Earlier today Steven Gurney-Goldman won a decent pot holding pocket queens. The ladies treated him well then, but like so many other men, they proved to be his downfall.
It happened when Mike Summers opened with a raise and Gurney-Goldman three-bet holding . Summers responded by moving all in and Gurney-Goldman called off. Summers rolled over , and Gurney-Goldman failed to find a third lady as the board ran out clean.
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We happened upon a juicy pot of around 43,000 and a board reading . Ken Moore had the "all-in" button in front of him, which meant the 14,000 he had was committed to the pot. Steven Gurney-Goldman was in the tank debating what to do.
Gurney-Goldman seemed tortured by the decision, especially since a call would cost him the majority of his remaining 22,000 chips. Eventually he decided against it and reluctantly folded his hand.
"If you only had one pair that was a good fold," Moore offered. Gurney-Goldman did not see convinced.
There were a flurry of eliminations in the first ten minute back from the dinner break, and unfortunately we missed a few. However, we can confirm that the father-and-son combination of Bob and Jr. Marquette have been sent to the rail.
A short-stacked Thomas Daubert moved all in holding only to have Marc Hessel three-bet all in over the top with . When action reached John Kostelac, he tanked for a minute before calling with to put both players at risk.
"It seemed like an eternity," Hessel lamented. The board ran out clean and both Daubert and Hessel bit the dust while Kostelac, who has one arm in a sling after tearing up his rotator cuff (he was walking some rescue dogs), added even more chips to his burgeoning stack.
Players are now on a one-hour dinner break. That means we're at the halfway point for the day. When the players return, they'll play six more levels before bagging and tagging for the night.
Andrew Rudnik was eliminated in the last hand before the dinner break after running jacks into king on a six-high flop. Late registration and reentries are open for the next hour (until the start of Level 7), so it's possible we'll see him back in action.
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. Ken Moore had the "all-in" button in front of him, which meant the 14,000 he had was committed to the pot. Steven Gurney-Goldman was in the tank debating what to do.
. When action reached John Kostelac, he tanked for a minute before calling with 
