We missed the first raise, but we did see 8,500 in front of Steve O'Dwyer in the hijack just now. The cutoff, button and both blinds had folded and the action was back on initial raiser Igor Yaroshevskyy. The man from the Ukraine four bet to 21,500 and not much later O'Dwyer had 50,000 in front of him as a five bet. Yaroshevskyy shoved all in for 161,900 and O'Dwyer reluctantly called.
He sighed and he rolled his eyes a little bit as he saw he was in need of a lot of help with his as Yaroshevskyy showed .
The on the flop guaranteed O'Dwyer at least a sweat till the river as there was no card that could pop up on the turn that would leave him drawing dead. So the hope for the suck out on O'Dwyers parts was still alive after the hit the turn, but it vanished into thin air with the on the river. O'Dwyer paired up but it wasn't enough.
O'Dwyer counted out 161,900 from his stack, sighed one last time, and continued with 34,100.
229 players showed up today and 55 of them have busted and re entered so far. That brings the total amount of entries up to 284 and registration is still open till 11:45 am local time tomorrow morning. 165 players still have chips in front of them which makes for an average stack of just a little over 86,000.
Two-time American women's chess champion and Woman Grandmaster Jennifer Shahade tells us her life story in three captivating parts.
In the second part Shahade tells us about her success on the chess board, discovering the game of poker, developing her skills as a player and the comparison between these two highly strategical games.
[Removed:17] opened to 3,500 from under the gun and was called by Clavio Anzalone in middle position as well as Geoffrey Mooney on the button. Joao Vieira then moved all in for his remaining 13,800 from the big blind and watched Yan fold. Anzalone then bumped it up to 30,000 which was enough to get rid of Mooney.
Anzalone:
Vieira:
The board ran out to improve Anzalone to a set on the flop as Vieira hit the rail.
Apparently Steve O'Dwyer lost another pot as he had just about 4,000 left when we walked up to his table to see how he was doing. So wasn't doing too good, so much was clear.
He waited two more hands and then went all in for his last 3,500 under the gun. Sam Greenwood made the call in the cutoff and all other players folded.
"I have a real bad hand" said O'Dwyer. He wasn't lying: . Greenwood showed his and the board ran out to see O'Dwyer eliminated from the tournament.
The action started with Andrew Chen opening to 2,500 from under the gun and getting called by Shannon Shorr on the small blind as well as Saar Wilf on the big blind.
The flop came down and all three players checked. The on the turn saw Shorr lead out for 4,000 which only interested Chen as Wilf folded his hand.
After the completed the board, Shorr instantly threw out 20,000 in chips which is exactly what Chen had remaining in his stack.
Chen tanked for several minutes and agonised over his decision. He picked up his chips and motioned to call but pulled back on several occasions. Eventually he made the call and watched as Shorr tabled his for the nut flush. Chen opened up his for running two pair before exiting the tournament floor.
As we walked up to the table, Maxim Lykov had just checked from the big blind on . Sergio Aido under the gun bet 5,000 and the player in the cutoff folded. After some thinking Lykov shoved all in and Aido called it off for about 40,000 total (if we saw that correctly).
Aido showed for the open ended and Lykov tabled . The on the turn gave Lykov trips and the on the river didn't give Aido a straight either.
Aido left the table without saying much. "Now he hates me. I busted him in another high roller too" said Lykov to his neighbor as soon as Aido was out of range.
The action folded around to Geoffrey Mooney on the button who raised it up to 3,500. Atanas Malinov was on the small blind and made it 9,200 which forced a fold from the player on the big blind. Mooney made the quick call before both players watched the flop come down .
Malinov then reached for his chips and threw out 6,400 which was called before both players checked the on the turn.
The completed the board and Malinov checked. Mooney then splashed out a bet totalling 11,000 which was enough to force a fold from Malinov moments later.