Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
A player in middle position opened to 1,000 and received two callers, including Matt Ernst. The flop came and the original raiser bet 1,700. Ernst called and the turn was the . Ernst called a bet of 4,000 and the fell on the river. Ernst's opponent moved all in and Ernst snap-called. Ernst tabled , cracking the of his opponent and sending him to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Ernst |
48,800
21,300
|
21,300 |
A few updated counts from around the room, including recent entrant Keven Stammen, already on his second bullet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stuart Hoag |
115,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
David Ross |
50,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Jared Palmer |
45,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Chris Barker
|
41,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Kevin Scobee
|
38,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Matt Lushin |
30,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Ben Aicholtz
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Brandon Wetzel |
25,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Aaron Wallace |
23,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
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Greg Yeager |
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Keven Stammen | 20,000 | |
|
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Dale Poynter |
12,500
-5,100
|
-5,100 |
Harvey Bailey
|
7,800
-13,200
|
-13,200 |
With 134 entries so far on 1b, the tournament has 215 total entries. Entries and reentries will be accepted through the end of dinner break, so stay tuned for final prize pool numbers.
Players will be stepping away for the next 15 minutes.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
We caught the preflop action with two players all in and at risk and tabled in front of Harold Evans. Evans had his two opponents covered and crushed, leading the of Daphne Barr and the of another opponent.
"I almost folded", Barr mentioned, just before the flop came . The turn kept things safe for Evans, but the spiked the river, sending the Barr's opponent packing and snatching the big pot from Evans.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Harold Evans |
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Daphne Barr |
56,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Blake Barnes raised to 1,400 from under the gun and Colbert White called from middle position. Harvey Bailey moved all in from the small blind for 19,700 total. Barnes thought for a moment and then threw out chips for a call. White reluctantly folded, showing his tablemate ace-king.
Barnes:
Bailey:
The board ran out and Bailey hit the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Blake Barnes |
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Colbert White
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Harvey Bailey
|
Busted |
Keven Stammen opened to 1,300 from the hijack and Michael Filippidis called from the cutoff. Daphne Barr called from the button as did the player in the big blind. The flop came , action checked to Stammen and he continued for 3,200. Filippidis called, Barr folded and the player in the big blind raised to 8,000.
Stammen folded and Filippidis made the call. The turn was the and Filippidis was check-called by his opponent for 20,000. After a blind check, the fell on the river and Filippidis announced "all in". His opponent had just over 20,000 remaining and thought for a while before eventually making the call and tabling . Fillipidis turned over and the flush gave him a huge pot, vaulting him to what is likely the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Filippidis |
183,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50