Level: 28
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 28
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xuan Liu | 4,220,000 | -230,000 |
Lee Goldman | 3,750,000 | 870,000 |
Ruben Visser
|
3,230,000 | -270,000 |
Kyle Julius
|
2,800,000 | 300,000 |
Martin Jacobson
|
2,780,000 | -320,000 |
John Dibella
|
2,770,000 | -690,000 |
Anthony Gregg
|
2,395,000 | 395,000 |
Faraz Jaka
|
2,005,000 | -795,000 |
Mark Drover | 1,935,000 | 290,000 |
Phil D'Auteuil | 1,780,000 | 150,000 |
Daniel Shiff | 1,445,000 | 45,000 |
David Bernstein | 1,325,000 | -475,000 |
Nikolaos Alafogiannis | 1,255,000 | 365,000 |
The 13 remaining players are taking a one-hour dinner break. And so are we.
When the table folded around to his small blind, Alex Fitzgerald raised to 145,000 with Xuan Liu behind him. Liu must have liked what she saw, because she reraised to 365,000, but Fitzgerald wasn't going anywhere. He four-bet shoved for just a shade less than 2.1 million, almost as much as Liu had. She spent just a couple seconds making sure — it was quite a decision to be faced with — but the call came surprisingly quickly to put Fitzgerald at risk.
Showdown
Fitzgerald:
Liu:
Liu was in front with ace-queen, but Fitzgerald was suited and drawing very live to the huge pot.
He wasn't drawing live for long. In fact, the flop was a disaster that ended things right then and there. Fitzgerald was already eliminated two cards early as Liu's trip aces could not be beaten.
The turn and river are only here to prove the deck was fair, but Fitzgerald was already long gone by the time the dealer grabbed his stacks and pushed them across to Liu.
We've got one lady left, and she's teaching these boys a lesson right now. Liu is the chip daddy(?) with more than 4.4 million in front of her now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xuan Liu | 4,450,000 | 2,150,000 |
Alex Fitzgerald | Busted |
Lee Goldman raised to 115,000 under the gun, and Mark Drover reraised to 265,000 from the cutoff. In the big blind, Phil D'Auteuil took a peek at his cards and reraised again — all in for 1.375 million. Goldman folded without too much hesitation, but Drover spent a couple long minutes sitting like a statue with his arms crossed over his chest. When he finally did flinch, it was to uncap his cards and slide them into the muck with a little frown, and D'Auteuil pulled in some free chips to increase his stack.
Phil D'Auteuil raised to 105,000 to lead the action, and Lee Goldman flatted on the button. From the small blind, John Dibella squeezed all in. Yep, he just went ahead and shoved it in there, and both D'Auteuil and Goldman decided this was not the spot to gamble for it all. They folded qiuckly, though Goldman looked a bit dissatisfied, and Dibella has moved into the chip lead with just shy of 3.5 million.
It's worth noting that nearly six hours into Day 5, nobody else has reached the 4-million chip mark that Faraz Jaka did yesterday evening. But 3.46 million is not too shabby for Mr. Dibella right now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Dibella
|
3,460,000 | 260,000 |
David Bernstein started the action with a raise to 110,000 in the cutoff, and John Dibella defended his big blind. Heads-up, they saw the flop bring , and Dibella check-called another 110,000. On the turn, he check-called another 200,000, and the was the river card. Check-check now.
Dibella showed his first... and Bernstein froze. After a couple seconds, it became clear that king-jack high was the best hand, and Bernstein eventually slid his cards back into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Dibella
|
3,200,000 | 400,000 |
David Bernstein | 1,800,000 | -1,065,000 |
In early position, John Dibella made the opening raise, and both blinds — David Bernstein and Phil D'Auteuil, respectively — came along with calls to see a three-handed flop.
The rolled off the deck, and action checked to the raiser. Dibella continued out with 200,000 more, and Bernstein check-called. D'Auteuil wanted to play for more, though, and he reraised them both to 450,000. Dibella shoved all in, Bernstein folded out of the way, and D'Auteuil made the call to put Dibella at risk for 1.16 million total.
Showdown
Dibella:
D'Auteuil:
D'Auteuil had an overcard and the flush draw to work with, but the turn and river were too low and too red to be of any use. That's a big double for Bernstein, and it vaults him all the way up into the top few places on the overall leader board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Dibella
|
2,800,000 | 1,805,000 |
Phil D'Auteuil | 1,630,000 | -1,275,000 |
David Bernstein came into the pot raising to 105,000 from middle position, and both Lee Goldman (button) and Anthony Gregg (big blind) came along to a three-way flop.
The dealer spread out , and it checked through to the turn. Now Bernstein put out another bet of 170,000, but Goldman made a raise to 450,000. Gregg and Bernstein both folded immediately, and Goldman inches up a bit further.
Nikolaos Alafogiannis is in no mood to be eliminated. He's been all in more times than we can count on one hand today, and he just got his chips in again a moment ago. When Alex Fitzgerald opened to 105,000, Alafogiannis stuck his last 390,000 in there, and Fitzgerald made the call with his big stack and a chance to send the pesky Alafogiannis off.
Showdown
Fitzgerald:
Alafogiannis:
The board ran out full of baby cards, coming , and Alafogiannis ends up with a wheel to snag the double. He's back up close to 900,000 in the most recent trend, and Fitzgerald drops a little chunk to slip back around 2.55 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Fitzgerald | 2,550,000 | -270,000 |
Nikolaos Alafogiannis | 890,000 | 265,000 |