Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
We found Clint Tolbert considering the all-in check-raise of Ben Ector on a board of . Tolbert had fired 7,200 into a pot of about 17,000 on the river, and Ector shoved all in from middle position. Tolbert tanked a few minutes and called, and Ector showed him for the nuts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Ector | 63,000 | |
Clint Tolbert |
10,300
-47,700
|
-47,700 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Just before the last level ended, TJ Thondup opened under the gun to 1,800 and got one caller before David Lopez made it 8,800 to go in the big blind. Thondup shipped in about 25,000, and Lopez called.
Thondup:
Lopez:
Thondup needed a six in a hurry, and he added a straight draw to his equity as hit the board. A river was a brick though.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Lopez | 180,000 | |
TJ Thondup
|
Busted |
Kelly Minkin bet 11,000, which looked to be about a pot-sized wager, out of the small blind on a flop of . Clint Tolbert moved all in from middle position for what looked like a little under 30,000, and Minkin quickly called.
Minkin:
Tolbert:
The turn completed both of Minkin's draws but she still needed to fade a fourth diamond on board that would make Tolbert a better flush. The river wasn't enough for the RunGood Pro.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kelly Minkin |
99,700
47,700
|
47,700 |
Clint Tolbert | Busted |
Players are on a one-hour dinner break, after which registration for the event will close.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aaron Mermelstein |
159,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
||
Maria Ho |
76,000
31,600
|
31,600 |
|
||
Brian Green |
58,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
||
Mike Comisso |
56,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Calvin Anderson |
55,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
Aaron Massey |
54,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Samuel Phillips |
44,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
TJ Thondup
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Nick Palma |
20,100
-13,900
|
-13,900 |
David Paredes |
19,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Rahul Deevara opened to 2,700 early and called a three-bet to 8,200 from big blind Scotty Nguyen. The flop came , and Nguyen fired 7,000. Deevara made it 18,300.
"All right, you got it," Nguyen said, sliding his remaining 40,000 or so in.
Deevara quickly called and showed for a set. Nguyen stared for about 10 seconds before turning over . The self-styled "Indian Poker Wizard" made a boat on the runout and Nguyen told him "nice hand" before exiting.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rahul Deevara | 138,000 | |
Scotty Nguyen | Busted | |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Lopez |
254,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
Ben Ector |
162,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
Layne Flack |
104,600
79,100
|
79,100 |
|
||
Chino Rheem |
100,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
||
Matt Bond |
31,700
-22,300
|
-22,300 |
Greg Himmelbrand |
28,100
-21,900
|
-21,900 |
Kevin Eyster |
19,800
-7,200
|
-7,200 |
|
||
Ray Henson |
16,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|