We caught the action with 26,000 in the pot and a board reading . Dwyte Pilgrim was heads up and first to act. He decided it was a good time to move all in for his last 31,400 and put the pressure on his under the gun opponent.
The UTG player ended up making the call and Pilgrim showed for an open-ended straight draw. The UTG revealed and Pilgrim was in big trouble. The dealer burned and put the on the river and Pilgrim was eliminated from the tournament.
"They got me," Dwyte Pilgrim said, meandering over to our table in the moments following his elimination. We lamented the outcome for a moment or two before his attention turned to Tuesday's $5,000 Bounty Shootout, inquiring from the NAPT Media Director about the availability of seats. Pilgrim was told that he's still on the waiting list for the event.
"Garry!" This time it was Will "The Thrill" Failla running over from the side event to the media table. "I'll kill two or three people if you need to make some space for me in the Shootout. Will that do it?"
It's a start, Will, but the Bounty Shootout is completely sold out. The waiting list is running though, and it serves as a contingency against no-shows and drop-outs.
We're like the Bad Beat Booth over here, and we love it. Our latest storytelling nomad was Allen Kessler who came pacing past our table just a moment ago (before also inquiring about a seat in the Bounty Shootout).
"I'm out," Kessler dropped the bombshell. "My king-jack got beat by two aces."
"Sorry, Allen. How many chips did you have to start the hand?"
"About fifteen thousand."
That's the details we have; Kessler's day is done.
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Brikis hoping his Steelers can get the Sunday night win
Matt Vengrin raised to 7,500 and then a woman moved all in for 22,600 from the hijack seat. Josh Brikis was on the button and reraised to 40,000. That knocked everyone, including Vengrin, out of the way and he was heads up with the woman.
Brikis:
All-in Player:
The board ran through and Brikis couldn't hit. He doubled the woman up and dropped to 148,100 in chips.
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All of the action happened before we walked up to the table, but here's what we know. A player we didn't recognize held , Shane Schleger had too, and Thomas Elexhausen had . The flop came , and the ensuing action created a pot of somewhere around 400,000. The turn and river and allowed Elexhausen's set of nines to drag that big pot, knocking out one player and sending Schleger spiraling down to about 80,000.
We're going to wait for Elexhausen to stack up, but mark him down for around 400,000 right now.
Nick Grippo raised to 6,600 from early position, and Bryn Kenney called to see a flop.
It came , and Grippo bet 8,500. Kenney flatted, and he faced another bet of 21,000 following the turn. He wasn't flatting this time. Kenney stuck in a raise to 54,000, and Grippo was the one calling now.
The filled out the board with a pair, and Kenney made a healthy bet of 113,000 chips. Grippo tanked for a long while, eventually surrendering the big pot to move himself down to about 415,000 and move Kenney up around the same mark.
Ronnie Bardah raised to 8,700 and George Lind reraised to 22,000. Action got back around to Bardah and he moved all in for about 130,000. Lind called.
Both the players held pocket tens. Bardah's were the red ones and Lind's the black ones. A chop was almost certain, but after the flop came it gave Bardah a flush draw. The turn and river both bricked for him and the two wound up chopping the pot.
Anh Van Nguyen opened to 9,500 in early position, and Adam Junglen three-bet to 24,500 across the table. Van Nguyen called, and off they went to a flop of . Van Nguyen continued out with 22,500 chips, and Junglen mini-raised to 45,000. Van Nguyen called.
The on fourth street drew two checks, and the filled out the board on fifth street. Van Nguyen loaded again and fired 55,000 at the pot, and that sent Junglen deep into the tank. He took several minutes to consider, then apologized for the delay as he shook his head back and forth. Eventually, and with a regretful look on his face, Junglen passed to send the pot over to the Canadian Team PokerStars Pro.
And with it comes the chip lead! Anh Van Nguyen is up around 490,000, the biggest stack in sight. Junglen has about 180,000 left.
. Dwyte Pilgrim was heads up and first to act. He decided it was a good time to move all in for his last 31,400 and put the pressure on his under the gun opponent.
for an open-ended straight draw. The UTG revealed 
and Pilgrim was in big trouble. The dealer burned and put the 
on the river and Pilgrim was eliminated from the tournament.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and Brikis couldn't hit. He doubled the woman up and dropped to 148,100 in chips.
too, and Thomas Elexhausen had 
. The flop came 
, and the ensuing action created a pot of somewhere around 400,000. The turn and river 
filled out the board with a pair, and Kenney made a healthy bet of 113,000 chips. Grippo tanked for a long while, eventually surrendering the big pot to move himself down to about 415,000 and move Kenney up around the same mark.
it gave Bardah a flush draw. The turn and river both bricked for him and the two wound up chopping the pot.
. Van Nguyen continued out with 22,500 chips, and Junglen mini-raised to 45,000. Van Nguyen called.
filled out the board on fifth street. Van Nguyen loaded again and fired 55,000 at the pot, and that sent Junglen deep into the tank. He took several minutes to consider, then apologized for the delay as he shook his head back and forth. Eventually, and with a regretful look on his face, Junglen passed to send the pot over to the Canadian Team PokerStars Pro.