"All in and a call!" came the cry from the dealer on Dwyte Pilgrim's table. Pilgrim was all in with a somewhat short stack against Andy "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger. Pilgrim had the smallest pair possible, . Lichtenberger had the second-biggest pair possible, . The board ran out , a very bad board for Pilgrim even if Lichtenberger hadn't had a pocket pair.
Pilgrim is out in 44th place. Lichtenberger is among the top three stacks with roughly 1.71 million chips.
Here's an interview our very own Kristy Arnett did with Pilgrim earlier on one of the breaks.
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From early-middle position, Vanessa Rousso limped in. Cody Slaubaugh limped from the cutoff seat and then David Paredes completed from the small blind. Joe Cutler checked his option in the big blind and the four players went to the flop.
It came down across the middle of the table. Paredes checked and Cutler checked with action moving over to Rousso. She fired 30,000 and then Slaubaugh called. Paredes and Cutler both folded, halving the amount of players in the hand.
The turn card was the and paired the board. Rousso bet again, making it 40,000 to go this time. Slaubaugh called.
The river was the and Rousso checked. Slaubaugh thought about it for a little bit, but then checked behind. He then mucked his hand when Rousso tabled the for two pair with a king kicker. She's now up to 425,000 chips.
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From under the gun, Vanessa Rousso raised to 25,000. Mark Ketteringhm flatted from the cutoff seat and then David Paredes reraised from the button to 79,000. Rousso moved all in for 425,000 and Ketteringham got out of the way. Paredes thought about it for a minute and then slid his hand into the muck.
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Livb waits while the floor counts his stack.
One table has had several big stacks all day. And now it has one ginormous stack. Sam Stein raised to 27,000 from early position, and Olivier Busquet made it 90,000. Stein asked Busquet how much he had behind. He had 790,000 when the hand started, and Sam had him covered by about 100,000. Stein made it 259,000 total. Livb tanked for a bit before announcing that he was all in. Snap call from Stein.
Showdown
Stein:
Busquet:
Board:
Busquet was stunned to have gone from 65 big blinds to out in a blink. "I suck. I just suck," he kept muttering. "I don't know why I can't fold that hand."
The floor counted down the stacks, and Livb was indeed out. Sam Stein now has has a field-crushing 1.9 million.
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The prognosis for Vanessa Rousso's continued tournament existence was not so great a few hours ago. Now she has 1.2 million chips and is once again firmly in control of her own fate.
Sitting in the big blind, she called a raise to 27,000 from Ravi Raghavan. Both players checked the flop. When the turn came , Rousso fired out a bet of 50,000. Raghavan called.
The river was a third spade, . Rousso led out for another 125,000, then proudly turned over the second nuts, , after Raghavan called. Raghavan could only say, "Wow," as he mucked.
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It's looking like Jose Alboukrek is just about out of tournament time. On a flop of , he check-raised Daniel Clemente from 45,000 to 125,000. Clemente called.
On the turn, Alboukrek moved all in for 465,000. Clemente quickly called all in, turning over . Alboukrek had for a pair of jacks and did not improve with the river.
When the stacks were counted down, Alboukrek was left with just 30,000 chips. The double-up pushed Clemente to 1.15 million.
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Tough decision
Mark Ketteringham opened to 31,000, and David Paredes called. It folded to Vanessa Rousso on the button, and she made it 100,000. Ketteringham quickly ducked out the way, and Parades moved all in. It would be another 600,000 for Rousso to call. She gave it several minutes of thought before cutting out the chips to call. Then she thought better of it and tossed her cards into the muck. She still has a healthy 980,000.
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. Lichtenberger had the second-biggest pair possible, 
. The board ran out 
, a very bad board for Pilgrim even if Lichtenberger hadn't had a pocket pair.
across the middle of the table. Paredes checked and Cutler checked with action moving over to Rousso. She fired 30,000 and then Slaubaugh called. Paredes and Cutler both folded, halving the amount of players in the hand.
and paired the board. Rousso bet again, making it 40,000 to go this time. Slaubaugh called.
for two pair with a king kicker. She's now up to 425,000 chips.
up against Robert Wisiak's 
. Wisiak was the player all in and at risk of elimination.
and Wisiak was eliminated. Dewitt moved up to 260,000 chips.
flop. When the turn came 
. Rousso led out for another 125,000, then proudly turned over the second nuts, 
, after Raghavan called. Raghavan could only say, "Wow," as he mucked.
turn, Alboukrek moved all in for 465,000. Clemente quickly called all in, turning over 
for a pair of jacks and did not improve with the 
river.