The flop fell , and the big blind checked. Terrence Chan bet 6,700, and Nicolas Fierro Gottner called on the button. The first player ducked out of the way, and it was on to the turn. Chan carefully bet 15,500, and Gottner called quickly. The river double-paired the board. This time, Chan moved a bit faster in betting 36,000. It was Gottner's turn to take his time. His face turned red as he checked his cards and his stack one more time before mucking. Chan scooped the sizable pot to move up to 215,000.
Just after the previous post, Angel Guillen's stack to a little hit. The button open-shoved for 18,600. Guillen sat frozen in the tank for several minutes while the cameras crowded around his table. Finally, he flat called. With all of the lights on him, the big blind took a few moments on the spotlight before giving up his hand. Time for showdown.
Guillen:
Short stack:
Guillen was quite displeased to see his opponent's hand. the flop made things a little interesting. The turn meant Guillen needed to avoid an ace and hit one of the two remaining kings. But the river was the . After doubling his neighbor, Guillen was left with around 80,000.
Meanwhile, one table behind Guillen's, a short-stack was eliminated. That means we're nine from the money.
Angel Guillen has been playing patiently all day and it seems it is finally paying off. Not long ago Guillen was working with a stack of around 50,000, but now he is up around the 90,000 mark.
In a recent hand, Guillen was in the big blind and faced a race to 5,100 from his opponent in the big blind. Guillen studies his foe, cut out some chips, and put in a raise to 14,000. It seems the cutoff was either intimidated or playing tight because of the bubble because he gave up on the hand.
We're now down to about 50 players, 40 of which will get paid. If history is any indication, play might just slow down a bit; however, this is an LAPT were the play is fast and aggressive so you just never know for sure.
Terrence Chan recently found himself squaring off against the chip leader, Nicolas Fierro Gottner, on a flop of . The two had generated a pot of between 40,000-45,000 preflop so Gottner decided to lead out with a bet of 21,000.
Chan made the call as the turn came the . Both players checked and the hit the river. Once again, both players checked. Gottner revealed for a pair of nines. Chan flipped over for a bigger pair and the pot. He is now up to 170,000.
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Chan, modeling his WCOOP watch (against his will)
Terrence "Unassigned" Chan knows exactly what time it is. The rest of the field has all day to kill as they crawl toward the bubble. But Chan has a deadline. The $1,050 6-Max Limit Hold'em WCOOP starts at 6:00 p.m. local time, and he has until 7:00 p.m. to late register. Chan won the event last year, taking home $83,000. He also won both the high and medium 6-Max Limit Hold'em SCOOPs the previous spring.
So Chan has both a WCOOP title and a reputation as Limit Hold'em Mastermind to uphold. But he's also got 90,000 in chips. Time to get a move on it, folks. Chan's got somewhere to be.
Dennis Phillips pushed his short stack all-in with and found himself up against an opponent with pocket kings. In the end, the pocket kings made a flush and Phillips found himself out of the tournament just shy of the money.
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, and the big blind checked. Terrence Chan bet 6,700, and Nicolas Fierro Gottner called on the button. The first player ducked out of the way, and it was on to the 
turn. Chan carefully bet 15,500, and Gottner called quickly. The 
river double-paired the board. This time, Chan moved a bit faster in betting 36,000. It was Gottner's turn to take his time. His face turned red as he checked his cards and his stack one more time before mucking. Chan scooped the sizable pot to move up to 215,000.
flop made things a little interesting. The 
turn meant Guillen needed to avoid an ace and hit one of the two remaining kings. But the river was the 
. The two had generated a pot of between 40,000-45,000 preflop so Gottner decided to lead out with a bet of 21,000.
hit the river. Once again, both players checked. Gottner revealed 
for a pair of nines. Chan flipped over 
and found himself up against an opponent with pocket kings. In the end, the pocket kings made a flush and Phillips found himself out of the tournament just shy of the money.