James Pritchard made it two bets to go preflop and received a call from Craig Sabel. On both the flop of and the turn of , Pritchard bet and Sabel called. Pritchard put the last of his chips in the pot on the river of the . Sabel made the quick call.
Pritchard turned over for top two pair and a nut low. Sabel showed for the nut low only. Pritchard takes 3/4 of the pot and moved up to around 175,000 in chips.
With three limpers in the pot, Thang Luu decided that his option would be to raise from the big blind. All three opponents called and they saw a flop of .
Luu led out with a bet, Mark Wilds and George Guzman made the call, with James Pritchard folding from the small blind.
The turn brought the and Luu led out again with a bet, Wilds raised it up which forced Guzman out of the pot. Luu called.
The river landed the and Luu fired another bet and Wilds quickly called.
Luu said, "Three quarters..." as he flipped for the ace-high flush and nut low, as Wilds let out a cry of digust at being rivered for the low as he showed .
Luu extends his lead to around 800,000 chips with Wilds now on the short stack with about 100,000 chips.
Greg Jamison has taken another hit after folding on the river to the aggression of Craig Sabel. Jamison was visibly frustrated and now sits with only 160,000.
George Guzman pushed the last of his chips in the middle saying, "Here we go boys!" and Thang Luu made the call from the big blind.
Luu:
Guzman:
The flop landed and Guzman yells, "Ship it!" as he flops Broadway. The turn of the and river make Guzman a flush as he survives to move back to around 110,000 in chips.
"That's eleven times I've survived this tournament when all in! Eleven times!" he exclaimed as he raked in his chips.
George Guzman has survived another all-in confrontation, and after a recent chopped pot he now sits with 170,000 in chips. Guzman is full of energy and enthusiasm at the table as he seems to be one of the few players at the table prepared to gamble!
The pot was three-bet preflop between Greg Jamison and Thang Luu. Fireworks ensued on a flop of . Jamison and Luu began a betting war that concluded when Luu's four-bet was enough to put Jamison all in.
Jamison showed for the nut flush draw and a nearly uncounterfitable low draw. Luu showed for aces and a second-nut low draw.
The turn of the gave Jamison the nut flush, and then the river of the gave him the nut low as well.
George Guzman raised it up from the button and Craig Sabel made the call from the small blind. Spencer Lawrence deliberated for a moment from the big blind before raising again to make to 60,000 to go. Both opponents called.
The flop came and the action checked to Lawrence who opened with a bet. Guzman the raised from the button. Sabel then motioned to call but evenutally pulled his chips back. The tournament director was called and ruled the forward motion as a call. Lawrence then reraised once again. Guzman called all in, and Sabel got out of the way.
Guzman:
Lawrence:
Lawrence held the lead with two pair, but amazingly the turn landed the and river to give Guzman a running straight to take the pot. He was jubliant as he raked in his chips. "Quick give them to me before they draw out!" he chirped, much to the "Are you serious?" looks from the rest of the table.
Lawrence is now in trouble on about 85,000 in chips while Guzman is strong again on about 270,000.
Craig Jamison made it two bets preflop and both Thang Luu and Craig Sabel called. On the flop of , Sabel bet and both opponent called. The turn brought the and the fireworks ensued. Sabel bet, Jamison called, Luu raised, and Sabel then three-bet. Jamison said, "I knew thats what you had!" He then folded. Luu made it four bets which was enough to put Sabel all in.
Sabel:
Luu:
Sabel had the nut full house. Only the case six would win the pot for Luu. The river fell a harmless and Sabel more than doubled up to 330,000 in chips.