Brock Parker opened the pot to 70,000 from the hijack and Eric Afriat re-raises to 140,000 from the cutoff. Parker looked back at his cards, and put in a four-bet to 300,000.
Affriat looked over at Parker, and in an almost inaudible whisper asked him "how much do you have?" It was about 900,000. Affriat grabbed a stack of the red 25,000 chips, broke them down, and then re-stacked them.
"I'm all in," he said, moving his chips to the center of the table but pushing them almost right in front of Parker rather than in front of himself. Parker folded and Affriat turned over and said "I was saying just don't have Aces, just don't have Aces."
Tony Dunst came in for a raise on the button, Keven Stammen defended in the big blind, and both players knuckled on a flop of .
The turn was the man with the ax - - and Stammen check-called a bet of 80,000 from the host of the WPT's Raw Deal.
The river was the , Stammen checked a third and final time, and Dunst tossed out 180,000. The Global Poker Index Player of the Year leader quickly called, then mucked when Dunst showed for a straight.
Tony Gregg opened for 65,000 from under the gun and was called by Curt Kohlberg two seats to his left. Eric Afriat made it 205,000 to go from the big blind and Gregg folded. Kohlberg wasted little time in moving all in for 415,000 on top.
Afriat did not snap call, surely a good sign for Kohlberg. He counted out the chips to make the call, looking at how much he would have left (approximately 650,000). He glanced at the clock, sitting in a thinking man type pose, and then peeked back at his cards one last time before tossing them into the muck.
Eric Afriat opened for a raise to 75,000 in the cutoff, Ryan D'Angelo and Curt Kohlberg called from the blinds, and the flop fell .
D'Angelo opted to lead out, firing 130,000, and Kohlberg raised to 385,000. Afriat got out of the way, and D'Angelo responded with a shove for effectively 995,000. Kohlberg went deep into the tank, and as he mulled the decision over a rail of people surrounded around the table.
Eventually, Kohlberg folded, and D'Angelo dragged the pot without a showdown.
On the first hand after the break, a short-stacked Ray Qartomy moved all in and for a minute it looked like he would pick up the blinds and antes as everyone folded. Everyone but the big blind, Tom Dobrilovic, who after getting a count decided to make the call with [As. Qartomy was live with his [Kh but the board would be no help to him as it would run out to give Dobrilovic two pair, Aces and Eights, and in the process eliminated Qartomy in 13th place.
The action folded to Tony Dunst in the small blind, and he tossed in a raise. Ray Qartomy defended, the dealer fanned , and Dunst led out for 60,000. Qartomy called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and a repeat deuce - the - completed the board. Dunst led out for 125,000, Qartomy immediately called, and Dunst ripped over for kings and deuces.
"Nice hand," Qartomy lamented, cutting out enough chips to send to his neighbor.
The WPT Champions Club member is now up over a million chips, while Qartomy is very short with 218,000 chips.
We've had a couple pots go down where a four bet has emerged victorious.
The first hand saw Bobby Oboodi open the action to 52,000 from under the gun. Brock Parker raised it to 132,000 from the hijack and it was folded to Ryan D'Angelo in the small blind who bumped it up to 280,000. Oboodi quickly folded. Parker not so quickly, but he eventually relented.
The second hand saw a raising war go down between Byron Kaverman and Curt Kohlberg with Kohlberg coming out on top after he four-bet Kaverman's 135,000 three bet and Kaverman decided to lay it down.
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and said "I was saying just don't have Aces, just don't have Aces."
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- and Stammen check-called a bet of 80,000 from the host of the WPT's Raw Deal.
, Stammen checked a third and final time, and Dunst tossed out 180,000. The Global Poker Index Player of the Year leader quickly called, then mucked when Dunst showed 
for a straight.
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. Qartomy was live with his [Kh
but the board would be no help to him as it would run out 
to give Dobrilovic two pair, Aces and Eights, and in the process eliminated Qartomy in 13th place.
, and Dunst led out for 60,000. Qartomy called.
, both players checked, and a repeat deuce - the 
- completed the board. Dunst led out for 125,000, Qartomy immediately called, and Dunst ripped over 
for kings and deuces.
