A Few Shoves Unanswered

In the early stages of level 13, players seem to be waiting for the short stacks to get all in. There have been a few unanswered three-bet shoves.

On one hand, Ryan Tepen opened to 4,500 and the action folded to Donald McArthur in the big blind, who shoved all in for 69,000. That proved to be too much for Tepen, who folded.

On another hand, Peter Brooks raised 6,000 on the button with only about 40,000 behind and the blinds both folded.

It would appear the bigger stacks are looking to preserve their advantage as best they can and looking forward to Day 2, while the shorter stacks are looking for catch a hand at the right time, so they can double before the end of Day 1a.