Erick Lindgren started today with just 3,700 in chips (which was only seven big blinds in level six), and while we haven't caught many big hands with him, it seems that every time we pass by his table his stack has just continued to grow and grow and grow. Lindgren now has 65,000, which is around 20x what he started the day with. A little bit of luck and a lot of skill have turned his non-existent stack back into a contender
We caught up with the action heads up on a flop where the small blind checked to J.C. Tran in middle position. Tran moved all in for his last 6,900 and his opponent flashed the as he folded. Tran showed for an overpair of aces that might have led him out the door if the small blind had called and hit a heart but since the player laid it down, Tran chipped up a bit and lived to fight another pot.
Robert Cheung was heads up with an opponent with the board reading . He tossed out 2,600, and his opponent called.
Both players knuckled after the completed the board, and Cheung opened up for a pair of aces. His opponent mucked, and Cheung is now above 100,000 chips.
We missed the action of the hand, but were informed that Dario Minieri has busted. He got it all in preflop with against his opponent's and failed to improve.
With 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker checked from the under-the-gun position and allowed an early-position player to bet 5,600. Lyndaker took his time before making the call, only to muck when his opponent revealed for a rivered set.
Narendra Banwari is up to 265,000 after he got into a massive preflop raising war with against . Banwari had three-bet the small blind to 5,400 only for his opponent to make it 18,100 with about 44,000 behind. Banwari moved all in and was instantly called, but the board ran out to make the latter a boat and put him among the chip leaders.
We didn't catch how the money got in there, but when we went over to the table, David "The Devilfish" Ulliott was all in and ahead against Chris DeMaci. The board read , and Ulliott's had DeMaci's in bad shape. The turn brought no help for either, coming the , and the river gave Ulliott an unnecessary flush, coming down the . Ulliott got the double up, but is still a short stack, while DeMaci drops to around average in the room.
In a recent hand at Steve Dannenman's and Chau Giang's table a player moved all in on the button after everyone else had folded. Dannenman in the small blind quickly folded, Giang in the big blind opted to take his time though. After about a minute or two of calculating and chip measuring Giang threw in the proper amount of chips for a call and cards were tabled.
Giang:
Button:
Giang had the slight lead, but there were still five cards to come. The dealer put out a flop and it was the button who now had the lead. Giang would need running cards for a straight or an ace in order for him to steal back the hand. The turn was a and Giang was drawing dead as his opponent tripped up. A meaningless fell out of the deck for the river. Giang took a hit, but still has a manageable 38,000 in chips to maneuver with.
Robert Cheung put an opponent all in preflop. The player tanked for a little bit and then made the call with the . He was well ahead of the that Cheung held. The flop came down and put Cheung in the lead.
"Son of a b*tch!" yelled the player with the queens.
The turn then brought the and the river the .
"You've gotta be f***ing kidding me!" exclaimed the player.
Cheung's flopped set of eights were able to crack his opponent's queens and move him to 116,000 in chips.
flop where the small blind checked to J.C. Tran in middle position. Tran moved all in for his last 6,900 and his opponent flashed the 
as he folded. Tran showed 
for an overpair of aces that might have led him out the door if the small blind had called and hit a heart but since the player laid it down, Tran chipped up a bit and lived to fight another pot.
. He tossed out 2,600, and his opponent called.
completed the board, and Cheung opened up 
, Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker checked from the under-the-gun position and allowed an early-position player to bet 5,600. Lyndaker took his time before making the call, only to muck when his opponent revealed 
against 
, and Ulliott's 
in bad shape. The turn brought no help for either, coming the 
, and the river gave Ulliott an unnecessary flush, coming down the 
. Ulliott got the double up, but is still a short stack, while DeMaci drops to around average in the room.
flop and it was the button who now had the lead. Giang would need running cards for a straight or an ace in order for him to steal back the hand. The turn was a 
and Giang was drawing dead as his opponent tripped up. A meaningless 
fell out of the deck for the river. Giang took a hit, but still has a manageable 38,000 in chips to maneuver with.
and put Cheung in the lead.