Philipp Gruissem was faced with an all-in bet of 12,125 on a flop of , and with a player behind him he chose to just call. That player folded, and the hands were tabled.
Gruissem:
Opponent:
"That's a very fair fight," David Sands said at the sight of the two hands.
The turn was the , taking away the players' two-pair outs, and the on the river missed him completely. He was eliminated, while Gruissem is up to 77,000 chips.
The man known as "Philbort" just arrived in Las Vegas for the WSOP, and our own Remko Rinkema caught up with him during a break:
Nick Schulman has moved his way up the leaderboard nicely, and now has 165,000 in chips thanks to taking down two more pots against Jonathan Jaffe and John Racener.
On the first, Jaffe opened to 1,500 from the cutoff seat, and Schulman reraised to 3,900 from the button. Action folded back to Jaffe, he called, and the dealer spread the flop. Both players checked the flop, and then checked both the turn and the river was the board ran out with the and the . Jaffe announced that he had ace high, but that was no good against Schulman's .
On the next hand, Schulman opened with a raise from the cutoff seat to 1,400. Racener called on the button, and all of the others folded. The flop came down , and Schulman led for 1,250. Racener called. The turn was the , and Schulman slowed down with a check, but didn't go anywhere when Racener bet 2,600. He called, and the completed the board. Both players checked.
Schulman showed the , and Racener mucked his hand.
John Juanda checked to Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker on a completed board of , and Lyndaker moved all in for 18,925 into a pot of around 25,000.
Juanda furrowed his brow, displeased at the notion that Lyndaker wagered all of his chips, and got out of his chair to study the board. He returned to his seat, mulled the decision over for a little longer, then called.
Lyndaker silently turned over for quad fours, and Juanda flicked his cards into the muck.
Brandon Cantu was faced with a bet of 5,000 on a flop of , and cooly flipped forward a single pink T5,000 chip. The turn was a repeat three - the - and his opponent led out for another 3,500.
"All in," Cantu announced, using two hands to push all of his chips in front of him.
His opponent tanked for no more than 30 seconds, then folded to the roughly 28,000-chip bet.
From the button, Wade Townsend raised to 1,400. After Jake Schindler called from the small blind, Mickey Petersen reraised to 4,600 from the big blind. Townsend reraised to 19,000, Schindler folded, Petersen shoved for 20,200, and Townsend made the quick call.
Townsend showed the , and Petersen had the . The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Petersen doubled up.
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