We found Mike Dentale putting an opponent all in for his last 100,000 or so on a board. The player counted out his chips and thought for a bit before making the call. Dentale showed him for a straight, and the player mucked his cards.
Also, it appears someone finished off Dan Heimiller, as his seat's now empty.
Tournament director Tab Duchateau just announced that tomorrow's $150,000 Guarantee Big Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry tournament has been canceled due to the impending storm.
Joe Mckeehen checked and called a bet on a flop of , and he and his opponent saw a turn of . Mckeehen again checked, and this time he called a bet of 34,000. When a river caused Mckeehen to check a final time, his opponent fired the third bullet, 55,000. Mckeehen thought for a bit before making the call, and he took down the pot with .
David Gerassi, who entered the day as the chip leader, has continued his winning ways. In a recent hand, he put an opponent all in with the board reading . The player tanked for a couple of minutes before calling off.
Gerassi:
Opponent:
Gerassi had turned the nuts, but his opponent had outs. A river was a brick, and Gerassi let out a yell of "YES!"
John Liu at the Borgata Winter Poker Open Event 5: $100k Guaranteed
We noticed a pretty sizable stack and a table full of players still discussing the aftermath of a recent hand.
Apparently John Liu dragged a monster pot of about 550,000 when his prevailed over three other opponents. Liu's jacks were the best hand going in, as he went up against , and .
The board ran clean and kept Liu in the tournament as the money bubble approaches.
board. The player counted out his chips and thought for a bit before making the call. Dentale showed him 
for a straight, and the player mucked his cards.
, and he and his opponent saw a turn of 
. Mckeehen again checked, and this time he called a bet of 34,000. When a 
river caused Mckeehen to check a final time, his opponent fired the third bullet, 55,000. Mckeehen thought for a bit before making the call, and he took down the pot with 
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river was a brick, and Gerassi let out a yell of "YES!"
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