Allie Prescott found himself pushing all 4,400 of his chips into the middle preflop, and he was looked up by a single opponent who turned over . Prescott, seemingly thrilled by the good news, tabled , racing for his tournament life.
The board ran out smiles for Prescott, coming , and giving him the much needed double up. He's just across 9,000 chips now; still a lot of work left to do.
Dwyte Pilgrim's table just broke and he was moved to Shaun Deeb's table. Both are approaching the 100,000-chip mark and the seating should make for some good action.
In one of the first hands since sitting down, Pilgrim called a button raise from Deeb to 1,550. The flop came and both players checked.
After the turn fell the , Pilgrim led for 3,375. Deeb open-folded pocket fives. Both players have right around 90,000 chips.
Michael Binger has been on the short stack all day long. Just now, he moved his last 2,650 into the middle from under the gun. The cutoff seat made the call and had Binger at risk.
Showdown:
Binger:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Binger packed up for the exit.
Jason Brice raised to 1,250 from the cutoff seat to open the action. When it got over to Dwyte Pilgrim in the small blind, he made a reraise to 2,600. The big blind got out of the way and then Brice made the call.
The two players saw the flop come down . Pilgrim fired 2,275 and Brice called.
The turn brought the and Pilgrim studied his opponent long and hard. Then, he fired a bet of 3,375. Brice wasted little time in making the call.
The river was the , completing a possible flush draw, but that didn't deter Pilgrim. He first asked the dealer to spread the pot and then fired all in.
As Brice tanked, Pilgrim started to chat him up. "Do you play flush draws like that, sir?" he asked. He kept talking while Brice thought, and eventually said, "If you have a flush, you win."
After another few moments, Pilgrim went on to say, "It's money over matter, not mind over matter. If you use mind over matter you'll make the right choice."
A few seconds later, Brice made the fold and Pilgrim scooped the pot, showing pocket sevens for a turned set. After that little set back a few minutes ago, he now has roughly 38,000.
Five people saw a flop for cheap, and it came down . Frank Vizza was first to act. He led out with a bet of 1,400. He found just one man who would give him action, and the two went heads up for the remainder of the hand.
Fourth street was the , and both men checked. The last card was the . Vizza checked again, and his opponent started to finger his chips. He plucked 2,500 of them off the top and dropped them into the pot, drawing a bemused look from Vizza. He went into the tank for just a minute or so, mumbling incoherently to himself. Finally, and seemingly reluctantly, Vizza made the call.
His opponent showed between his hands, waiting for Vizza's cards. They were better; Vizza tabled for a pair of jacks. With that little pot, Frank Vizza has just pipped the 30,000-chip mark.