Nikolaus Teichert moved all in from the cutoff and raked in the blinds and antes. He was down to eight big blinds, now it is at least ten.
Peter Alson had been grinding a short stack for some time and just made a move some time ago, as per the following tweet. In fact he just walked up here and we shook hands. Hang in there!
We did the usual round in the tournament area to see which notable names are still in it to win it. Unfortunately the seat of Cyndy Violette was occupied by someone else and we just found the confirmation of her elimination via social media:
"I got knocked out of the WSOP Seniors event with about 650 players left out of 4,200 . ! I flopped 2 pair in the big blind ( the best hand ) ... 3 way action , If i win this pot Im in great shape ! OH WELL , now im home going to bed soon ... Good night ...and thank you for the positive vibes !"
Perhaps the subdued nature of Sam Farha earlier in the day was due to the hours he regularly keeps as he is now smiling and chatting with the table. Or perhaps it is also due to his growing chip stack.
A hand we witness certainly had him chuckling. He checked the flop of and then bet 4,500 on the turn card. His opponent folded and Farha flashed his neighbour his hole cards and the showed the table . “Two black aces.” Another player said.
“Listen buddy.” Farha began, “I’ve been gambling for three days straight and I said to myself at the start of this, only aces.”
Not only Donna Rosenthal is doing pretty well, Marcee Topp also tops her table with a more than rock solid stack of 80,000 in chips. With half an hour to play and 522 players remaining, that is more than three times the current average!
Tony Hoskins doesn’t seem to have been able to get much going since we last checked in with him. He was in the small blind and called a raise to 3,500 from a lady who had a stack of over 40,000.
They got it heads up and saw a flop of . Hoskins led right into the raiser betting 4,000. That didn’t seem to have the desired effect as she raised him to 12,000.
Hoskins raised his arm up and mucked his cards in disgust. As she collected the pot he asked his opponent, “What did you have that time?”
“Two cards.” she replied. “Two beautiful cards. I had the flush, it was pretty obvious I had the flush.”
Hoskins is now playing an average stack and is 45 places of the money.
Richard Munro defended his big blind against an under the gun raise and then check-folded the flop, flashing the after the bet of the pre-flop raiser. "Jack no good?". His opponent shook her head and mucked both cards. Munro is up nicely regardless of that minor setback though.
Gary LaDuca raised to 2,200 from the button, one seat over Barny Boatman three-bet to 6,800 and LaDuca called to see the . Boatman carefully counted his chips and then bet 7,000, almost immediate fold from his opponent.
Dennis Phillips called a shove for most of his stack with and was up against the baby pair .
We haven’t met anyone who has liked ace king in this tournament and Phillips was no different.
He shook his head as the flop fell and kept right on shaking it until the end as the turn and river saw him left with fumes with a few more hands to play tonight.
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and then bet 4,500 on the turn card. His opponent folded and Farha flashed his neighbour his hole cards and the showed the table 
. “Two black aces.” Another player said.
. Hoskins led right into the raiser betting 4,000. That didn’t seem to have the desired effect as she raised him to 12,000.
flop, flashing the 
after the bet of the pre-flop raiser. "Jack no good?". His opponent shook her head and mucked both cards. Munro is up nicely regardless of that minor setback though.
. Boatman carefully counted his chips and then bet 7,000, almost immediate fold from his opponent.
and was up against the baby pair 
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and kept right on shaking it until the end as the turn 
and river 
