Yesterday, Charles Sylvestre and Nenad Medic butted heads a number of times over in the Pavilion Room. Sylvestre was quick to bluff and even quicker to show.
Medic and Sylvestre were heads up in a pot at the feature table moments ago after Sylvestre raised preflop out of position. The flop fell and Medic check-called a 15,000-chip bet from Sylvestre.
The turn brought the and Medic checked again. Sylvestre took his time before finally pushing a tower of 35 yellow T1,000 chips forward. Medic cut out several orange T5,000 and stared down Sylvestre but eventually folded.
Sylvestre's face lit up like a child on Christmas and he opened for yet another bluff.
"I was on the gut-shot," Sylvestre cracked. "Forget the bluff."
Sylvestre is now sitting with 170,000 chips and Medic is quite fine with 200,000 chips.
Jared Ingles raised to 10,000 and received two callers: Steve Burkholder in early to middle position and Chase Steely in the big blind. On the flop, Steely bet the pot, Ingles folded, and Berkholder re-potted. Steely pushed all in and Berkholder called.
Nick Binger doubled through Blair Rodman on the last hand before break.
The action folded to Rodman in the small blind who raised to 9,000.
"I haven't looked yet," Binger said. "But they feel pretty heavy."
After sweating his cards Binger indeed made the call and the flop fell . Rodman led for a pot-bet, Binger moved all in and Rodman called.
Showdown
Rodman:
Binger:
Both players had big straight draws and any diamond except the would have given Rodman a winning flush. The turn was red, but the didn't do it for Rodman. The on the river paired the board and only have Binger a better hand.
Binger's stack grew to 44,000 chips and Rodman's still OK with 145,000 chips.
Peter Costa has taken the chip lead in a pot so epic it would make Braveheart look like a morning stroll.
With Costa limping in middle position, Scott Montgomery made up the small blind, only for Ted Lawson to raise it up to 12,000 from the big blind. Both Costa and Montgomery made the call.
The dealer peeled off the first three cards: . Montgomery paused briefly before tapping the table, but Lawson was less hospitable, continuing as the aggressor with a bet of 36,000. Peter Costa moved all in for 104,000 and Montgomery side-stepped out of the way. Lawson called.
Both players took a deep breath as they revealed their cards, Costa ahead with , but looking to evade numerous outs like a dodgeball champion in the face of Lawson's . This was a huge pot!
And so, onto the turn card...
Lawson's tournament life hung by the thinnest of threads...
River...
A blank, and a pot the size of Texas made it's way to Costa! He now has 300,000 and surpassed Jonathan Little as the chip leader.