Yoav Tenenbaum just survived an all-in situation to get back to an above average stack.
He'd raised before the flop to 11,000 from middle position, getting a caller in the small blind. The flop came and when checked to, Tenenbaum bet 17,000 and was called. The turn was the , and this time when his opponent checked Tenenbaum set out his remaining stack of 63,000, and after tanking a while his opponent called.
Tenenbaum showed for top pair of queens while his opponent had but . The river was the , and Tenenbaum survives.
Ravneet Johal has been on a bit of good run late into the evening here in Event 29, managing to accumulate a monster-sized chip stack. The chip average is around 100,000 at the moment and Johal currently sits behind around three times that amount.
We caught up with the action on a flop, where Dominik Nitsche was in the cutoff seat against one other opponent in the big blind position.
Nitsche's opponent fired 10,000 into the middle and Nitsche responded by announcing he was all in, which was enough to put his opponent all in for his last 60,000.
"I think I'm ahead....you could be on a draw," he said.
After about two minutes, Nitsche called the clock, which meant the tournament director came over and gave Nitsche's opponent a minute to act on his hand or it would be dead.
"I will respect your big stack young man," he said and then folded.
"I will show if you tell me your hand," Nitsche said.
With more than 30,000 already in the middle and the flop having come , Alex Cordero bet 22,000, and Johal called. The turn was the and both players checked.
The river brought the . This time Cordero bet 25,000, and after a lengthy pause Johal raised to 55,000. Cordero went deep into the tank, finally emerging to fold.
We heard Chiab Saechao hit his hands against the felt and yell, "Yeah!" in celebration, so we went over to see what had happened.
Apparently Saechao got all in on a flop against a lone opponent for approximately 70,000. Chiab held the for an open-ended straight draw and his opponent held the for top pair.
The turn bricked for Saechao, however, the river gave him the straight he was looking for and he doubled through to 145,000.
Start-of-day chip leader Alex Cordero has bounced back in a big way, playing a high percentage of hands and gathering chips at a rapid pace as the field dwindles down toward 100.
He's won several pots over the last 15 minutes, including knocking out Francois Pirault along the way. In that one Pirault was all in with against Cordero's , and when the board rolled out , Cordero had a set, Pirault was out in 107th, and Cordero was on his way toward pushing his stack over the 350,000-chip mark.
Alex Cordero has just eliminated a player in brutal fashion. We arrived at the table with a rather short-stacked player being all-in holding against Cordero's . When the flop was dealt, the players joked that they both had a chance to make the flush. The joking stopped on the turn though and then the table was completely silent as a disappointed player watched the complete the board on the river, giving Cordero the unlikely flush.
and when checked to, Tenenbaum bet 17,000 and was called. The turn was the 
, and this time when his opponent checked Tenenbaum set out his remaining stack of 63,000, and after tanking a while his opponent called.
for top pair of queens while his opponent had but 
. The river was the 
, and Tenenbaum survives.
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flop, where Dominik Nitsche was in the cutoff seat against one other opponent in the big blind position.
and mucked.
, Alex Cordero bet 22,000, and Johal called. The turn was the 
and both players checked.
. This time Cordero bet 25,000, and after a lengthy pause Johal raised to 55,000. Cordero went deep into the tank, finally emerging to fold.
flop against a lone opponent for approximately 70,000. Chiab held the 
for an open-ended straight draw and his opponent held the 
for top pair.
turn bricked for Saechao, however, the 
, and when the board rolled out 
