We picked up the action on the turn in a heads-up pot as the board read , and there was close to 50,000 in the pot. James Obst was first to act, and he led out with 36,000. Andrew Robl took his time considering before making the call, and things were getting serious as the landed on the river.
Obst picked up more chips and made a final bet of 95,000, drawing a long gaze from Robl. He looked pretty pained as he tanked over the decision, and it would be at least three or four minutes before he uncapped his cards and returned them to the muck.
"I'll give you $100 to see your hand," Robl tried. Obst smirked and shook his head, but Robl reached back and pulled out his wallet. "Two hundred." Still a no, so he tried one last time. "Three hundred bucks?" Obst wasn't having it, sending his cards back to the dealer face-down as he chips his way up over 600,000.
From the hijack seat, Shawn Buchanan raised to 9,000. Tobias Reinkemeier made the call from the cutoff and action folded over to Mike "Timex" McDonald in the small blind. He reraised to 35,000. Play moved back over to Buchanan and he four-bet, making it 83,000 to go. Reinkemeier folded and McDonald moved all in for 196,500. Buchanan called.
The two were off to the races as Buchanan's was up against the for McDonald.
The board ran through and McDonald was able to double up with trip kings. He's now back to around 400,000 while Buchanan was knocked to 285,000.
With 90,500 chips already in the middle on the board of , reigning WSOP Main Event champion and new Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel fired 58,000. He was called by Daniel "jungleman12" Cates.
The river brought the and added a fourth heart to the board. Duhamel checked and Cates moved all in for 117,500. After some time in the tank, Duhamel made the call.
Cates tabled the for the nut flush and Duhamel mucked his hand. He dropped back to 60,000 while Cates saw his stack rise to 441,500.
It all happened very quietly; Ashton Griffin has been eliminated in a dramatically small pot.
Griffin was heads up with Nick Schulman as the board ran out . Griffin was check-calling the whole way with , turning the nuts. Schulman and his rivered a full house, though, and Griffin has been relieved of the rest of his short stack.
We missed the initial preflop action (we think), but here's what we know. When our attention turned to the table in question, Andrew Lichtenberger had 68,000 chips in front of him, and Caio Pimenta had 150,000 chips out in front of his betting area. Action was on Lichtenberger, and he took a good long soak in the tank before announcing an all in for 491,000 total. The look on Pimenta's face was hard to put into words; his mouth was wide open and his eyes even wider, and he asked for the count while he paced around behind his chair deliberating. The call would cost him about 85% of his own stack, and it would put a pot of nearly a million chips up for grabs.
After a couple minutes of tank time, Pimenta reluctantly uncapped his cards and mucked them.
Don't look now, but "LuckyChewy" is on a tear. After dragging that pot preflop, Lichtenberger is all the way up to 652,000 now. There's your chip leader, boys and girls.
Andrew Robl raised to 14,000 from the hijack seat. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier called in the cutoff, James Obst called on the button and Sandor Demjan called in the small blind.
The flop came down and action checked to Mercier. He bet 22,500. Obst folded and Demjan made the call. Robl sat and studied for a minute. He then moved all in for an even 300,000. Mercier mucked and Demjan mucked.
We picked up the action on the turn as the board showed . Vivek Rajkumar checked, and his neighbor Viktor Blom put out a bet of 32,000. Rajkumar eventually check-raised to 65,000, and Blom tanked and called.
That led them to the river, and Rajkumar announced a covering all in. He flung out a stack of green chips to make it visible, then sat patiently still while Blom considered the decision for the rest of his chips. He had about 150,000 or so left, and he eventually plunked them across the betting line to put himself at risk.
We'd never see his cards; Rajkumar tabled , and Blom tapped the felt and stood from his chair. Blom's day is done.
Vivek, on the other hand, is once again climbing toward the top of the board; he's got about 550,000 now.
Once again we were a little late to the party, but we'll tell you what we saw. There was a board of on the table when it drew our attention, and Daniel Negreanu check-called a bet from Vivek Rajkumar, somewhere around 45,000.
The dealer put the down on fifth street, and Negreanu checked again. Rajkumar considered carefully before stacking out a bet of 95,000, and Negreanu instantly called. He turned up for the straight, and Vivek could not beat it. "You're good," he said. "I had the best hand preflop, though."
The two traded smirks, but it's Negreanu who's laughing the loudest. He's got the biggest stack in the room -- 935,000 -- while Vivek is back down around 400,000.
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, and there was close to 50,000 in the pot. James Obst was first to act, and he led out with 36,000. Andrew Robl took his time considering before making the call, and things were getting serious as the 
landed on the river.
was up against the 
for McDonald.
and McDonald was able to double up with trip kings. He's now back to around 400,000 while Buchanan was knocked to 285,000.
, reigning WSOP Main Event champion and new Team 
for the nut flush and Duhamel mucked his hand. He dropped back to 60,000 while Cates saw his stack rise to 441,500.
. Griffin was check-calling the whole way with 
, turning the nuts. Schulman and his 
rivered a full house, though, and Griffin has been relieved of the rest of his short stack.
and action checked to Mercier. He bet 22,500. Obst folded and Demjan made the call. Robl sat and studied for a minute. He then moved all in for an even 300,000. Mercier mucked and Demjan mucked.
. Vivek Rajkumar checked, and his neighbor Viktor Blom put out a bet of 32,000. Rajkumar eventually check-raised to 65,000, and Blom tanked and called.
down on fifth street, and Negreanu checked again. Rajkumar considered carefully before stacking out a bet of 95,000, and Negreanu instantly called. He turned up 
for the straight, and Vivek could not beat it. "You're good," he said. "I had the best hand preflop, though."