Samuel Bernabeu and Joseba Zicarte are both from Spain and share the same table. Zicarte joined the six-digit stacks when he called all in after the turn. There were about 30,000 chips in the middle of the pot and the opponent of the Spaniard with more chips put him all in.
Zicarte tank-called for 39,925 with and it was a good call as he was only shown . The river was a blank and the Spaniard got a huge double up.
With a flop of , a player in Seat 3 opened for 4,100 and Ryan D'Angelo reraised to 10,200. Andrew Lichtenberger tanked for nearly a minute before announcing he was all in for 28,925. The player in Seat 3 folded fairly quickly and D'Angelo didn't waste too much time before pushing his cards into the muck as well. Lichtenberger picked up the pot moving to 54,000 in chips.
Chance Kornuth got the remainder of his stack in preflop with and he flipped for his tournament life against the of his opponent. After the turn it was already all over and the river completed the board. "Was that a shower?" asked the opponent. "Yeah, but I got a sh#### shower," Kornuth replied.
We had the last chip count for Galen Hall well below 50,000 and when we walked by, it was around 115,000. Was. Because he just lost a big pot after opening the action with a raise to 2,000 and then calling a three-bet by the player on the button for 4,800.
On the flop, Hall check-called 6,000 and did so again after the turn for 8,500. On the river, the player on the button moved all in for 13,675 chips. Hall wasn't too thrilled but eventually ended up check-calling to muck the after he was shown .
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A short stack had raised and Aaron Massey moved all in for what looked like 15,000. Amir Babakhani asked the other opponent how much he had left and then put both players at risk. The second opponent called with the and Massey had , Babakhani had them both beat with the .
The board ran out and there were two seat open. Babakhani went on to tell how he usually runs bad with pocket kings after losing a crucial pot with said hand at the WPT Montreal.