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Can Michael Gathy make his way to his 3rd bracelet?
Just 256 players are still active in this tournament from the 2,247 who started yesterday at noon. With 243 players making the money the bubble is already kind of looming. When the tournament restarts at 1 p.m. it shouldn't take to long for hand for hand play to begin, which should make for an exciting first part of the second day.
Chip leader going into day 2 is Yun Lo from Livermore, California. He started out with 4,500 in chips like everybody else, but after eleven hours of play he bagged 140,000. Number two on the list is Tue Phan from Newburgh, Indiana with 115,000 in chips. Two time bracelet winner Michael Gathy from Brussels, Belgium is third in chips with 109,500.
There are more than enough recognizable names left in the tournament. Austrian player Thomas Butzhammer is in sixth with 92,900, Dutch player Govert Metaal has 80,900, Eric Baldwin gathered 73,900, Matt Stout has 56,6500 and Kevin MacPhee tagged his bag with 53,100, to name just a few.
The first level to be played will be level 12 (600/1,200 with a 200 ante). The money stage of the tournament should be reached quite quick, 243 of the remaining 256 players will walk away with at least $2,730. They are set to play ten levels today, with an one hour dinner break after the sixth level.
Two time bracelet winner Michael Gathy put his pedal to the metal on the hand the bubble would break. He opened under-the-gun to 2,400 and received a call from big stack Ryan Riess in middle position and Matthias De Meulder in the big blind.
De Meulder checked to Gathy on and Gathy made a 3,600 continuation-bet. Riess made the call, De Meulder folded. The came on the turn and now Gathy made a 11,600 bet. Riess again called but when faced with a 33,000 bet on the -river, he folded after some thinking.
Matt Stout opened to 3,200 from late position and called as Katie Dozier pushed from the big blind for 9,800. Dozier had found the perfect hand to shove with as she tabled . Matt Stout had a worse hand with but would hit the flop pretty hard: . Dozier needed a king or a foul deck but that wouldn't happen. The on the turn and on the river were blanks for her and Stout won the pot.
Dozier left the tournament and made her way to the pay out desk. Maybe she'll use some of the money she cashed to buy in to the Ladies Event.
Govert Metaal lost a lot of chips early on in the day, but is in great shape again after he doubled twice. First he opened the button to 3,500 with and he called as the big blind shoved on him for 22,300 total. The big blind had and his kicker would play no part in it with | | on the table.
Not much later Govert Metaal opened again, this time to 3,400 from the cut off. His next door neighbor, Noah Sandler, raised it up to 8,000 from the button. After both blinds folded, Metaal clicked back the action to 13,200 and called as Sandler shoved for 46,800 effectively. Metaal showed his and Sandler showed .
Metaal wasn't out of the woods yet though, as Sandler flopped a draw about as good as they could come: . Fortunately for Metaal both the turn () and river () bricked and he found his double up. Sandler, in the meantime, still has a very healthy stack of about 160,000.
Tue Phan started out the day second in chips with 115,000, but he has lost all those chips by now, handing the keys to the kingdom to Brian Odonoghue.
We picked up the action on the turn as Phan bet 7,000 on . Odonoghue raised it up to 22,000 and Phan made the call. The turn brought the to the table and Phan check called a 14,000 bet by Odonoghue. The river was the and Phan checked again. Odonoghue put his opponent all in for his last 55,000 and after three minutes of tanking, Phan decided to call.
Odonoghue showed for the nut flush and Phan tabled . That big pot made Odonoghue into one of the chipleaders, while Phan departed probably wondering 'what could have been'.
We missed the exact action pre flop but Kevin MacPhee told us he had three bet from the big blind, so there was already some chips in the middle when the action escalated. On a flop MacPhee bet 12,200 and he insta-called as his opponent shoved all in for 42,400 effectively. MacPhee turned over while his opponent, who was seated in middle position, had flopped a set of eights in this already big pot with .
MacPhee stood up from his chair and was already emotionally out of the tournament, when the hit the turn. The on the river didn't change the situation and MacPhee sat back in his seat. MacPhee now has about 114,000.
Mitch Garber addresses the audience prior to the start of day three of the One Drop High Roller Tournament.
In this, another abridged version of the PokerNews Podcast, Rich and Mark take a look at the bubble of the $111,111 One Drop High Roller and discuss Jack Effel's decision to halt play for the evening before the bubble could burst. The two then look at some of the recent bracelet winners and discuss the 2013 Ladies Event.
We missed the precise action pre flop but we're pretty sure De Meulder shoved all in from the cut off over a late position raise. "You have a pair" asked De Meulder with a curious voice showing his . His opponent shook his had, but his would soon make one. The flop was king high and by the time the dealer had put out the river, De Meulder already had lost hope of a double-up: | | .
Govert Metaal was getting a bit short ant took matters into his own hands by squeezing all in from the big blind. Daniel "Danny" Drew, who had opened the pot from the hijack position, reshoved all in which forced out Brent Becker who had initially called.
And thus a showdown was at hand, with Metaal showing the inferior to Drew's . Metaal got up from his seat but seemed still hopeful he would hit something to stay alive. The on the flop gave him some hope for a backdoor straight or flush but the on the turn didn't help. All that was left was the river and all that Metaal had left to hope for were the three aces left in the deck. The on the river was a complete blank though and Metaal made his way to the pay-out.
Will the European High Roller make his way to the $25,000 6-max?
From middle position Walter Treccarichi opened to 8,000. Behind him, Lily Newhouse made it 20,500 to go and action soon was back on Treccarichi. He shoved for 111,000 effectively and Newhouse made the call for her tournament life.
Treccarichi was in trouble with his as Newhouse tabled the better ace with her . The on the flop and on the turn were of no concern to Newhouse but the on the river was. Her dreams of an even deeper run were halted by the eight on the river which gave Treccarichi two pair.
and Gathy made a 3,600 continuation-bet. Riess made the call, De Meulder folded. The 
came on the turn and now Gathy made a 11,600 bet. Riess again called but when faced with a 33,000 bet on the 
-river, he folded after some thinking.
. Matt Stout had a worse hand with 
but would hit the flop pretty hard: 
on the turn and 
on the river were blanks for her and Stout won the pot.
and his kicker would play no part in it with 
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on the table.
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. Odonoghue raised it up to 22,000 and Phan made the call. The turn brought the 
for the nut flush and Phan tabled 
. That big pot made Odonoghue into one of the chipleaders, while Phan departed probably wondering 'what could have been'.
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to Drew's 
. Metaal got up from his seat but seemed still hopeful he would hit something to stay alive. The 
on the turn didn't help. All that was left was the river and all that Metaal had left to hope for were the three aces left in the deck. The 
