E-Dog Cuts His Losses
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: 50/75, 0 ante
Erick Lindgren raised to 200 in middle position, and Daniel Alaei called from the button. The big blind defended, too, but he'd check-fold the flop.
It came 
, and the first two checked to Alaei. He bet 375, and Lindgren called to go heads up to the 
turn. Check-check, and the 
filled out the board on fifth street. Lindgren check-folded to a bet of 900, and Alaei works his stack back up just a bit. He's down to 12,500 from his full starting stack of 15,000. Lindgren has about 14,000 now.
board. Based on the positions, it looked like Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier had checked, then raised all in when his opponent bet. It was all 5,300 for his opponent to call, and he did so quickly.
for queens up, but his opponent's 
had turned the joint. There'd need to be a full house for ElkY to win the pot, but the river 
was a blank. Mr. Opponent still had two of his add-on lammers, so he's doubled back to about 23,000. ElkY was doing well early, and this loss knocks him back to a still-just-fine 16,500 chips.
turn.
, though he had two rebuy chips behind, against an unknown opponent.
turn gave Brenes a full house, but also gave his opponent a qualifying low. The 
river didn't change a thing, putting an end to all the excitement with a simple chop.
