Tag: Travell Thomas

Travell Thomas Eliminated in 15th Place ($19,512)

Action started with Travell Thomas moving all in for his last 150,000. Corey Harrison acted shortly after, and he thought for about 30 seconds before moving all in over the top for 355,000.

Chop it up

Travell Thomas is disappointed after getting his chips in good against Salvatore Dicarlo but still having to chop the pot. Dicarlo raised from late position and then called as Thomas shipped his stack into the middle from the cutoff.

Wasicka Doubles Through Thomas

Paul Wasicka, the man who finished second in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event (the one that Jamie Gold won) has been nursing a short stack since we came back from dinner break, but that short-stack has doubled in size thanks to the

Thomas Doubles Through Levine

On the first hand back from the dinner break, Travell Thomas secured a huge double up to catapult him towards the top of the leader board. We were only able to jot down the hands after the fact, but Thomas held on a flop of .

Wade Out, Nguyen Triples

It was a preflop all in with three players involved. Travell Thomas had and had both Truong Nguyen () and Tristan Wade () covered. The flop helpt no one with but the was of immense help to Wade: .

Uschuk Doubles Through Thomas

James Uschuk moved all in with his last 20,000 from under the gun. It folded around to Travell Thomas in the small blind who made the call.

Sunny Chattha Eliminated in 16th ($6,478)

Sunny Chattha just lost a big pot where he got check-raised on the river and he called. His opponent showed the nuts which proved an expensive mis step.

Thomas Taken Out

After earning that saving double-up a little while earlier, Travell Thomas's luck ran out as he was soon all in again, putting his short stack on the line with , but had run into an opponent holding .

Triumphant Thomas

After a player limped in from middle position and the small blind called, Travell Thomas raised all in from the big blind for about 6,500.

Pechie Peachy Amid Travell's Travails

With the board showing and a multicolored mass of chips surrounding the five board cards, Justin Pechie fired a bet of 9,000 and an exasperated Travell Thomas made the call.

Tsinis Seeks Second Ring

Arkadiy Tsinis had a decent first two hours, chipping up from his starting stack to close to 30,000 to start Level 4.

Double-Knockout for Michael

"Wait, wait... you can get my bustout hand." So said Travell Thomas just now as the dealer delivered cards around the table.

The Travails of Travell

Following a middle-position raise, Travell Thomas made it 2,650 to go from the cutoff, and when it folded around his opponent called.

Thomas Priced Into Calling With the Best Hand

Board: A player in the blinds led out for 800, a second player called, and Travell Thomas raised to 1,900. The player in the blinds quickly called, and the third player folded.

Travell Thomas Eliminated in 19th Place ($8,150)

Travell Thomas's Main Event run has ended in 19th, as has a remarkable comeback that saw him begin Day 2 with just 13,300 chips, then survive all of the way to the final three tables and very nearly the chip lead.

Pender Out

Joshua Pender was just eliminated in 37th place, making him the last player to cash for $3,604. Pender was all in on his final hand with against the of Travell Thomas.

Thomas Takes One

Following a button raise to 4,500, Travell Thomas quickly called from the small blind and the big blind came along as well. "Ace-four-deuce," said Thomas, delivering a very specific request to the dealer.

Travell Thomas Eliminated in 12th Place ($26,727)

Travell Thomas was sitting behind a short stack from much of the last coupld of levels and finally got his stack all-in preflop holding and coming up against Jason Everett's .

Thomas Shoves Over Elia

Kevin Elia opened to 36,000 from the cutoff position and action folded over to Travell Thomas in the small bind, who announced he was all in for his last 195,000. The big blind gave it up and so did Elia after asking for a count.

Michael Bena Eliminated in 19th Place ($13,297)

Michael Bena open-pushed all in for 150,000 from under-the-gun and, immediately behind him, Travell Thomas also went all in himself for 175,000. Everyone else folded and hands were revealed.

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