Another event has been going on tonight, that being Event #15: $550 NLHE, which drew 165 players. The turbo structure ensured the event ended fairly quickly, and it concluded about an hour ago when Jackson Zheng defeated Adrian Gravelle in heads-up play. Here’s a look at that event’s results:
We came to Michael Pedley's table with a flop showing and with Pedley first to act against one opponent. Pedley led for 12,500 and his opponent raised it up to 30,000. Pedley made the call and the was dealt on the turn.
This time Pedley opted for the check-raise, shoving his stack all in when his opponent bet 45,000. After going into the tank, Pedley's opponent flicked his cards towards the muck.
As Pedley raked in the pot, cries of his name came from the rail in a moment which resembled his win in the $1,000 rebuy event last week.
with an average stack of 247,125 big blinds, which is equal to 61 big blinds. We are still 8 players away from the money with 35 minutes left on the clock.
We just witnessed one of the biggest pots of the day between Aage Ravn and Bjorn Li. Both players were chipleader before and Ravn now has another big shot at taking the number one spot. The Norwegian opened up the action with a raise to 9,000 and Li three-bet from the button to 25,000. After the blinds folded Ravn four-bet to 65,000. Li decided to play for it all and put Ravn to the test. The Norwegian called all-in for 414,000 chips creating a massive pot.
Aage Ravn
Bjorn Li
Ravn got up from his chair as his heart rate probably went through the roof. Li awaited the flop motionless as the dealer revealed . Ravn had a hard time staying in one place and the turn, , made him a bit more comfortable. When the river brought the Ravn sat down and waited for the dealer to sort it all out. Li was knocked down severely while Ravn is now one of the top contenders in this tournament.
Jamie Rosen is down to 20 big blinds after playing a pot with Lee Nelson that went all the way. We only got there on the river when the board read and Rosen checked the action from the big blind. Nelson was sat one seat along, under-the-gun, and thought for a good while before he checked behind.
Nelson opened the lowly , and it was good as Rosen slowly mucked his hand.
We just saw a monster pot take place that resulted in Tim O'Shea vaulting into the chip lead. It happened when O'Shea opened under the gun and Josh Barrett defended from the big blind. A raising war ensued on the flop before the was put out on the turn. At this point, Barrett check-called a bet of 125,000, and followed that up with another check-call of 150,000 on the river.
O'Shea rolled over for a straight, and Barrett exclaimed, "How do you have a six there?" Barrett revealed that he held and was clearly upset at losing the monster pot. With that, O'Shea is the tournament chip leader.
Even though Jason Koon is crushing with just under 800,000 chips Phil Ivey seems to be the man in charge. We just witnessed him winning four hands in a row of which three went uncontested. The only time a 10,000 raise wasn't enough was against Jason Koon.
From the small blind Ivey raised to 11,000 and Koon called from the big. The flop came down and Ivey flicked in three 5,000 chips. Koon smoothly grabbed the same chips and made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked. On the river the hit and Ivey tossed a 25,000 chip into the pot. Koon tanked for a bit and eventually folded his cards. Ivey just keeps winning hands and nobody likes the idea of playing back at him.
Fabian Quoss had played a really patient short-stacked game the past couple of levels, picking his spots carefully and chipping back up to 80,000. What happened next?
You find ace-queen and get action from one of the most aggressive players at the table (Ben Jenkins). Good spot, right? Qouss thought so and committed the rest of his chips, only to find Jenkins had woken up with pocket aces. Good game.
Action folded to Oliver Speidel in the small blind and he raised to 12,000, which the big blind called. When the flop fell , Speidel bet 16,000, the big blind called, and the appeared on the turn. This time both players checked, and then Speidel bet 25,000 on the river.
The big blind thought for about a minute before making the call, and Speidel rolled over for a rivered pair of kings. The big blind showed the and then mucked his hand.
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Jason Koon trying to count along with us
Jason Koon has his chips stacked in an ever-changing pyramidal tower that's fairly hard to count down since we can't see inside of it. He just caught our eye as we were trying to guesstimate, and he stood up to have a go himself.
"I think I'm at eight," he said matter-of-fact. "Maybe just a tad under."
We'll take his word for it; his count is as close as we can get it ourselves. We'll call it 775,000 for the time being, and he's looking like the big stack for now.
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and with Pedley first to act against one opponent. Pedley led for 12,500 and his opponent raised it up to 30,000. Pedley made the call and the 
was dealt on the turn.
. Ravn had a hard time staying in one place and the turn, 
, made him a bit more comfortable. When the river brought the 
Ravn sat down and waited for the dealer to sort it all out. Li was knocked down severely while Ravn is now one of the top contenders in this tournament.
and Rosen checked the action from the big blind. Nelson was sat one seat along, under-the-gun, and thought for a good while before he checked behind.
, and it was good as Rosen slowly mucked his hand.
flop before the 
was put out on the turn. At this point, Barrett check-called a bet of 125,000, and followed that up with another check-call of 150,000 on the 
river.
for a straight, and Barrett exclaimed, "How do you have a six there?" Barrett revealed that he held 
and was clearly upset at losing the monster pot. With that, O'Shea is the tournament chip leader.
and Ivey flicked in three 5,000 chips. Koon smoothly grabbed the same chips and made the call.
and both players checked. On the river the 
, Speidel bet 16,000, the big blind called, and the 
appeared on the turn. This time both players checked, and then Speidel bet 25,000 on the 
river.
and then mucked his hand.
