Ryan Franklin just took a big hit to get knocked down to 1,200 in chips, but he's still fighting. We'll let you know if he can run his stack up or not.
After some unknown preflop action, Chris Bolek checked the board and his opponent bet 775. Bolek called, and the dealer added the out on the turn. Bolek led for 1,800, and his opponent folded.
"All in and call!" was the call from over at Chris Bolek's table. When we arrived, Bolek was all in on the board holding the . His opponent that made the call was drawing dead with the . The river completed the board with the , and Bolek doubled his stack.
Bolek has already had some success here in Aruba this week. In Event #2: $230 Pot-Limit Omaha Megastack, Bolek came out on top of the field of 57 entries to earn the $4,313 top prize.
Stephen Sindler was just the beneficiary to a very kind river card. Not only did he boost his stack to approximately 50,000 to take the early chip lead, but Sindler also eliminated the first player of the tournament. Tablemate Sterling Savill was kind enough to fill us in on the hand information.
In a five-way limped pot, the flop was rainbow and action was checked by the first three players before the fourth player fired a bet of 800. The fifth player called, Savill folded, then the next player check-raised to 2,100. Sindler called, the original bettor called, and the other player folded.
The turn was a , but it did add a second diamond to the board to put a flush draw out there. The first player that check-raised the flop fired 3,800, Sindler raised to 10,000, the player behind folded, then the first player moved all in. Sindler called with for top two pair, but he was behind his opponent's for a flopped set of fives.
The dealer burned a final time and slapped out another on the river, vaulting Sindler to the winning hand and eliminating his opponent from the tournament.
With an absent big blind, the player under the gun opened with a raise to 250. Ronnie Bardah called on the button, and the small blind also called. On the flop, the dealer rolled out the , and the small blind checked. The preflop raiser fired 500, Bardah called, and the small blind folded.
The turn was the , and the first player check-called a bet of 825 from Bardah. The river was the , and the first player fired 2,000. Bardah took about 20 seconds, then folded his hand, giving his opponent the pot.
The defending champion of the PPC Aruba World Championship, Joe Serock, is in the field today. As usual, Serock has his large, over-ear headphones on, with one ear slightly exposed so he can hear the action. Last year, Serock won $40,574 for defeating the field of 31 players.
Picking up the action on the flop, World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah was first to act against two other players. He checked, the second player checked, and the third player bet 600. Only Bardah called.
The turn card was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Bardah led for 1,750, almost betting a lot larger because he has yet to get used to the chips and which domination a color stands for. His opponent called.
Bardah tabled the for top pair, top kicker. His opponent showed the for the same hand, and the two players chopped up the pot.