Alessandro de Michele raised to 6,300 and was met with a reraise all in for 27,700 from Ted Lawson in the big blind. Some dwelling, a little squirming, and at last, just the right amount of calling.
Lawson:
de Michele:
With a theatrical fist pump, Lawson doubled up to around 60,000, and looks much more cheerful now.
A nicely stacked Michael Tureniec just won a pot from Ami Barer. Raising preflop, Tureniec then bet 11k on the flop; Barer check-called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river brought the and this time when Barer checked, Tureniec thought for a few minutes (holding still like those guys who stand on little pillars pretending to be the statue of liberty, etc.), and then bet 29k.
Barer sighed and passed his face up. "The turn was good," he said, "The river not so much. Or, he's running over us again. Could be either of the two."
It's not like Barer is in dire straits just yet - he's back up to 175k currently.
If we weren't lazy, we'd probably look into the reason why pocket fives are called "presto". But we're lazy, and we'd probably be disappointed by what we discovered. Regardless, J.J. Liu made presto work for her by calling a raise to 6,300 in position. On a flop of , Liu's opponent checked, then check-raised all in after she bet 5,000. Liu quickly called, tabling her against her opponent's
"Oh my god," he said as he stood from the table and put his hands on his head. "Oh my god." The turn and river blanked out and to double Liu up to 130,000.
As we were admiring the stacks and stacks of chips that Vadim Shlez has acquired (he's up to 485,000), we witnessed an interesting blind battle. The small blind, a player not known to us, announced, "Raise," in a forceful tone and raised to 5,000. In the big blind was Wooka Kim, who reraised to 16,100. The small blind tanked for thirty seconds, then again announced, "Raise," in the same tone -- but it was a small raise, to 27,000 total.
Kim shrugged and waved her hands over her chips. "I'm all in," she said. That declaration brought an exasperated sigh from Shlez. He asked for a count (it appeared Kim had him covered, but it was close), then folded.
Having built a 50k pot heads up on a flop of , Andre Akkari's opponent either checked and got a bet, or (more likely) bet out and got a raise from him. Either way, he ended up all-in for 28,400. "Have you got the ace-king?" queried the other player, before throwing the towel in and his hand away.