David Peters opened with a raise to 16,000, Kima Kimura reraised to 32,000, and a third player pushed all in behind. Peters responded by reshoving his big stack, and Kimura called with her remaining chips.
Peters showed , Kimura , and the third player . The flop came , putting Kimura in front. The turn was the . Then came the river -- the -- giving the advantage back to Peters and giving him the big pot.
Two more knockouts there, and Peters moves up over 600,000.
Jesse Rockowitz just open-raised all in for his last 81,000, and the table folded back around to the player in the small blind who called. Rockowitz showed and his opponent .
The flop came , putting Rockowitz out in front. The turn was the and the river the , and Rockowitz doubled back to 170,000.
From under the gun, Jesse Rockowitz opened the pot with a 13,500-chip raise. The action folded to Daniel Van Kalkeren in the cutoff seat and he called.
The flop ran out and Rockowitz check-called a 15,000-chip bet from Van Kalkeren.
When the hit the felt on the turn, Rockowitz check-raised all in a 36,000-chip bet from the Dutch player. Van Kalkeren called.
Showdown
Van Kalkeren:
Rockowitz:
The river was a and the Dutch player is now up to 310,000 chips. Rockowitz slipped to 87.500.
With the blinds 3,000/6,000, a player in early position opened with an oversized raise to 35,000, and Sean Prendiville flat-called. The flop then came . The raiser shoved his remaining 40,000 in the middle, and Prendiville called.
Prendiville showed , while his opponent turned over . The turn was the and river the , and another player hits the rail.
Prendiville boosts his stack way up to 510,000, putting him well in front at the moment.
The action folded to the player on the button, who opened the pot with a 20,000-chip raise. In the small blind, Matthew Lupton moved all in for about 160,000 chips. The big blind woke up with queens on his hands, and called all in.
The player on the button folded and Lupton tabled pocket kings.
The board gave Lupton 360,000 chips and the current chip lead.
The table folded around to the small blind who open-raised all in for 47,000. The player in the big blind checked his cards, then turned to his opponent and said, "Well, I guess I have to call."
The small blind turned over and the big blind showed . "Really, did you have to call with that?" asked the small blind. The big blind nodded.
The big blind's name? Daniel Van Kalkeren. True story, this.
The board came , and Van Kalkeren's call helped him move up to 155,000.
Jesse Rockowitz -- winner of Event #45 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em) -- has been moving up the chip counts all day, sitting with more than 210,000 at the moment.
He's also been moving around from table to table a lot recently. Just now he found himself visiting four different tables in rapid succession, having been the one chosen (by the draw of a card) each time when the balancing of tables was happening.
Looks like he's been moved to the far corner now, though, and can settle in and resume working on moving further up that leaderboard.
D.J. Blanchard opened with a raise to 13,000 from middle position, and it folded around to Ognjen Sekularac who called from the big blind.
The flop came . Sekularac quickly checked, and Blanchard took about 15 seconds before checking as well.
The turn was the . Sekularac checked right away again, and this time Blanchard deliberately placed out a bet of 15,500. Sekularac made the call.
The river was the . Once more, Sekularac checked without hesitation. Blanchard bet 36,500 this time, leaving himself just about 20,000 behind. Sekularac took a good while counting out the chips to call, then did so.
Blanchard tabled for the set, and Sekularac slid his cards dealerward. Blanchard has about 155,000 now, while Sekularac slips to 245,000.
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hit the felt on the turn, Rockowitz check-raised all in a 36,000-chip bet from the Dutch player. Van Kalkeren called.
and the Dutch player is now up to 310,000 chips. Rockowitz slipped to 87.500.
. The raiser shoved his remaining 40,000 in the middle, and Prendiville called.
board gave Lupton 360,000 chips and the current chip lead.
. "Really, did you have to call with that?" asked the small blind. The big blind nodded.
, and Van Kalkeren's call helped him move up to 155,000.
. Sekularac quickly checked, and Blanchard took about 15 seconds before checking as well.
. Sekularac checked right away again, and this time Blanchard deliberately placed out a bet of 15,500. Sekularac made the call.