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Casetta takes over the lead
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 50,000 from the button and Dan Casetta called. The flop came down and Casetta led into Lichtenberger for 85,000. Lichtenberger made the call.
The turn was the and Casetta fired 140,000. Lichtenberger asked how much Casetta had behind and he counted up his chips. "1.1 million about." He actually was 100,000 short and had just over 1.2 million behind. Then, Lichtenberger made a raise to 400,000. Casetta took a big gulp and then announced that he was all in. Lichtenberger double checked his cards and then mucked.
Lichtenberger dropped to 1.6 million while Casetta improved to over two million and the chip lead.
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The two players remaining, Andrew Lichtenberger and Dan Casetta, seem to be playing to a stalemate right now. Neither has garnered any significant, sustained momentum.
Lichtenberger recently four-bet a pot pre-flop, opening for 50,000 and then re-raising to 335,000 after Casetta popped it to 145,000. Casetta was unwilling to pay for that price.
But a short time later, Casetta responded with aggression of his own. In a raised pot, he check-raised Lichtenberger from 60,000 to 160,000 on a flop of . Lichtenberger quickly folded.
With the shorter-stacked Casetta having roughly 60 big blinds, this heads-up match could take quite a bit of time to resolve.
donpeters
In the first real significant pot of the heads-up match, Dan Casetta took a couple hundred thousand chips from Andrew Lichtenberger.
Lichtenberger raised the button to 50,000 and Casetta called. The flop came down a monotone . Casetta led with a bet of 75,000 and Lichtenberger called. The turn brought the and Casetta checked. Lichtenberger fired 160,000 and Casetta called. The river was the and both players checked.
Casetta tabled the for trip fours and Lichtenberger mucked, losing the pot.
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After a few small back-and-forth pots, Andrew Lichtenberger scored the a minor victory in this heads-up match. He called Dan Casetta's pre-flop raise of 60,000, then led out for 80,000 on a flop. Casetta raised that bet to 220,000. Lichtenberger called.
Both players checked the turn and the river. At showdown, Lichtenberger produced for top pair. That was the winner.
donpeters
Brock Parker - 3rd Place
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 60,000 from his small blind and then Brock Parker moved all in for the big blind. Lichtenberger made sure he heard Parker's all-in announcement right and then quickly made the call, holding the . Parker held the .
The flop pretty much shut the door on Parker when it came . The turn was the and then the river the .
Parker was eliminated in 3rd place, earning himself $73,544 for his effort. Lichtenberger is now heads up with Dan Casetta and has the chip lead.
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Before the dinner break, Dan Casetta started chipping away at Andrew Lichtenberger. He's continued that trend in the post-dinner play. Casetta was in the big blind when he called a pre-flop raise to 52,000 made by Lichtenberger. Both players checked the flop.
The turn was the . Casetta checked again, inducing a bet of 60,000 from Lichtenerger that Casetta called. When the river fell , Casetta became more aggressive. He led out for 140,000. Lichtenberger didn't take long to fold.
donpeters
On the second hand back, Dan Casetta had the button and raised to 50,000. Andrew Lichtenberger was his customer from the small blind. The flop came down and Lichtenberger checked. Casetta fired 85,000 and Lichtenberger called.
The turn was the and Lichtenberger checked again. Casetta checked behind. After the fell on the river, Lichtenberger checked once more. "God, I really wanna make another sick value bet," commented Casetta before checking.
Lichtenberger tabled two red nines and Casetta had a puzzled look on his face. He then mucked his hand and Lichtenberger scooped the pot.
After a loop around the table, the button was on Casetta again and he raised to 50,000. Brock Parker called from the big blind this time and the two saw a flop of . Parker check-called a bet of 80,000 from Casetta to bring the players to the turn where the fell.
On the turn, Parker checked and Casetta fired 127,000. Parker tanked for a minute or two and then released his hand, allowing Casetta to pick this one up.
and Casetta led into Lichtenberger for 85,000. Lichtenberger made the call.
and Casetta fired 140,000. Lichtenberger asked how much Casetta had behind and he counted up his chips. "1.1 million about." He actually was 100,000 short and had just over 1.2 million behind. Then, Lichtenberger made a raise to 400,000. Casetta took a big gulp and then announced that he was all in. Lichtenberger double checked his cards and then mucked.![[user75032]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Lichtenberger quickly folded.
. Casetta led with a bet of 75,000 and Lichtenberger called. The turn brought the 
and Casetta checked. Lichtenberger fired 160,000 and Casetta called. The river was the 
for trip fours and Lichtenberger mucked, losing the pot.
flop. Casetta raised that bet to 220,000. Lichtenberger called.
turn and the 
river. At showdown, Lichtenberger produced 
for top pair. That was the winner.
. Parker held the 
and then the river the 
, Casetta became more aggressive. He led out for 140,000. Lichtenberger didn't take long to fold.
and Lichtenberger checked again. Casetta checked behind. After the 
. Parker check-called a bet of 80,000 from Casetta to bring the players to the turn where the