Glenn Martinez has just been the beneficiary of a big cooler of a knockout pot.
It began with a player in middle position opening to 7,500, and Martinez defended his big blind to see a heads-up flop. The dealer spread out , and Martinez check-raised from 11,000 to 30,000. The bettor reraised all in for 106,000 total, and Martinez made the quick call with his covering stack.
"Set over set again?!" the bettor lamented as he saw Martinez's . He tabled his inferior , and the turn added insult to his injury. The dropped to quad Martinez, and the river has ushered another player out the door.
With that big pot, Martinez is all the way up to 360,000 and in command of the biggest stack in the room.
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Matt Keikoan has been busy rebuilding.
Just a short while ago Matt Keikoan was well below the average stack, but things have turned around for the two-time WSOP bracelet winner. He just knocked out an opponent holding on a board. His opponent had an up and down straight draw when the money went in holding .
The Ladies' Event began a couple hours ago in the far corner of the tournament room, and the turnout looks strong. And loud.
Our Main Event was just interrupted by a very loud, incredibly shrill celebration from the ladies' section. "Oh my GOD!" I flopped the joint! I FLOPPED THE JOINT! Oh my god!"
Pretty much everyone in the room was forced to turn their attention for a moment, and the lady was still shrieking. "I flopped the JOINT!"
We've only got one lady left in the Main Event, and we would be pretty surprised to hear Dorothy Vonsachsen celebrate like that. She's holding her own with about 130,000 chips right now.
We've been watching several small battles between Eric Bergen and Eric Yilmaz, but most of them have fizzled out before they got serious. Not this one.
There was already some action in the pot before Yilmaz raised in position, and Bergen squeezed all in from the big blind. The rest of the table folded out of the way, and it was another 103,500 for Yilmaz to make the call. He spent a bit of time in the tank, eventually announcing that he had ace-king. "Do you still want me to call?" he asked, receiving a cautionary look from the dealer. Bergen did his part by keeping quiet, and Yilmaz eventually mustered the gumption to make the call.
Showdown
Yilmaz:
Bergen:
There was an ace on the flop, but it was Bergen with the best of it as it came rolling out . The turn wasn't a great card for him, however, opening up those two outs for Yilmaz. He needed to find an ace on the river to notch the knockout, but the landed instead. That's safe and clean for Bergen, and he's found his big double. This one skyrockets him toward the top of the counts with 255,000 or so, while Yilmaz drops down to about 185,000 with that loss.
The pace of eliminations hasn't slowed yet, but it's looming. The field has been trimmed down to seven tables and 63 players. We expect to a slow down in the action as they approach the money bubble - set at 33 players. We have to lose about half the field to make the money and it looks as if we'll hit the money bubble after the dinner break.
We missed the action on the hand but Matthew Weber sent a tall stack of T5k chips over to David Clark. The board was and Clark held pocket aces. Weber had and slid down the counts.
We're six levels deep into this Day 2, and the players have retired for a quick ten-minute break. When they return, the levels will increase to sixty minutes, and we'll play eight more before calling it a night. A one-hour dinner break will follow Level 17.
A short-stacked player was all in for about 15,000 preflop, and he found action in two places with a chance to triple up.
The flop brought with the small blind checking in the dark. Across the table, Matthew Weber was the third man in the hand, and he eyeballed his opponent's remaining stack before making a covering bet. The small blind had about 62,000 chips left, and he toyed with the decision for a couple long minutes before making the call to put himself at risk, too!
Showdown
Weber:
Small blind:
Short stack:
"Oh, no!" Mr. Short Stack lamented as he saw the bad news. He was sharing outs, and both he and the small blind were two cards from the exit.
The turn was a blank, and the river further improved Weber's hand. He makes trip nines in the end, claiming the tournament lives of two more players. We're down under 65 left now, and Weber has upped his chip count to a respectable 249,000.
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, and Martinez check-raised from 11,000 to 30,000. The bettor reraised all in for 106,000 total, and Martinez made the quick call with his covering stack.
. He tabled his inferior 
, and the turn added insult to his injury. The 
dropped to quad Martinez, and the river 
has ushered another player out the door.
on a 
board. His opponent had an up and down straight draw when the money went in holding 
.
wasn't a great card for him, however, opening up those two outs for Yilmaz. He needed to find an ace on the river to notch the knockout, but the 
landed instead. That's safe and clean for Bergen, and he's found his big double. This one skyrockets him toward the top of the counts with 255,000 or so, while Yilmaz drops down to about 185,000 with that loss.
and slid down the counts.
was a blank, and the river