What's $1,500 To Him?
"Haha I just got it in with a set of Kings against Jacks and he rivered a straight!" stated a rather happy ex-player to his friend still in the tournament.
I guess some people find the loss of $1,500 a lot funny than others!
"Haha I just got it in with a set of Kings against Jacks and he rivered a straight!" stated a rather happy ex-player to his friend still in the tournament.
I guess some people find the loss of $1,500 a lot funny than others!
Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis celebrated his 22nd birthday just a few days ago with a big party that not too many attendees have probably recovered from.
However Karamalikis must have mustered up some energy either through a vegemite sandwich or some weet-bix as he has recovered to take a seat in his fourth WSOP event of the series.
Joining the Australian in the field are fellow 'Aussies' Daniel Neilson, Michael Spilkin, Jim Sachinidis, Mel Judah and Aaron Benton and Warwick Mirzikinian with many likely to be hiding somewhere as the majority slowly are arriving in town.
There was 1,250 in the pot with a board reading when Dan Heimiller bet 800. Seat 10 made the call but mucked when Heimiller revealed for top pair. Heimiller took down the pot and increased his stack to 6,300.
Jerry Yang was all in of a board reading and received a call from a single opponent. Yang showed and was ahead of his opponent's .
Yang needed to avoid an ace, king or three on the river and managed to do so when it fell the . Yang doubled on the hand and is now sitting with 9,000.
On a board reading Liv Boeree was faced with a bet of 1,225.
Thinking for some time, Boeree eventually slid her stack with her opponent making the call for his last 2,925.
Boeree:
Opponent:
The river blanked out with the to see Boeree bust her opponent and move to 9,000 in chips.
Layne Flack was all in for his last 1,200 or so on a flop of and received a call from Seat 7.
Flack:
Seat 7:
When the turn came , Flack said to Chau Giang, who was watching the action, "We're not out of the woods yet."
The river was the and Flack managed to survive and double to around 2,600.
Team PokerStars has a number of pros participating in today's event. Vanessa Rousso, Pierre Neuville, Fatima De Melo and Veronica Dabul are all in action. Unfortunately, two PokerStars pros have already been eliminated in Gavin Griffin and 2008 Main Event runner-up Ivan Demidov.
Facing a raise to 250 and a three-bet to 800, Jeff Williams four-bet to 2,250 from the big blind.
The original raiser folded but the the three-better five-bet shoved all in for roughly 6,000.
Williams made the call tabling his to be in great shape against his opponent's .
The board ran out to see Williams eliminate his opponent while climbing to 16,000 in chips.
There were three limpers to a flop of . The big blind checked, prompting the under the gun player to bet 200. Veronica Dabul, who had limped from late position, raised to 450.
The under the gun player surprised Dabul by reraising to 1,175, sending her into the tank. She counted out her chips, about 4,800 behind, and decided to hold on to what she had. She folded and gave up on the hand.
David Chicotsky has just been eliminated in a blind-on-blind battle.
With the action folding to Chicotsky in the small blind he raised it up only to have the big blind three-bet him. Chicotsky immediately four-bet jammed all in and was snapped off by the big blind.
Chicotsky:
Opponent:
The board blanked out and Chicotsky made his way to the rail.