Double the Pleasure
In case you're kind of confused, yes, Nikolay Evdakov played in Wednesday's heat, but was allowed to buy back in.
In case you're kind of confused, yes, Nikolay Evdakov played in Wednesday's heat, but was allowed to buy back in.
Alexander Kostritsyn has entered the building.
It was all in preflop for Melanie Weisner, who was up against Carlos Mortensen.
Weisner:
Mortensen:
The board rolled out and Mortensen took down the first match of three.
Alexander Kostritsyn may have showed up late, but he made quick work of winning his first match against Nikolay Evdakov.
The two got all the chips in the middle preflop with Kostritsyn having Evdakov covered.
Kostritsyn showed and Evdakov tabled .
The board rolled out and all the chips were sent in Kostritsyn's direction.
Kostritsyn is now up one match to none.
Scott Montgomery made it 300 to go from the button and William Thorson bumped it up to 1,000. Montgomery then moved all in and Thorson made the call.
Thorson:
Montgomery:
The flop came down , leaving Thorson in the lead and looking for a double up. The fell on the turn pairing Thorson's three and the river brought the giving Thorson the double up.
From the button, William Thorson made it 500 to go. Scott Montgomery then moved all in and Thorson made the call. The cards were tabled and Thorson held to Montgomery's .
The board rolled out and William Thorson won the match. They are now one and one.
Melanie Weisner committed all her chips preflop and was called by Carlos Mortensen.
Weisner:
Mortensen:
Weisner would not find the cards she needed for a double up. The board ran out and she was eliminated from the tournament, making Mortensen our first player to advance.
Terrence Chan and Anton Morgenstern were pretty close to even in chips, but Morgenstern held a slight lead.
From the button, Morgenstern made it 400 to go. When the action was back on Chan, he moved all in and Morgenstern made the call.
Morgenstern tabled and was behind Chan's . As we've seen so often before the flop can change things, and that's just what happened, when it fell, .
The turn brought the and the river the giving Morgenstern the match.
From the button, Scott Montgomery made it 200 to go. William Thorson then made it 620 to go before Montgomery moved all in. Thorson made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Thorson:
Montgomery:
The flop came down giving Thorson two pair, but Montgomery a flush draw.
Montgomery got his flush draw when the hit the turn. The meaningless fell on the river and Montgomery doubled to a significant chip lead over Thorson.
It wasn't long after that Montgomery dispatched of Thorson. Montgomery limped from the button and Thorson moved all in. Montgomery called, tabling to Thorson's . And the two were off to the races.
It was a race Thorson wouldn't win however. The board rolled out and with that Montgomery has advanced to the next round.
Terrence Chan and Anton Morgenstern are battling it out in the second match here in the Crown Poker Room and in this hand, Chan got the better of Morgenstern.
We caught the action on the turn. The board read . Chan bet 800 and Morgenstern made the call. The river brought the and Chan made it 1,600. Morgenstern made the call, only to see that Chan had turned a full house with .