Break!
The players are now on a 10-minute break and the tournament staff is coloring up and removing the 500 denomination chips.
The players are now on a 10-minute break and the tournament staff is coloring up and removing the 500 denomination chips.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Larry Carney shoved in a battle of the blinds with Carmine Santoro. Santoro called with and the classic race was on.
The board rolled out with Carney doubling and Santoro continuing his slide from the top of the counts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Carmine Santoro |
320,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Larry Carney |
240,000
89,500
|
89,500 |
Ray Williams just moved into contention getting it in with versus a shorter stack's on a flop full of bricks after flatting a rather large three-bet preflop.
Williams' heads-up opponent shoved the flop and hit the rail when Williams snap-called.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ray Williams |
490,000
343,700
|
343,700 |
Facing a 40,000 chip bet from [Removed:339] on an board, William Ho went deep into the tank.
He emerged shoving and after [Removed:340] folded, Ho moved up into the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
William Ho |
555,000
386,500
|
386,500 |
[Removed:339]
|
140,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
On an board, Peter Raimondi responded to a 22,000 chip bet from Vince Palma by pushing 65,000 across the line.
He took his time before doing it, but Palma called, only to muck when Raimondi showed for the wheel.
As Raimondi climbs the counts, Palma is headed in the opposite direction.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Peter Raimondi |
250,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Vince Palma |
50,000
-153,500
|
-153,500 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Start of day chip leader Charles Johnson Jr has been quiet most of the day, but just made a little noise moments ago.
He fired 90,000 into a pot over 200,000 with the board reading , forcing his opponent to fold and moving over the 400,000 mark.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charles Johnson Jr |
420,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
William Ho is collecting tournament lives in this event like he's the Western New York Poker Reaper.
He check-raised all in on a flop with and got the call from his heads-up opponent on .
Ho faded all trouble on a brick-like run out, claimed another victim and added to his ever growing lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
William Ho |
790,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
William Ho just felted [Removed:339], waking up with two queens in the big blind when [Removed:340] open-shoved .
He's now up to one million in chips. Here's how Ho and the rest of the big stacks look now halfway through Level 20:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
William Ho |
1,000,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Blake Napierala |
650,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
John Stempien |
560,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Charles Johnson Jr | 420,000 | |
Jason Nablo |
420,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Rick Block |
380,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Ray Williams |
320,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
[Removed:339]
|
Busted |