Ben Charlton
One of the local hopes and Day 1c flight chip leader Ben Charlton has taken a sizable hit at the hands of an international raider.
Preflop, Annica Ivert opened to 3,600 and Charlton made the call with position from the cutoff. The flop witnessed Ivert check-raise to 14,500, after Charlton bet out 4,000. Charlton made the call.
Ivert again led the turn firing 17,000, once again it was Charlton calling. Finally the river came the and Ivert bet out 22,000. After tanking so long that the floor was called, Charlton eventually mucked his cards. This allowed Ivert to take down a huge pot.
Charlton is now down to 140,000. Ivert climbs to around 200,00.
Docherty on fire
At the repeated requests of readers in the Shout Box, late last night we trudged through the tables looking for a young player named David Docherty. We found him in the last level of play, where he was nursing a stack of about 12,000 chips. He finished the night with 10,950, which meant that he would start Day 2 with roughly 12 big blinds in his stack.
Docherty's doing much better today. He just busted Michael Binger with pocket aces. Binger held pocket kings and put his stack at risk by moving all in on a flop of . Docherty made the call and came safely through the turn and river .
By adding Binger's stack to his own, Docherty increased his count to 160,000 chips -- about 130 big blinds. Excellent progress, David!
There will be no further flops, turns or rivers for Jarred Graham in this tournament. He moved all in with preflop and ran into another player's pocket aces. Graham never improved.
Antonis Kambouris pictured with his trademark toothpick
Antonis "Toothpick Tony" Kambouris has eliminated yet another player and is now moving into a position to go deep in this tournament. In absolutely scintillating form the past few months, few would be surprised if he goes deep in this event.
In the latest hand, Kambouris' was able to hang on against his opponent's . Toothpick Tony scooped another pot to move over 150,000 in chips and eliminate yet another player.
Joe Hachem
Marwan Nassif lived to see another flop after winning a race against Richard Ashby. Nassif moved in for 23,500 with ; Ashby called with . The assembled railbirds tittered with anticipation when Ashby made a flush draw by the turn, , but the river was a harmless to give the pot to Nassif.
On a nearby table, Joe Hachem also doubled up. He made trip sixes on a board of to move to 80,000.
John Dalessandri
The action hasn't been lacking in the Crown Poker Room today. Another big pot developed at John Dalessandri's table. He called the 15,200-chip all-in bet of an early-position player before big blind Larry Karambis moved all in for 65,000. Dalessandri gave the second raise a fair amount of thought before calling that one as well. The players revealed the following hands:
EP:
Dalessandri:
Karambis:
Dalessandri was in the lead for the main pot (roughly 50,000 chips) and the side pot (another 100,000). The flop brought an ace to severely curb Dalessandri's chances for the main pot. The turn blanked , but a roar erupted from the room when the case king fell on the river to give Dalessandri the best hand in both pots. He knocked both players out and climbed to 215,000.
"Yes!" cried Joe Hachem, jumping up from his chair and pumping his fist. "I have nothing on him," he quickly explained. "I'm just happy for him."
"Come on, six outs!" pleaded David Saab. He was at the turn of a board that showed . Saab was racing Clonie Gowen, who had moved all in preflop with 59,800. Saab's was best on the flop, but Gowen's overtook him on the turn.
None of Saab's outs came in. The river was the , allowing Gowen to double to 122,000. She turned to the rail after the hand and said, "Thanks whoever was rooting for a king out there."
Joe Hachem was under the gun to start a recent hand. He peeked at his cards and announced a raise to 3,200. Action folded around to Martin Comer in the big blind. He made the call.
The flop came down . Comer quickly led out for 7,000 chips, prompting Hachem to pick up his cards and show them to Comer -- pocket sevens.
"Fold your blind one time!" joked Hachem. Comer offered to show him one card. The card Hachem chose was the . Comer also showed him the .
Annica Ivert
Annica Ivert is having a fantastic day. Even when she gets her chips in bad, she manages to come through the other side clean as a whistle. We caught up with her on a flop of . With a sizable number of chips already in the middle, Ivert faced an all-in bet of roughly 50,000 chips. She counted out a call and seemed reluctant to put it in, but did so with a smirk that said, "I'm pretty sure I'm behind."
She was indeed behind. Her had been badly out-flopped by her opponent's . Of course, you know how the story ends. The board came running clubs without a repeater, giving Ivert a flush and knocking her opponent out.
We estimate Ivert's stack at about 280,000 right now.
flop witnessed Ivert check-raise to 14,500, after Charlton bet out 4,000. Charlton made the call.
firing 17,000, once again it was Charlton calling. Finally the river came the 
and Ivert bet out 22,000. After tanking so long that the floor was called, Charlton eventually mucked his cards. This allowed Ivert to take down a huge pot.
. Docherty made the call and came safely through the turn 
and river 
preflop and ran into another player's pocket aces. Graham never improved.
. Toothpick Tony scooped another pot to move over 150,000 in chips and eliminate yet another player.
; Ashby called with 
. The assembled railbirds tittered with anticipation when Ashby made a flush draw by the turn, 
, but the river was a harmless 
to give the pot to Nassif.
flop brought an ace to severely curb Dalessandri's chances for the main pot. The turn blanked 
was best on the flop, but Gowen's 
overtook him on the turn.
. With a sizable number of chips already in the middle, Ivert faced an all-in bet of roughly 50,000 chips. She counted out a call and seemed reluctant to put it in, but did so with a smirk that said, "I'm pretty sure I'm behind."
