peter Dufek opened the pot with a 125,000-chip raise, and John Dolan moved all in for an additional 625,000 chips. The action got back to Dufek and he made the call.
Showdown
Dufek:
Dolan:
The board of gave Dolan a full double up, and he is now up to 1,500,000 chips. Dufek slipped to 500,000.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:44 PM Local Time
Peter Dufek had made a raise to 100,000 from the cutoff and Mick Carlson defended his big blind, making the call.
The flop was and Carlson check-called a bet of 100,000. Both players checked the on the turn. The river was the and Carlson made a bet of 250,000. Dufek called, but didn't look happy about it.
If Dufek was unhappy before making the call, he was extremely unhappy afterwards. Carlson showed for a rivered straight and Dufek mucked.
The pot put Carlson up into second place with close to 2,000,000 chips. Dufek, however, has slipped to 1,500,000 and is in third.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:28 PM Local Time
All the chips were in the middle preflop when Adam Richardson shoved, getting a call from John Dolan.
Dolan:
Richardson:
Richardson got up and put his bag on, apparently having no faith that his hand would hold up. But when the flop delivered , he stayed ahead and eliminated some of Dolan's outs. the on the river gave Richardson the flush, and at this point he decided to sit back down.
Richardson is now our chip leader with 2,200,000 while Dolan is down to just 500,000
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:23 PM Local Time
This secondary feature table seems like a soccer stadium right now, the rail birds are singing and we are just missing the vuvuzelas noise.
Let's Go Dolan/Let's Go MickMack!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:18 PM Local Time
Peter Dufek opened the pot with a 125,000-chip raise on the button, and Sebastien Roy re-popped it to 260,000 in the small blind. Dufek called the additional 135,000 chips.
The flop ran out and Roy fired a 180,000-chip bet. Dufek re-popped it to 500,000 and took the pot.
Roy slipped to 1,280,000 and Dufek is now up to 1,960,000 chips.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:10 PM Local Time
Adam Richardson, Daniel Fuhs, Peter Dufek and Sebastian Roy have all made under the gun raises in the last four hands. In each case the raise has successfully taken down the blinds and antes. Who said position is important?
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:00 PM Local Time
Scott Montgomery has been shoving all in a number of times today and recently did so once more for a 300,000 chip pot.
Daniel Fuhs had raised to 125,000 from early position and got a call from John Dolan on the button. Mick Carlson got out of the way and Montgomery went all in for about 700,000. Fuhs thought for a minute or two and folded before Dolan followed suit.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:47 PM Local Time
Peter Dufek made a raise to 85,000 from middle position but was soon facing an all-in raise of 800,000 from Timothy Beeman on the button. Dufek made the call after thinking for a moment.
Beeman:
Dufek:
The flop missed Beeman altogether when it came , but he picked up a straight draw and some more outs with the on the turn. But the turn came and Dufek won the pot, sending Beeman to the cage to pick up his cheque.
The win pushed Dufek into second place with 1,850,000 chips.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:36 PM Local Time
Adam Richardson is on the climb this level. In addition to the pot he recently won against Scott Montgomery, he also picked up 85,000 plus blinds and antes after re-raising Mick Carlson's bet of 85,000 preflop. Richardson had made it 230,000 to go, which induced Carlson to fold.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:27 PM Local Time
It was a classic battle of the blinds when Scott Montgomery bumped it up to 100,000 from the small blind with Adam Richardson calling.
Both players checked through to the river, but with the board reading , Montgomery bet 125,000. Richards made the call and showed and Montgomery mucked.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:21 PM Local Time
With the exception of the elimination of Michael Michnik, today's final table has been moving at a rather slow pace. We're not seeing a lot of action past the flop with many hands not even getting that far. Of course, we expect that to change as blinds continue to increase.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:57 PM Local Time
With the board reading Daniel Fuhs fired a 100,000-chip bet from the big blid. In middle position, John Dolan made the call.
The turn card was a and Daniel check-called a 200,000-chip bet from Dolan. The river brought a to the table and Dolan moved all in after Fuhs checked.
Fuhs tanked for a very long time and eventually folded.
Dolan is now up to 1,450,000 and Fuhs slipped to 1,300,000 chips.