Action moved to Luke Brown in middle position and he moved all in for 122,000. From the small blind, Benny Chen made the call as he woke up to find two ladies in his pocket with the . Brown had plenty of opportunity though with his for two overs in your standard coin-flip situation.
The flop came down and put Brown in the lead with a pair of kings. The turn brought the and now Chen needed one of the last two queens in the deck to eliminate Brown.
The river wasn't the card Chen was looking for and he sent over the chips to double up Brown.
As with all tournaments, aggression is an important factor and usually the more aggressive players are the ones who reap the benefits. Lately, there's been a good amount of three-betting going on, including some that involves player jamming all of his chips into the middle. Here are some of the recent three-bets and how they have played out.
Clint Powell opened with a raise from under the gun plus one. He made it 20,000 to go. David Williams was on the button and moved all in for 177,000 when action folded around to him. Play folded through the blinds and back to Powell, who stood from his seat for a couple minutes before folding his hand.
On an adjacent table, Chris Johnson had opened to 20,000 and was facing a three-bet from Lance Oliver to 64,000 out of the small blind. Johnson had opened from early position.Johnson gave it up and Oliver won the pot.
Not all three-bet pots go without a flop though, as this next one between Brian England and Matthew Leecy shows.
From under the gun, England raised to 18,000 to kick things off. In the hijack seat was Leecy and he reraised to 37,000. England made the call and the two saw the flop come down . England checked and Leecy fired 28,000. England asked how much Leecy was playing and then made the call to see the pair the board on the turn. England checked again and Leecy bet 30,000 this time. England couldn't call and gave it up, dropping back to 785,000 in chips. Leecy improved to 500,000.
J.J. Liu's stack sits at just less than 600,000 after a small confrontation with Alex Santiago. Liu opened pre-flop to 18,000, then fired an additional 28,000 on a paired flop of . Santiago had position on Liu and called both bets. The players then checked down the turn and the river.
"Two pair," said Liu.
"Me too," Santiago replied. He added, "Nice hand," after Liu opened for jacks and sevens, then mucked his own hand.
Derrick Kuenzel looked really unhappy when Benny Chen bet 62,000 on the river of a board. Kuenzel, who had checked first action, sighed and slid 62,000 across the betting line. Chen showed ; it was good. "Good hand," Kuenzel said as the dealer pushed the pot to Chen.
Matthew Leecy raised to 20,000 and then Andy Robbins reraised to 62,000 and was all in. Leecy made the call and showed the . He was dominated by the , but sometimes that just doesn't matter in poker. The board ran out and Leecy won the pot to eliminate Robbins.
Action folded to Scott Wood in the small blind. He put in a minimum-raise to 20,000. Lance Oliver was in the big blind with pocket jacks and moved all in for 221,000. Wood quickly called, then was shocked to see Oliver's jacks.
"I didn't think you were that strong," he said as he opened . Oliver's jacks stood tall on a board of . When the stacks were counted down, Wood was busto.
From the cutoff seat, Adam Hui raised to 16,000. Play then folded over to Brian Park in the big blind and he moved all in for approximately 150,000. Hui requested a count of the chips and halfway through the count, made the call.
Hui:
Park:
As you can see, Park was on a complete resteal against the chip leader Hui. Even so, he was very live with his seven-four offsuit. The board ran out in Hui's favor though, , and that was the end of the line for Park. Hui increased to 935,000 in chips.
That's it for Mandy Baker. She three-bet shoved on the button with after the cutoff opened with a standard raise. Bad news for Baker: the cutoff had red aces, . He turned a set to leave Baker drawing dead. She's out of the tournament just prior to the second break of the day.
Evan Lamprea is also out. He ran right into Chris Johnson's pre-flop and did not improve. Johnson is up to 740,000.
. Brown had plenty of opportunity though with his 
for two overs in your standard coin-flip situation.
and put Brown in the lead with a pair of kings. The turn brought the 
and now Chen needed one of the last two queens in the deck to eliminate Brown.
wasn't the card Chen was looking for and he sent over the chips to double up Brown.
. England checked and Leecy fired 28,000. England asked how much Leecy was playing and then made the call to see the 
. Santiago had position on Liu and called both bets. The players then checked down the 
turn and the 
river.
board. Kuenzel, who had checked first action, sighed and slid 62,000 across the betting line. Chen showed 
; it was good. "Good hand," Kuenzel said as the dealer pushed the pot to Chen.
and Leecy won the pot to eliminate Robbins.
. Oliver's jacks stood tall on a board of 
. When the stacks were counted down, Wood was busto.
, and that was the end of the line for Park. Hui increased to 935,000 in chips.