Carlos Mortensen has been up and down all day but maintaining a well above-average stack in the process.
In this hand, a late position player raised it up to 2,200, Mortensen re-raised to 5,100, and the big blind re-raised all in for 15,700. The late position player folded and Mortensen made the call with The all in player showed and the board came down
The pair of aces was enough for the all in player to double up and Mortensen went back to violently stacking his chips as he fell under 100,000.
On a flop of , all the money got in between Jason Lester and Amit Makhija, both of who were short stacked.
Showdown
Makhija:
Lester:
Both players had flopped a set of queens, but Makhija's kicker had him out in front. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing and Lester was eliminated right before the dinner break.
The players have finished level 8, and they now have 90 minutes to grab a kit kat, or something more substantial, for dinner. Cards will be back in the air around 8:30.
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The players have returned from their dinner break, and cards are back in the air. Four more hours of play and then the players will bag up their chips.
We missed the hand, but we saw David Sklansky heading for the rail. There was nothing but empty felt in front of where he was sitting so we have to assume the renowned gambling and poker author was eliminated.
We only got to the table when the hand was already over but the board read and an player had doubled through Bryan Colin when her flopped a set against Colin’s . After paying off what looked to be around 36,000 to his opponent at the end, Colin’s stack was left quite a bit lighter.
By the turn, the board read and there was already over 50,000 in the middle. Iulian Jacob bet 25,000, and after pausing a few seconds, John Racener called.
The river brought the . Jacob soon was all in for his last 35,000 or so, and Racener quickly called. Racener didn't wait for Jacob to show his hand, tabling his for tens full just a moment after calling. Jacob mucked his hand and headed to the rail.
Mark Gregorich raised it up in the cutoff, and the player on the button made it 5,300 to go. Tony Hachem tank folded in the small blind, and action went back to Gregorich, who went all in for around 24,000. His opponent thought for about a minute before making the call.
Gregorich:
Opponent:
"I folded eights. I hope there's not one on the flop," said Hachem. Well there wasn't but it still would have been a good flop for his hand, coming . Gregorich was way out front, and it stayed that way on the turn, the , and the river, the . Hachem groaned when he saw the river, saying "If he doesn't raise I call and I'm not getting away from my hand on the flop." Regardless, Gregorich scored the double up, getting himself some much needed chips.
The all in player showed 
and the board came down 
, all the money got in between Jason Lester and Amit Makhija, both of who were short stacked.
river changed a thing and Lester was eliminated right before the dinner break.
and an player had doubled through Bryan Colin when her 
and there was already over 50,000 in the middle. Iulian Jacob bet 25,000, and after pausing a few seconds, John Racener called.
for tens full just a moment after calling. Jacob mucked his hand and headed to the rail.
. Gregorich was way out front, and it stayed that way on the turn, the 
, and the river, the 
. Hachem groaned when he saw the river, saying "If he doesn't raise I call and I'm not getting away from my hand on the flop." Regardless, Gregorich scored the double up, getting himself some much needed chips.