Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Action started with Steven Goldberg raising in early position to 55,000. It folded around to Christopher Odonnell in the hijack, and he went into the tank for about 90 seconds. Eventually, he moved all in for his last 450,000. It folded back to Goldberg, and he quickly made the call for most of his stack.

Goldberg:   
Odonnell:   

The flop was a tough one for Odonnell, as it came    . He would need a ten and a ten only now to survive. The turn brought the  , and the river came the  . Goldberg collected the bounty, effectively doubling his stack, while Odonnell hit the rail.

Steven Goldberg	950,000	490,000
Christopher Odonnell	0	-670,000

Dmitrii Valouev raised to 45,000 and David Borg called from the big blind. The flop came down    , and Borg checked.

Valouev grabbed chips and fired out 55,000. Borg upped the stakes to 125,000, and Valouev moved all in for a total of 264,000. Borg didn't see this coming, he tanked for a bit and folded.

David Borg	640,000	-283,000
Dmitrii Valouev	485,000	162,000

Action folded all the way around to Alexander Queen in the small blind, and he make the call. Bastian Fischer checked his option in the big blind, and the two saw a flop of    . Queen tossed in a 25,000 bet, and Fischer clicked it back to 65,000. Queen raised all in, and Fischer made the call. The cards were tabled, and Queen was out in front.

Queen:   
Fischer:   

Queen held top pair, but he would need to fade the straight draw outs of Fischer. He did so on the turn, the  , and the river, the  . Queen doubled up to 800,000, while Fischer drops down below 500,000.

Alexander Queen	805,000	445,000
Bastian Fischer	420,000	-880,000

Bastian Fischer raised it up to around 40,000 from the cut-off and Paul Vas Nunes moved all in from the small blind. Action made its way back to Fischer who made the call.

Nunes:   
Fischer:   

The board came       and with that Nunes was finished for the day.

Bastian Fischer	1,300,000	350,000
Paul Vas Nunes	0	-450,000

We didn't catch the action until the river, but we saw that Tomas Trampota and Gianluca Mattia were heads up on a board that read      . There was about 200,000 in the middle, and Trampota had put out a big bet of 160,000.

Mattia was deep in the tank for about three minutes before the clock was called. The floor came over to administer the one minute clock, and after about 20 seconds, Mattia slid the chips in for the call. Trampota tabled    for trip eights, and Mattia looked shocked before mucking his hand. He spent the next 30 seconds or so shaking his head, as the hit drops him to 750,000. Meanwhile, Trampota cracks the 1 million chip mark.

Tomas Trampota	1,050,000	351,000
Gianluca Mattia	750,000	-521,000

Table 408

Table 407

"Someone told me it was 2 o'clock". This was what Will "The Thrill" Failla said as he arrived to the restart 24 minutes late. It was a brutal stroke of bad luck for Failla, who was the severe short stack to start the day. When he arrive at the table, he had just 13,000, less then one big blind. On the first hand he sat down, he was all in.

Action started with Randolph Lanosga raising it up to 35,000 under the gun. Failla called all in for his last 11,000, and it folded around to Steven Goldberg in the big blind, who made the call.

Goldberg and Lanosga checked down a board of      , and Lanosga showed    for a pair of sevens. Failla showed    for ace high, and headed to the rail in disbelief.

It should be pointed out that despite his unfortunate luck, Failla handled it very well, saying "What am I gonna do now fight about it?" Failla earned just under $19,000 for his efforts.

Will Failla

0

-85,000

Action started with Matthieu Auclair raising it up to 38,000 in middle position. Donald Vogel defended his big blind, and they went heads up to a flop of    . Vogel check called a bet of 53,000, and the turn brought the  . Vogel checked again, and Auclair fired out 86,000 this time.

After about 20 seconds of thought, Vogel announced raise, and slid out a tower of the green T25,000 chips that looked to be about 600,000. This represented most of if not all of Auclair's above average chip stack, so it was a very big decision. After about 45 seconds, Auclair announced all in, and Vogel snap called.

Vogel:   
Auclair:   

Auclair had top pair top kicker, but he was drawing dead to Vogel's set of sevens. Auclair was sent to the rail, while Vogel is now up over 2 million.

Donald Vogel	2,050,000	753,000
Matthieu Auclair	0	-727,000

Alexander Queen raised it up from late position and Richard Teatum moved all in for around 200,000. The rest of the table folded back to Queen who made the call.

Queen:   
Teatum:   

The board came       and with that Teatum was our first causality of the day.

Alexander Queen	800,000	215,000
Richard Teatum	0	-200,000