The Doctor is back in good health after doubling up three times in quick succession.
The first occurred when Andrew Pantling opened to 500,000 on the button with and Dempsey, who was essentially all-in from the big blind called all-in for 460,000 total with . The board kept him alive but still left him very short on chips.
Two hands later Pantling opened to 500,000 again, this time, with , Dempsey shoved for 1,130,000 total with and Pantling called the extra. The flop again hit both players but Dempsey held on the turn and river.
So Dempsey was now back in 10 big blind territory having turned his micro stack into a short stack. He got it in two hands later from under-the-gun and Al De Carolis looked him up. Dempsey was behind this time with dominated by his opponent's . However, the run out meant Dempsey rivered a flush. He was all-in for 2,780,000 and is now up to 6,120,000 which is basically what he had before he doubled up Cary Katz 20 minutes ago!
After an opening raise from Rick Salomon, Talal Shakerchi moved all in for about 2,000,000. Salomon asked for an exact count, but quickly announced a call while Shakerchi was still counting.
Shakerchi:
Salomon:
The board ran out . Shakerchi got no help from the deck, and Salomon won with his pocket nines to send Shakerchi to the rail.
Action folded to Andrew Pantling in the cutoff and he opened for 600,000. The button and small blind folded but Alfred De Carolis in the big blind made the call.
The flop came and De Carolis carefully tapped the table to check. Pantling made a bet of 725,000 and De Carolis looked at his chips before cutting some out and putting them in the middle while glancing at Pantling's bet.
By accident, De Carolis had taken two 500,000-chips and two 100,000-chips - making it 1.2 million and effectively raising. He was forced to make it 1,425,000 and action was back on Pantling.
"I'm all in" Pantling said without much emotion.
De Carolis thought about it for about 10 seconds before he said "Call!" with a whole lot more passion.
Alfred De Carolis:
Andrew Pantling:
The on the turn didn't bring any cheering or clapping, and neither did the on the river initially.
De Carolis left his shoulder hanging for just a bit before Haralabos Voulgaris said "Straight". Only then De Carolis realized he had won the hand and he yelled "Yes!"
As the counting started (De Carolis was about to get his 10,545,000 stack back times twice plus the small blind and antes) De Carolis said: "Andrew, you really tried to powerplay me! I really meant to just call."
"That's why you play poker," Voulgaris laughed, "You fuck up and get there."
On the last hand before the break Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 500,000 and Brandon Steven smooth called from the big blind. On the flop Gurtovoy bet 525,000 and Steven called. Fourth street was the and again Steven check-called, this time the amount was 1,000,000.
The river put four diamonds on board and both players checked it down. Steven showed and Gurtovoy couldn't beat it.
In the first hand after the break, Andrew Pantling raised to 650,000 and Sean Dempsey three-bet all in from the cutoff. The button folded, and action was on Elton Tsang in the small blind. He asked for an exact count, which turned out to be 6,925,000. Tsang thought for a minute, then called, and Pantling folded.
Tsang:
Dempsey:
The flop fell , giving Tsang a flush drawing and stealing two of Dempsey's outs. The turn was the , and the river the . Dempsey received no help, and Tsang won the hand with jacks up to send Dempsey to the rail.