All Too Easy for Second-Chance O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer returned as chip leader today thanks to a "really easy" day yesterday. Check out the article on the PokerStars Blog about O'Dwyer.
Steve O'Dwyer returned as chip leader today thanks to a "really easy" day yesterday. Check out the article on the PokerStars Blog about O'Dwyer.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier was all in preflop with the . He was up against the for Anatoly Gurtovoy.
A six landed on the flop to give Gurtovoy a set and he held easily from there as the board ran out . Mercier headed to the rail short of the final table and a cash here on Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Mercier | Busted | |
Scott Seiver opened again with a bet of 30,000 in the hijack seat and was called by Tobias Reinkemeier on the button.
The flop brought and was checked by both players. The on the turn, however triggered some action as Reinkemeier bet another 30,000 and Seiver called.
The came on the river and Reinkemeier fired 100,000. Seiver gave it some thought and came up with the decision to make the call. Unfortunately for Scott it was a bad one as Reinkemeier opened for a set and although Seiver mucked his hand, the dealer opened one card which appeared to be a jack.
The tournament is now on a 15 minute break. When we come back the blinds will go up to 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Smith |
2,672,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
Mike McDonald |
2,039,000
939,000
|
939,000 |
|
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Anatoly Gurtovoy |
1,635,000
725,000
|
725,000 |
John Juanda |
1,379,000
699,000
|
699,000 |
|
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JC Alvarado |
1,155,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
Tobias Reinkemeier |
984,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
Ignat Liviu |
869,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Talal Shakerchi |
642,000
-93,000
|
-93,000 |
Mike Watson |
633,000
-337,000
|
-337,000 |
|
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Ilari Sahamies |
558,000
258,000
|
258,000 |
Steve O'Dwyer |
557,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
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Artem Litvinov |
515,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Erik Seidel |
485,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
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Vadzim Kursevich |
452,000
-448,000
|
-448,000 |
Jim McCrink |
415,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Scott Seiver |
377,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Sam Chartier |
272,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Peter Jetten |
244,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
Sami Kelopuro |
98,000
-67,000
|
-67,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Peter Jetten shoved all-in for 244,000 in the cutoff and Anatoly Gurtovoy in the big blind made the call.
Jetten showed and Gurtovoy sighed in disappointment as he opened .
Although the Russian still had a slight lead, the flop gave Jetten both a straight draw and a flush draw, the on the turn gave Jetten even more additional outs and the on the river completed his straight and Jetten doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anatoly Gurtovoy |
1,391,000
-244,000
|
-244,000 |
Peter Jetten |
488,000
244,000
|
244,000 |
We didn't catch the hand, but we do know that Scott Seiver was eliminated from the tournament after running into the of Artem Litvinov.
Likewise, Sami Kelopuro has hit the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Seiver | Busted | |
Sami Kelopuro | Busted |
Dan Smith put in a raise preflop, how much we're not sure as our access to the feature table is limited, and received a call from Mike "Timex" McDonald. The latter proceeded to call bets of 60,000 and 140,000 on the flop and respectively.
We didn't catch the river card, but we do know that McDonald called another bet, this time 273,000, only to muck when Smith rolled over for the nuts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Smith |
3,300,000
628,000
|
628,000 |
Mike McDonald |
1,250,000
-789,000
|
-789,000 |
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