Crivell Gets Caught
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Eoghan O'Dea was first to act on Table 32, and the Irishman raised to 32,000. The action folded to Patrick Crivell, our chip leader, and he three-bet to 75,000. Erik Seidel forfeited his big blind, and the 2011 November Niner responded with a four-bet, making it 125,000 to go.
Crivell tanked for a minute or so before reaching into his stack for chocolate T25,000 chips. He five-bet to what looked like 300,000 or so, O'Dea instantly moved all in for 518,000, and Crivell called.
Crivell: 
O'Dea: 
The window card was the 
, which is about as good as it gets for Crivell's hand in this situation, but it was followed by bricks - the 
and 
. Crivell was drawing dead after the 
turned, and a meaningless 
completed the board.
O'Dea doubled to just under 1.1 million chips, while Crivell is still our leader with 1.72 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,720,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |
|
1,066,000
546,000
|
546,000 |