Ante Up!
The players have returned from break with the blinds kicking up and the antes beginning!
The players have returned from break with the blinds kicking up and the antes beginning!
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
There are four levels in the books so it's time for another 20 minute break.
Mark Vos found himself all in for his last 1,650 holding against an opponent's .
The board ran out to see Vos hit the rail just shy of the break.
Edward Sabat opened to 600 on the button and a player in the small blind shoved for 4,000. Sabat called and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Sabat:
Small Blind:
The flop fell and Sabat started to get up from his chair seeing that he needed runner runner cards to survive.
The turned keeping Sabat alive and he took his seat again after the rivered completing the runner runner straight.
Sabat doubled to 8,200 and remains in his seat. For now.
Leo Margets called an opponent's all in holding to be in great shape against his .
The board ran out to see Marget's queens hold as she climbs to 19,000 in chips.
Annette Obrestad opened to 450 from under the gun and Dwyte Pilgrim three-bet to 1,300 from the cutoff. Obrestad called.
Both players checked the flop and after the turned Obrestad led for 1,550. Pilgrim raised to 4,050, Obrestad moved all in and Pilgrim called.
Showdown
Obrestad:
Pilgrim:
Pilgrim was unable to find the case tre on the river hitting the rail and Obrestad chipped up to 28,000 chips.
Jon Friedberg recently tripled through Scott Seiver and another opponent at their table.
Friedberg held , Seiver had and we did not catch the third player's hand.
The board was and Friedberg tripled to 24,500 chips.
"No way I wanted 70,000 in chips by Level 4," Seiver joked.
Thanks to a couple of running spades, Seiver doesn't have to worry about that problem.
Here's a list of recent eliminations:
Carter Phillips, Shawn Buchanan, Carlos Mortensen, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Jon Turner and Phil Galfond.
Barry Greenstein had an opponent at risk preflop holding . His opponent opened and the board ran .
Greenstein is still very healthy with 20,000 chips though.