Leandro Pimentel decided wasn't good enough to gamble his tournament life on a few hands ago, but when Cort Kibler-Melby raised Pimentel wasn't afraid to move in his entire stack with . It turned out to be the right move, as Kibler-Melby held and decided THAT wasn't a good enough hand to risk his life with.
With the blinds raised to 30-60K Greg "FBT" Mueller raised to 240K with pocket Jacks. And Leandro Pimentel woke up with pocket Queens. He moved all-in, and although Mueller took his time thinking it through, perhaps smelling that he was beat, he was getting too good a price on the call and moved his chips forward.
The board ran out and Pimentel doubled up to 1,430,000. Mueller's stack fell to 600K.
Perhaps stinging a bit after losing that last hand, Mueller raised with and was called by Cort Kibler-Melby with . Mueller led out on the and Kibler-Melby called, as he did when Mueller bet after the fell on the turn. In serious trouble now Mueller caught the on the river and tossed in a small bet that left him with very few chips behind.
Kibler-Melby hung his head and seemed to know that he'd either been dead all along or that Mueller had hit that Jack, but he made the call and paid Mueller off.
Poker can be a cruel game, and this is one of those hands that reminds you of that fact. From the cutoff Mueller raised with and Ray Spencer called in the small blind with . Taylor Douglas decided to call from the big blind as well, and they saw a flop of .
After Spencer checked Douglas bet 210K. Mueller raised to 420,000, Spencer folded, and Douglas thought over his move. He hasn't been showing his hole cards clearly during some of the broadcast and no one knew exactly what he had as he announced he was all-in. Mueller quickly called with his trips...and Douglas turned over for trips with a higher kicker.
Mueller needed help to take the lead or chop the pot, but the and on the turn and river weren't enough, and he wins $55,914 for what must be a disappointing 8th place finish.
Spencer saw his stack dwindle as play progressed this afternoon and he moved all-in with , only to run into Taylor Douglas' . The flop gave Douglas top pair and Spencer a gutshot draw, but the and on the turn and river didn't bring the Queen he needed. Ray Spencer takes home $79,270 for his seventh-place finish.
After Leandro Pimentel raised with pocket eights, Chandrasekhar Billavara looked down at and tried to decide what to do. "I'm calling if you move in," Pimentel said, and after giving it about a minute's thought Billavara did just that. And then Pimentel thought things through for a minute...and decided to fold.
Felix has been very quiet at today's final table, winning the blinds and antes twice in the only hands he contested. So when he moved all-in under the gun the other players quickly got out of his way. But Taylor Douglas had in the big blind, and even though he didn't look happy about it he made the call. Felix turned over and that hand held up to double his stack to 1,350,000. Douglas fell to 4 million.
After Leandro Pimentel raised with Chandrasekhar Billavara decided to just call with in the big blind, even though that left him with practically no chips behind. The flop came and seeing that king on the flop got Billavara so excited he moved all in out of turn. Pimentel made the crying call and the and did not improve his hand.