David Oppenheim made it 2,300 from the hi-jack only to have Barny Boatman from the small blind three-bet to 6,500.
Oppenheim mucked, and an aggressive Boatman collected his second consecutive three-bet pot.
David Oppenheim made it 2,300 from the hi-jack only to have Barny Boatman from the small blind three-bet to 6,500.
Oppenheim mucked, and an aggressive Boatman collected his second consecutive three-bet pot.
David Oppenheim opened to 2,300 from under the gun and was met with a series of folds until Patrik Antonius slid in a raise of 9,000 from the big blind.
With his hand covering his mouth, Oppenheim thought for a moment before re-check his holecards.
Oppenheim shook his head and then kicked his cards to the muck.
From the hi-jack, Howard Lederer entered his first pot with a raise to 2,800.
On his direct left, Barny Boatman three-bet to 8,300 to force folds from the blinds.
After a few moments in the tank, Lederer made the call and checked the flop as Boatman placed in a bet of 7,500.
With the action returning to Lederer, he took less than a minute before decided to make the call as the rolled off on the turn.
Again Lederer tapped the table before Boatman gazed at the board before also waving off his action as the dealer dropped the on the river.
Rearranging his chip stack a few times, Lederer eventually opted to tap the table with his right hand as Boatman asked the dealer to spread the pot.
"All in!" announced Boatman out of the blue as he slid his chips into the pot to amount to a bet of roughly 38,000.
A seemingly stunned Lederer rested his head on his hands before opting to toss his cards into the muck as Boatman collected the pot to move to 73,000 in chips.
"You've played five hands, and won all five!" stated Eli Elezra after Barny Boatman opened the pot to 2,700 and successfully took down the blinds and antes.
"If I played my hand better, I may have doubled up!" responded Boatman.
"You tried to trap the Professor?" asked Elezra as Boatman just shrugged his shoulders.
The following hand, Boatman opened again to 2,700 and James Bord made it 10,000 to go.
Boatman folded, and Bord quipped, "If he goes all in I go for f**ks sake!"
Patrik Antonius opened to 2,300 from early position and David Oppenheim three-bet to 8,300 next to speak.
Antonius made the call once the action returned to him as the dealer dropped a flop and he checked it through to Oppenheim.
Cutting out a bet of 9,000, Oppenheim was greeted with an Antonius call as the spiked on the turn and both players checked it through.
The river landed the and Antonius checked before Oppenheim took a little longer making a decision before eventually pushing out a bet of 21,500.
As Antonius' eyes darted left-to-right from the bet to the pot and so-forth, the Finnish pro seemed a little dazzled as he shuffled an assortment of grey 1,000-denomination chips in his right hand and held his cards tightly in the other.
Nearly two minutes would pass before Antonius eventually opted to muck as Oppenheim collected the pot to return to where he roughly started the day; just on 160,000 in chips.
The action folded round to see Patrik Antonius receive the first walk of the final table.
Eli Elezra limped in from under the gun and Howard Lederer made it 4,500 next to act. Patrik Antonius made the call from the small blind before Elezra splashed the pot with a call.
The flop of brought about a check from Antonius and Elezra before Lederer tossed in two yellow 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a bet of 10,000.
Antonius passed, and Elezra made the call as the landed on the turn and Elezra swiftly passed the action over to Lederer. Lederer checked behind as the river of the saw Elezra toss in 11,000.
Lederer went into the tank for near on four minutes before making the call the tabling his for just ace-high.
Elezra mucked and was left with just under 15,000 in chips.
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 100
James Bord entered the pot from the cutoff with a raise to 5,000 as both David Oppenheim and Eli Elezra made the call from the blinds.
Bord's 6,000-chip bet on the flop would be enough to successfully collect the pot.
David Oppenheim opened to 4,500 from the button and happily collected the blinds and antes.
Oppenheim showed the as he was pushed the pot.