Sarah and Sergio
During a break, Sarah Grant caught up with the first man she ever interviewed, pro golfer Sergio Garcia. Have a look:
During a break, Sarah Grant caught up with the first man she ever interviewed, pro golfer Sergio Garcia. Have a look:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Erik Cajelais
|
320,000 | -10,000 |
Ruben Visser
|
240,000 | -60,000 |
Sam Chartier | 225,000 | 90,000 |
Adam Geyer | 223,000 | -27,000 |
Arnaud Mattern | 210,000 | |
Alex Fitzgerald | 160,000 | 8,000 |
Shane Schleger | 155,000 | -30,000 |
Anthony Gregg
|
155,000 | 40,000 |
Alex Venovski | 145,000 | -115,000 |
Barry Greenstein | 125,000 | 30,000 |
Randy Lew | 122,000 | 37,000 |
Sergio Garcia | 105,000 | 10,000 |
Nikolaos Alafogiannis | 100,000 | -10,000 |
Ryan Julius | 75,000 | -103,000 |
Mark Herm | 25,000 | -169,000 |
After an opponent raised to 7,000, Team PokerStars Pro Gualter Salles raised all in for 65,900. The original raiser called and the cards were on their backs.
Salles:
Opponent:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Salles' hand held to give him the double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Gualter Salles | 140,000 | 60,000 |
Bill Chen open-shoved for his last 35,500 from middle position, and the action folded to a player who called out of the big blind.
Showdown
Chen:
Opponent:
The flop gave both players a pair, but Chen was drawing to a flush. The on the turn took away Chen's king outs, but he could still make a straight or a flush. The spiked on the river to give him a winning flush, and Chen doubled to over 70,000 chips.
"Just got lucky," Chen shrugged. "Good call."
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Bill Chen
|
73,000 | 37,500 |
Action folded to the player on the button and he raised to 7,000. Shawn Buchanan called from the small blind and Manny Jo called from the big blind.
The flop was and Buchanan led for 8,500. Jo folded and the button made the call. The turn was the and Buchanan check-called 12,500 from his opponent before seeing the pair the board on the river. Buchanan bet 21,000 and the button quickly raised all in. Buchanan mucked his hand and dropped back to 100,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Shawn Buchanan
|
102,000 | -33,000 |
Eddy Sabat and William Reynolds were pining for some love in the blog, so here's a round of shots from Neil Stoddart to appease the masses.
We had a feeling there would be fireworks when Chino Rheem was moved to the direct left of Faraz Jaka. Less than two levels later, Rheem is out and Jaka has a ton of chips, more than double the amount of second place.
As told to us by Jaka before the break, he raised preflop and found two callers, one being Chino. A flop came down and he made a continuation bet that chased away the mystery player, but Rheem came along to see the turn. Jaka fired a big bet and Chino again called, landing the river. Another bet from Jaka, this time 100,000, was called by Rheem who mucked when Jaka showed .
Not long after, Chino shoved for about 15,000 under the gun and Jaka called from the big blind with . Chino was crushed with and was unable to survive the board.
The following hand, the player in the cutoff opened and Jaka three bet from the small blind. The cutoff called and a flop came down. Jaka bet a small 2,000, his opponent called, and the hit the turn. The chips went in there and Jaka tabled for a set. His opponent was drawing dead with ace-queen, giving his chips to Jaka.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Faraz Jaka
|
1,200,000 | |
Chino Rheem
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
The players are on their final 15-minute break of the day.
With 28,000 in the middle, and the board reading , Arnaud Mattern was faced with a 12,000-chip bet. Mattern raised to 32,200, and his opponent went into the tank.
"Will you show if I fold?" he asked Mattern.
Mattern then mentioned something about a drink, and his opponent laughed then folded. Mattern opened up for a draw, and then motioned a waiter over.
"What are you having?" Mattern asked the player.
"A Coke," he responded.
Mattern added a Coke to his order, and raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Arnaud Mattern | 210,000 | 32,000 |