The run good of Michael Wilson continues as he knocked out one of the remaining ladies after calling her preflop all in for 15 big blinds with . She turned over and then said "my favorite card is a nine on the river," after noticing the hand of her opponent. Wilson stayed ahead though on the board and the table is loaded with plenty of bigger stacks.
We saw a heads-up flop and the opponent of Deborah Phillips moved all in for 34,000 out of the big blind. "So you got a made hand?" she asked at him. The dealer reminded both that they cannot talk about their hands but pretty much everything else. Phillips eventually folded but is still up above average for now.
One table over, another participant realized that he in fact outlasted more than 4,300 players already. Quite an achievement indeed. :)
Ramana Epparla was facing an all in on the turn of a board reading . He thought about it for a long time. In the end he thought about it for too long and another player at the table called the clock on him, the first time we have seen that happen in this tournament.
It was claimed he had been thinking for five minutes but that may have been a slight exaggeration. Epparla had the all in player covered but it was a hefty bet.
The floor arrived and gave Epparla his one minute countdown. With less than ten second to go he released his hand. As his opponent collected the pot he told him, “King jack of hearts.” The flopped straight.
Whatever Epparla folded it seemed he had got away from it running into the nuts.
Kevin Detienne arrived at his new table and raised to 8,500 pre flop, the small blind called and then check-folded the flop for 12,000 with 66,000 behind. "Would you have called if I shove?" he asked. "Well, I had an over pair. But I hate pocket jacks," was the reply from Detienne. One hand later, a short stack busted in a battle of the blinds with versus and we are down to 109 players.
Yesterday Dennis Phillips couldn’t win a flip; today he just won one that doubled him up to just above average. It was all in preflop against Tanya Gawarecki.
Phillips had the dreaded and Gawarecki had the even less loved .
This time the ace king prevailed but, as they both recalled it, the flop was giving her outs to a straight but the ten didn’t pop out of the deck and they swapped stack sizes.
It takes more than good folds to win tournaments as Ramana Epparla has just proved in his bust out hand. He was in the small blind and held and ended up running a triple barrel bluff on an eventual board that read . Unfortunately his opponent had more chips than him and had started the hand with .
Epparla had played a solid thoughtful game over the past two days but tournament poker can be a cruel mistress and one big mistake can see you out on your ear.
Pok Kim had been nursing a short stack for quite some time and just moved all in from the button for what looked like 15 big blinds. Herbert Bennett made the call out of the big blind and turned over . Kim had that beat with but the saw her luck turning to just one out. Both the turn and the delivered no miracle and Kim headed to the rail with a great story to tell.
"This was the sickest flop I ever had in my life," said Bennett and started stacking the chips.
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and then said "my favorite card is a nine on the river," after noticing the hand of her opponent. Wilson stayed ahead though on the 
board and the table is loaded with plenty of bigger stacks.
and the opponent of Deborah Phillips moved all in for 34,000 out of the big blind. "So you got a made hand?" she asked at him. The dealer reminded both that they cannot talk about their hands but pretty much everything else. Phillips eventually folded but is still up above average for now.
. He thought about it for a long time. In the end he thought about it for too long and another player at the table called the clock on him, the first time we have seen that happen in this tournament.
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and Gawarecki had the even less loved 
giving her outs to a straight but the ten didn’t pop out of the deck and they swapped stack sizes.
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but the 
saw her luck turning to just one out. Both the 
turn and the 