Kristoffer Myhre
There's been so much yelling and commotion over at table 11 so far today that its closer resembled a pub poker game that a $5k buy-in major tournament.
We recently ventured over to see what all the fuss was about. Apparently one player in particular had been "going all in like crazy". The players at the table pointed to the now empty chair which we believe previously belonged to Farmhn Khaligh.
In a massive clash with overnight chip leader Kristoffer Myhre, Khaligh had shoved all in preflop with an above-average with Myhre making the call with .
The board bricked out and Myhre was left to rake in the chips. He's now way out in front with 230,000 chips as the table was in hysterics at the demise of Kahligh.
"You're such an a**hole!" laughed the table, directed towards Myhre now that he had taken all of the chips and the other players had missed out on their share of the goodies!
We didn't see what Young Phan had been dealt. His hand had already been killed by the dealer. With the board showing Phan's shorter-stacked opponent had won the hand by making a Broadway straight, . It was the table-talk that got our ear.
"As soon as he told me he had a jack, one hits right away," Young Phan told the table, motioning to Tony Hachem on his left.
"Sorry mate," Hachem replied.
"Why don't you cover me so I can go home?" Phan then asked his opponent with a smile and a laugh. There was some muted discussion of the merits of the hand, with Phan adding, "It's a good call when I win and a bad, stupid call when I lose. Right dealer?"
Raymond Wu did what he needed to do but things didn't work out in his favor. Josh Field opened a pot for 2,500. Action passed to Christian Jagersbacher, who moved all in for 17,700. Wu then also moved all in for about 55,000. That cleared everyone else out of the hand.
Jagersbacher:
Wu:
Board:
After Wu paid off the required chips, his count fell to about 38,000.
We caught up to this hand with the board showing and a heap of chips already in the middle.
Holding , Theo Tran slid a sizeable stack of chips into the middle -- a bet big enough to put opponent Mark Cornwall all in (16,600). After spending some time in the tank, Cornwall suddenly announced, "I call" and turned over .
Cornwall secured the double up when the finished out the board, allowing his aces to hold.
After the hand, Tran was left with just under 50,000 in chips while Cornwall improved to 77,000.
We watched three different handsat three different tables along the rail, all with roughly the same result. At one table, Young Phan raised preflop to 3,000 and was called by small blind and Manila legend Wally Sombero. Sombero tried a half-pot bet on a flop of but Phan was undeterred and called. Sombero check-folded to a bet of 8,000 from Phan on the turn.
One table away, Tom Hall was the preflop raiser to 3,000. He was called in two spots, including by an early position limper. That limper bet out half-pot on a flop of and took down the pot, with Hall showing a reluctance to get involved.
Finally, in the center of the room it was David Chiu who raised to 2,800. He was called by both blinds, including big blind Eric Assadourian. Those players checked to Chiu on an all-Broadway flop of . Chiu's bet of 7,500 quickly folded the small blind. Assadourian studied his opponent a few moments.
"You're very nervous," said Assadourian. Then he smiled and pitched in his cards. Chiu responded by visibly over-shaking his hands and arms.
The plan for today is to play for a minimum of seven and a maximum of eights levels. The mathematicians amongst media row are trying to convince us that we will reach the money by that point. Some of us are from the "math is idiotic" school and think there might be a couple of players with a restless night tonight as we stop just short of the money. Time will tell...!
Jonathan Karamalikis opened with a raise to 2,500 from early position before Daniel Aldridge popped it up to 6,800 from the cutoff. Play folded to the short-stacked Hyunshik Yun in the big blind who committed all of his chips. Karamalikis quickly folded and Aldridge called the additional few thousand.
Yun:
Aldridge:
The first four community cards were spread leave Yun to stand, grab his bag and take one step out the door, before the river of dreams landed with the giving Yun the two outer and the miraculous double up to stay alive!
with Myhre making the call with 
Phan's shorter-stacked opponent had won the hand by making a Broadway straight, 
. It was the table-talk that got our ear.
to see 'Curly' enjoy a much needed double.
and a heap of chips already in the middle.
.
finished out the board, allowing his aces to hold.
but Phan was undeterred and called. Sombero check-folded to a bet of 8,000 from Phan on the 
turn.
. Chiu's bet of 7,500 quickly folded the small blind. Assadourian studied his opponent a few moments.
and 
, Lee headed to the rail.
