Woods Up One on Wong
Nick Wong got his last 2,500 in with , and Darren Woods called with . The flop made Woods sweat, but the turn and river didn't bail out Wong. Woods is up one match now.
Nick Wong got his last 2,500 in with , and Darren Woods called with . The flop made Woods sweat, but the turn and river didn't bail out Wong. Woods is up one match now.
Dan Smith completed on the button, and Daniel Nielson called.
The flop was apparently an action one. Nielson checked. Smith bet 175, and Nielson raised to 375. Smith decided to make it 975. In response, Nielson four-bet shoved. Smith instantly admitted defeat, leaving himself with 3,000 to Nielson's 5,000.
Barry Woods won his second game against Scott Palmer before many tables had even finished their first. Woods moves on to the second round, and Palmer waved goodbye to $10,500 in one expensive hour.
Woods will play the winner of the match between Nikolay Evdakov and Steven Kelly. Evdakov is currently up one game.
David Steike raised his button to 450, and Jonathan Karamalikis called. The flop fell , and xMONSTERxDONGx checked. Steike bet 625, and Karamalikis called. The fateful turn was the , and Karamalikis checked again. Steike moved all in, putting Jonathan to the test for his whole stack. Karamalikis decided to call with for a turned pair of jacks. But Steike's was in the lead. The river changed nothing.
Steike is now up one match.
Nikolay Evdakov won the first game and Steve Kelly won the second. The winner of the current game will move on to the next round and play Barry Woods.
Billy Jordanou was all in preflop against Annette Obrestad. With , he needed to outrun Obrestad's to stay alive in their first game. The board turned him the help he needed.
Jordanou is now nearly even with 4,200 to Obrestad's 5,800.
Dan "jungleman12" Cates was down to his last 1,225, which he shoved from the button. Andrew Pantling called.
Cates:
Pantling:
The flop was not good news for Cates. After the turn and river brought no rescue, Cates is down one game.
Daniel Alaei opened to 1,000, enough to put his opponent, Mark Everett, all in. Everett called with his last 650.
Alaei:
Everett:
The flop looked quite good for Alaei. After the dealer put down the on the turn, Everett got up to leave, saying he was just going to the bathroom before the next game. Alaei called after him that he still had a flush draw. So Everett came back to the table just in time to see the on the river double him up.
Still short, Evertt was all in pre a minute later with against Alaei's . All he needed was a pair, but the board gave him a full house just for fun. He's at around 2,500 to Alaei's 7,500.
Billy Jordanou had Annette Obrestad all in preflop.
Jordanou:
Obrestad:
Annette got no help as the board came . She is now down one game.
Daniel Alaei had Mark Everett on the ropes in their first game, but Everett doubled up three times to take the chip lead. Then Alaei doubled back into the lead.
Alaei shoved again with , and Everett called all in with his last 1,800. His was in the lead. The flop gave Everett two pair and made it pretty clear he was going to double up and keep the game going. The turn meant Alaei still had two outs though. And the river was one them. With runner-runner trips, Alaei moves up one game on Everett.