Peace Portal
Alexia Portal was all in and at risk preflop with . Jimmy Ostensson had her at risk holding and after the board ran Portal was eliminated.
Ostensson is now up to 385,000 chips.
Alexia Portal was all in and at risk preflop with . Jimmy Ostensson had her at risk holding and after the board ran Portal was eliminated.
Ostensson is now up to 385,000 chips.
In a raised pot preflop, Justin "Boosted J" Smith and Patrick Ricci were heads up when the flop fell .
Smith check-called 15,000 from Ricci and both players checked the on the turn and the on the river.
Smith opened for a flush and Ricci mucked his hand. Although Ricci didn't give him any more chips, the hand boosted Smith to 285,000 chips. Ricci slipped to 160,000.
Harvey Mathews made it 14,000 to go from the cutoff and was called by Marco Traniello on the button and Andrey Danilyuk in the small blind.
Flop:
It was checked to Traniello who made it 36,000. Danilyuk moved all in and Mathews got out of the way. Traniello called all in putting his tournament life on the line.
Traniello showed for top pair top kicker, while Danilyuk showed for a flush draw.
Sure enough, Danilyuk's flush came through when the fell on the turn. The river was the meaningless and Traniello made his exit.
We reached Table 369 with the board reading and about 40,000 in the middle.
Steve Cowley checked to Darryll "DFish" Fish who bet 16,500. Cowley raised to 50,000, Fish moved all in for 120,000 and Cowley quickly called.
Showdown
Cowley:
Fish:
Fish needed some help and the on the turn was a good start. He needed the board to pair on the river but it did not when the fell.
Cowley is now one of our chip leaders with 665,000 chips and Fish has hit the rail.
This hand was recounted to us from a player at the table.
Jimmy Ostensson raised preflop from the button and Joe Bartholdi moved all in from the small blind. Ostensson made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Bartholdi's couldn't find any help on the king-high board and Ostensson's was good for the knockout.
Alexander Wilson has shoved over the top of Erik Cajelais twice in the past few minutes.
Both times Cajelais opened to 15,000 and Wilson moved all in. The past hand Cajelais flashed before folding.
"I don't want to race," he told Wilson.
Wilson's aggression has him at 142,000 chips and Cajelais is down to 160,000.
Zachary Wolfe made it 16,500 to go from under the gun and Joe Baldwin made the call from the cutoff.
The flop came down .
Wolfe bet 14,500 and Baldwin came along for the ride.
When the hit the turn, Wolfe moved all in. Baldwin tank-called flipping over for an up-and-down straight draw against Wolfe's for a turned set.
Baldwin got there when the hit the river and Wolfe was sent to the payout desk to collect his winnings.
Before the break Jarred Solomon made a straight flush and was paid off.
The board read and Solomon bet 40,000. Maxim Lykov made the call and mucked when Solomon opened .
Solomon is now up to 250,000 chips.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
The players are now on a 20-minute break. Hopefully walking off any bad beats they've just taken.