Tim "Tmay420" West has been doing pretty well on the felt lately... if you call making it to heads-up play in two consecutive major tournaments "doing pretty well", anyways. Last month, West took down the $5,000 Main Event at the Wynn Poker Classic, following it up with a second-place showing at the $10,000 WSOP-C Regional Championship at Harrah's Rincon. There will be no third-in-a-row final table for "Tmay" this week.
When Joe Tehan opened to 1,800 from late position, West three-bet shoved his last ~20,000 into the middle with . Tehan didn't waste any time making the call with , and a board full of blanks has ushered West to the exit. Well, almost to the exit. He may have forgotten how to leave a tournament room, though. West is currently meandering around the room looking a bit lost.
Jason DeWitt raised to 2,000 from the hijack seat and the player in the cutoff seat made the call. Jeff Papola called from the big blind as well and the flop came down . Action checke to DeWitt and he bet 3,500. Only Papola called.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. After Papola checked, DeWitt bet 7,000. Papola made the call and DeWitt showed him the for a broadway straight. Papola mucked.
Vanessa Rousso is up near the top of the counts with 128,000 at the moment, doing much of her damage in Level 7. She recently put in a raise to 1,600 from early position and was called by Sherwin "The Chip Taker" Agard in the small blind.
The flop came down and Agard bet 1,700. Rousso called and both opted to check the turn. When the hit the river, Agard bet 2,000. Rousso min-raised to 4,000 and when Agard paid it off, Rousso showed . It was good, as has most of the hands she's been playing this level.
"This might be the sickest level of my life," she said after the hand.
Frank Vizza just doubled up. ON the board of , Vizz bet 14,700 and was called. Vizza then put his last 1,725 in on the turn and his opponent called. Vizza held the for bottom set and his opponent the for a flush draw. The river was the and Vizza's hand held to move him to about 50,000 in chips.
Jonathan Schroer opened the pot with a late-position raise, and he was called by the man next door. The two of them took a flop, and Schroer continued out with 2,025 chips. His opponent wasted no time calling, and the on the turn drew checks from both men. That led them to the river, and Schroer check-folded to a bet of 6,000.
It's a name you may not know; the teacher from North Carolina has just one tournament cash to his résumé. It's a good one, though. Schroer took a trip to the Alps last winter and notched a sixth-place finish at EPT Snowfest, the prettiest stop on Europe's largest PokerStars-sponsored tour. That score was good for €65,000, probably close to two years' salary for a North Carolina teacher. Schroer is best remembered for having one of the best squeezes in poker, though, (sliding his chair way out and ducking his head down to rail-level) and that's really the only reason for this little post.
Erick Lindgren raised to 1,400 and Jason Mercier reraised to 3,925. Lindgren moved all in for about 23,000 and Mercier snap-called. "Oops," said Lindgren, but he actually wasn't in that bad of shape.
Mercier:
Lindgren:
The board ran out and Mercier's set of eights eliminated Lindgren from the tournament.
"I snap-called... as if I had aces," said Mercier after the hand was over.
On the flop of , Chau Giang checked and Matt Waxman bet 1,800. Giang moved all in for 8,475 and Waxman called after a minute or so.
Waxman:
Giang:
The turn came the and the river the . Both players held trip nines, but Waxman's jack kicker played to give him the winning hand and eliminate Giang from the tournament.
Jake Toole opened the action with a min-raise to 1,200 from the hijack. Eric Buchman called on the button, Jonathan Duhamel call from thhe big blind, and the flop came down .
Duhamel checked it to Toole who bet 2,200. Only Buchman called to see the turn. Toole checked this time and Buchman bet 3,700. Toole called, then checked the river. Buchman settled on betting 7,200, enough to get Toole to lay it down. Toole busted shortly thereafter.
Well, there will be no repeat final table from Jonathan Aguiar this week.
We missed the hand that crippled him, but he was down to 1,425 when he lost the rest of his stack. Aguiar got his final few chips in with ace-ten, and he proceeded to run into both pocket kings and pocket aces.
Aguiar actually found a good flop when it came , but he was unable to find his eight-out straight, relegated to the rail about five days earlier than he'd have liked.
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. Tehan didn't waste any time making the call with 
, and a board full of blanks has ushered West to the exit. Well, almost to the exit. He may have forgotten how to leave a tournament room, though. West is currently meandering around the room looking a bit lost.
. Action checke to DeWitt and he bet 3,500. Only Papola called.
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. After Papola checked, DeWitt bet 7,000. Papola made the call and DeWitt showed him the 
for a broadway straight. Papola mucked.
and Agard bet 1,700. Rousso called and both opted to check the 
turn. When the 
hit the river, Agard bet 2,000. Rousso min-raised to 4,000 and when Agard paid it off, Rousso showed 
. It was good, as has most of the hands she's been playing this level.
, Vizz bet 14,700 and was called. Vizza then put his last 1,725 in on the turn and his opponent called. Vizza held the 
for bottom set and his opponent the 
for a flush draw. The river was the 
flop, and Schroer continued out with 2,025 chips. His opponent wasted no time calling, and the 
on the turn drew checks from both men. That led them to the 
, Chau Giang checked and Matt Waxman bet 1,800. Giang moved all in for 8,475 and Waxman called after a minute or so.
and the river the 
.
