We caught up to see the aftermath of a hand that saw Kevin MacPhee double his stack.
MacPhee was kind enough to recap the hand for us afterwards. After a series of limps before the flop he checked his option from the big blind, prompting the dealer to spread out a flop of . A player bet 800 and received one call. MacPhee then jammed the rest of his stack all in and was called by the original bettor.
MacPhee:
Opponent:
The turn was the and the river the , ensuring MacPhee a double up with his flopped two pair. He's currently sitting at about 21,000 after a harrowing first few levels.
With over 6,000 already in the pot, Jeff Blenkarn and an opponent saw a flop of . Blenkarn wasted no time betting 3,700 and his opponent slid out a call.
Fourth street brought the and Blenkarn flung out a bet of 5,700 with little hesitation. His opponent pushed out a raise to 13,000 and Blenkarn called off his remaining 12,150 for his tournament life.
Blenkarn:
Opponent:
The board finished with the and Blenkarn was able to score a double up to about 45,000 in chips.
We found MacPhee grinding to win a small portion back when he saw a flop of heads up. He check-called a bet of 500 from his opponent and the turned. The both checked and did so again on the river. MacPhee showed for a pair of jacks and took down the pot.
Going into today, many were excited as Vancouver Canucks goalie was slated to play in today's Main Event. Unfortunately, due to hockey related duties, Luongo will no longer be around to participate in the big one.
Luongo was around for a significant portion of the series, however, playing the first two events. Luongo made it past the dinner break in both events but busted shortly after both times.
Large field tournaments always seem to have one outstanding table draw with several big names seated together and today is no different. Jason Koon, Matt Jarvis, and Adam Levy are all seated at the same table and we stumbled upon a hand where Jarvis was able to scoop up a small amount of chips.
The player under the gun plus one raised to 400 and Jarvis called from the button. Levy stuck around from the small blind and the trio saw a flop of . It checked all of the way around to Jarvis' button and he fired 650. Levy folded quickly and the original raiser shook his head and released his cards, awarding Jarvis the pot.
After having a relatively large confrontation earlier in the day, we found Matt Affleck and Vince Ruocco engaged in a hand together once again. The flop was {Tc] and Affleck check-called a bet of 250.
The turn was the and Affleck checked again. Ruocco fired 500 and Affleck stuck around. Both players tapped the table on the river and ended the action.
"Jack," said Affleck.
Ruocco rolled over for a pair of kings and took down the pot.
We caught up to find a player all in and at risk against Sean Giesbrecht with the flop reading .
Giesbrecht held for bottom set and was out in front against his opponent's for top and bottom pair. The turn was the and the river the - ensuring that Giesbrecht earned the knockout. With that win he's currently sitting on almost double starting stack with about 39,000 in chips.
. A player bet 800 and received one call. MacPhee then jammed the rest of his stack all in and was called by the original bettor.
and the river the 
, ensuring MacPhee a double up with his flopped two pair. He's currently sitting at about 21,000 after a harrowing first few levels.
. Blenkarn wasted no time betting 3,700 and his opponent slid out a call.
and Blenkarn flung out a bet of 5,700 with little hesitation. His opponent pushed out a raise to 13,000 and Blenkarn called off his remaining 12,150 for his tournament life.
and Blenkarn was able to score a double up to about 45,000 in chips.
turned. The both checked and did so again on the 
river. MacPhee showed 
for a pair of jacks and took down the pot.
. It checked all of the way around to Jarvis' button and he fired 650. Levy folded quickly and the original raiser shook his head and released his cards, awarding Jarvis the pot.
river and ended the action.
for a pair of kings and took down the pot.
.
for bottom set and was out in front against his opponent's 
for top and bottom pair. The turn was the 