On the flop, Chamath Palihapitiya bet 1,000 and was called by his lone opponent to see the land on the turn. Palihapitiya bet 1,300, and his opponent called.
The river was the , and Palihapitiya checked. His opponent bet 3,000, and Palihapitiya folded with a shake of his head.
Johnny Chan just picked off a nice bluff to boost his stack up to 48,000. Three players, including Matthew Ashton, limped before Chan made it 2,200 from the button. The small blind folded and from the big blind it was Shang Dai who made the call.
The limpets all folded and the flop came down .
Both players checked and the turn was the . Dai lead out for 1,525 and Chan made the call. On the river the popped up and Dai lead out for another 3,075. Chan went into the tank for about a minute while he played with his chips before finally tossing in the call.
Max Altergott is quietly building up his stack and a couple of players have realized there is more to him than meets the eye, one labeling him a shark.
He was asked if he had won any tournaments and responded, “The hundred kay in Monte Carlo.” Referring to his 2013 Super High Roller win of $ 2,289,970 at the EPT Grand Final.
“You’re twenty three years old? That is so sick.” his inquisitor stated.
A player in middle position raised to 900, the player in the hijack seat called, and then action folded to John Monnette in the big blind. Monnette reraised to 2,650, and only the player in the hijack seat called.
On the flop, Monnette bet 2,775. His opponent raised to 7,000, and Monnette folded.
Following a raise to 900, Steven Gee moved all in from the button for his last 4,900 with his opponent making the call.
Gee:
Opponent:
The board ran out to end Gee's tournament just a few orbits shy of dinner break.
Unfortunately for Gee, a deep run will not be repeated this year after finishing 9th in 2012 and 24th in 2013 - one of the best back-to-back Main Event runs since Dan Harrington (2003 and 2004) and Greg Raymer (2004 and 2005).
A player limped in for 300 and there was a raise to 1,125 and a call before it got back to him.
“Ahh shoot, let’s gamble it up," he said (or words to that effect), and moved all in for another 5,000. The original raiser folded and the remaining one thought for a short while before telling him, “If you don’t have a pair I’m ahead” and calling with . The all-in player turned over .
The board ran out and the baby pair held to send the gambler to the rail.
The player who called later reasoned that if he’d had a pair he would have raised preflop so was happy to take a flip.
Ole Schemion was first to act under the gun and he raised — as if he would do anything else — to 700. One player folded, Craig Varnell called and then the action passed around to Jamie Roberts in the big blind, who called.
A draw-heavy flop was checked around to Varnell and he bet 1,150. Roberts called the bet, but Schemion steppped out of the way.
Both Roberts and Varnell checked the turn, then Roberts led for 2,750 and instantly folded when Varnell moved all-in for around 7,500.
While Cliff Goldkind's trending up after being all in for his tournament life early on, he just lost a decent pot against one of the chip leaders, Chad Power.
Goldkind raised before the flop and Power three-bet from the big blind to 2,400. Goldkind called and the flop came down . Power quickly bet 3,000 and Goldkind called.
On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and both players checked again.
There’s a brand new batch of RunGoodGear products available, including the new RunGood Cardbox T-shirts, spaded hoodies and a newly added section just for women, like RunGood Pros Lauren Kling, Katie Dozier and Amanda Baker.
PokerNews fans can grab some RunGoodGear on a discount during the World Series of Poker. Simply use the promo code "pokernews" for your next order and receive 10% off. That's right! Type "pokernews" into the promo code box and 10% of your order goes right back into your bankroll.
For more information - or if you want to check out some of the new swag available - check out RunGoodGear.com.