"Come on. Can't you just call?" That was Tom Franklin a few orbits ago, lamenting his table's aggressive preflop play. "Let's play after the flop some."
When you get down around 10bb though, you don't have too many moves left, and Captain Tom moved his stack in preflop with . Peter Traply found and made the call with the covering stack, and Franklin's tournament life was dependent on a flip of the coin.
He called heads and it came up tails. Board:
That's a poor result for Franklin, and it's ended his day with 38 players left.
Steven Fung got himself all in for about 120,000 preflop with , and that's a pretty good hand. It's only good when someone like Will "The Thrill" Failla doesn't wake up with , though, but that the calamity that befell Fung this time.
He was at risk for his tournament life, and the dealer failed to improve him on a ten-high board full of rags.
Fung is out, and Failla moves his way up to about 340,000.
Nathan Doudney open-shoved for 32,000 from middle position, and he was called by Michal Wywrot in the cutoff seat. Not to be outdone, Michael Noda proceeded to move all in for 90,000 from the small blind, and Wywrot called that one as well to put both of his opponents' feet to the fire.
Showdown
Doudney:
Wywrot:
Noda:
The flop was money in the bank for Noda as it came out . The on the turn filled him up to the unbeatable full house, and the river was a mere formality.
Noda doubles (and then some) to about 235,000, Wywrot drops to 110,000, and that still puts him 110,000 ahead of Nathan Doudney who has exited stage left.
The chips were all in pre-flop for Noel Scruggs and Dylan Linde. Line was at risk but tabled the best hand, . Scruggs needed to catch up with . Everything looked good for a Linde double-up until the river, . That river king gave Scruggs a pair of kings and ended Linde's tournament.
Nathan Doudney raised to 15,000 from middle position, and Lee "Bill Ivey" Gaines moved all in for 173,500 a few seats on down the line. Doudney threw his arms up in the air, let out a heavy sigh, and said, "All right, I call." The stacks were close, and the cards were on their backs:
Doudney:
Gaines:
There was another loud sigh as the dealer ran a flop of to put Doudney into a big hole with two cards to come. The turn gave him another four outs to get there, but the river was as blank as it gets. Gaines spikes his three-outer to snag that pot, doubling up in a big way to about 355,000.
While the stacks were being counted down, Doudney said, "I think he has me," as he stood to collect his things. Not so fast though; the dealer gave him 33,000 chips back, and he has those with which to try and mount a comeback of some sort.
It wouldn't surprise us if David Singer punches a wall on his way from the Amazon Room to the payout cage. Normally we don't condone such sort of behavior, but in Singer's case it would at least be understandable.
Florian Langmann opened the pot to 13,000. Singer, the next player to act, re-raised to 37,000. Action then passed to Ryan Welch in the big blind, who decided to act the big stack bully and move all in for more than 300,000. That was enough to chase Langmann from the pot, but Singer called all in for about 250,000 and tabled . Welch's hand was firmly caught in the cookie jar with . But a flop of bailed Welch out by making him a pair of sixes. Those sixes held through the turn and river, which came and . Singer went from a three-to-one favorite for the tournament chip lead to out of the tournament.
Jim Collopy raised to 9,300 to open the pot from late position, and Michael Fong called from the button. In the small blind, Frank Rusnak three-bet to 34,000 straight. When the big blind folded, Collopy moved all in for 148,000 total, enough to get Fong out of there and send the decision back to Rusnak. He thought it over carefully before making the call, and Collopy was at risk of elimination. And in trouble:
Collopy:
Rusnak:
With more than 300,000 chips up for grabs, the dealer ran out a board that did nothing for "Mr_BigQueso": .
A frustrated Collopy picked a bad spot to move in, and he's been relieved of the rest of his chips. On the flip side of things, Rusnak is now your chip leader, sitting pretty with 360,000 chips.
William Haydon used the only tool at his disposal. After Craig McCorkell opened for 9,500, Haydon moved all in for 19,400 with . McCorkell called with and won this particular battle by flopping an ace. That flopped ace dispatched Haydon to the rail.
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. Peter Traply found 
and made the call with the covering stack, and Franklin's tournament life was dependent on a flip of the coin.
, and that's a pretty good hand. It's only good when someone like Will "The Thrill" Failla doesn't wake up with 
, though, but that the calamity that befell Fung this time.
. The 
on the turn filled him up to the unbeatable full house, and the river 
was a mere formality.
. Scruggs needed to catch up with 
. Everything looked good for a Linde double-up until the river, 
. That river king gave Scruggs a pair of kings and ended Linde's tournament.
to put Doudney into a big hole with two cards to come. The turn 
was as blank as it gets. Gaines spikes his three-outer to snag that pot, doubling up in a big way to about 355,000.
. But a flop of 
and 
. Singer went from a three-to-one favorite for the tournament chip lead to out of the tournament.
.
. McCorkell called with