There had been an opening raise to 2,000 when a short-stacked player shoved for his last 20,000 or so. In the big blind Noah Boeken reshoved, the original raiser got out of their way, an they were on their backs.
Boeken: 
Short-stacked gentleman: 
Board: 
Mr. Boeken is up to 75,000.
JP Kelly has sailed up to 110,000 after getting it in with the worst hand preflop in a three-way pot and getting there like the luckbox he is. Only kidding, although technically it is true.
Kelly had opened preflop with 
with the player to his left who he knew as a good high-stakes cash player flatting from a stack of 30,000. A short-stack who had been looking for a spot then pushed all-in for 13,000 and Kelly called, only to find the player to his left pushing for 17,000 more and Kelly now being forced to call this shove also. The short stack showed 
while the other player flipped 
but the flop was 
and Kelly flopped the nuts to eliminate both after two bricks on the turn and river.
Men Nguyen called a short stack's push on a 
flop. The shortie turned over 
for a flush draw, but Nguyen's 
held up through the 
turn and 
river to claim his opponent's tournament scalp and put his stack up to 65,000.
WSOPE finalist and possessor of an awesome Kentucky accent Brian Powell is up to 90,000 after flopping a set against the unfortunate Luca Cainelli. We're not sure when the chips went in but we suspect it was preflop, pr possibly on the flop.
Cainelli:
Powell: 
Board: 
Out went Cainelli.
We just witnessed that rarest of things - a race that Jeffrey Lisandro did not win.
Lisandro:
Soon-to-double shortie: 
Board: 
Lisandro was left with 37,000.
Dominik Nitsche was all in before the flop for his last ~10,000 with 
, and he was dominating the 
of his caller and would-be knocker-out.
The board ran safe for the former LAPT champion, though, coming 
to double him right back to 20,000. That's still about 50,000 than he had the last time we looked at him, and he noticed us giving him a curious look.
"What, you're wondering where all my chips went?" he asked with a smile. "I'm not gonna tell you!" With that, he proceeded to tell us. "I split a 120K pot with aces against ace-jack," he relayed, "and then I went on tilt and bluffed off like 60K."
Fair enough. He back in contention now, though, with about 25 big blinds in front of him.
As happened late yesterday, an awesome table has formed at this late hour. All these people are currently seated at it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
94,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
20,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
16,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
82,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
75,000 | |
|
73,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
70,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
|
65,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
58,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
57,000 | |
|
|
55,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
55,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
40,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
40,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
27,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
21,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
19,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
||
It's an ominious looking sight over on one of the middle tables as Phil Ivey has been steadily accquiring chips today. Not in a spectacular "one-massive-fell-swoop-type" pot but accumulating them consistently and rapidly.
He has 85,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
75,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
62,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
58,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
57,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
55,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
52,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
48,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
30,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
18,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
12,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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