Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alex Venovski | 30,000 | |
Joe Serock | 30,000 | |
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Dan O'Brien | 30,000 | |
Dwyte Pilgrim | 30,000 | |
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Ryan Olisar | 30,000 | |
Tyler Kenney | 30,000 | |
Eddy Sabat | 30,000 | |
Huck Seed | 30,000 | |
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Amit Makhija | 30,000 |
A player opened to 300 in middle position, Chris Oliver, who finished runner-up in the 2011 PCA Main Event, called on the button, and the flop fell . Both players checked.
The turn was the , the player led for 600, and Oliver called.
The completed the board, the player led for 1,100, and Oliver tanked for a bit before splashing 3,600 forward. The player quickly folded, and Oliver raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Chris Oliver |
34,000
4,000
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4,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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John Dibella | 30,000 | |
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Ryan Fair | 30,000 | |
Alexander Dovzhenko | 30,000 | |
Amit Zulkowitz | 30,000 | |
Jason Koon | 30,000 | |
Felipe Ramos | 30,000 | |
Nacho Barbero | 30,000 | |
Shaun Deeb | 30,000 | |
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Peter Jetten | 30,000 | |
Brandon Meyers | 30,000 | |
Ryan D'Angelo | 30,000 | |
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Jon Plens
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30,000 | |
Jon Turner | 30,000 | |
Eli Elezra | 30,000 | |
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Owen Crowe | 30,000 | |
Fabian Quoss | 30,000 | |
Daniel Alaei | 30,000 | |
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Govert Metaal | 30,000 | |
Kevin Saul | 30,000 | |
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Timothy Finne | 30,000 |
During $100,000 Super High Roller earlier in the series, our Live Reporting Team came across Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Ivey engaged in a game of "Johnny Lodden Thinks" where Team PokerStars Pro Isaac Haxton was the thinker.
Today, Esfandiari and Ivey are seated at adjacent tables with Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier at Ivey's table and Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler at Esfandiari's. With the two in such close proximity, it seems that the game goes on. According to Kessler's Twitter, the two were playing for $10,000 a point. The following question was proposed to Grospellier, the thinker:
"What do you think Allen Kessler's lifetime slot winnings are?"
For those of you who don't know, Kessler considers himself a professional slot player and has won several jackpots in his life.
Grospellier wrote down his answer and passed it to Kessler. The bidding then began.
"Five-thousand," remarked Antonio.
"Ten," shot back Ivey.
"Twenty," said Esfandiari.
The action went back and forth increasing by increments of $10,000. All the while, between bids, one of the most illustrious $10,000 buy-in poker tournaments of the year was also happening. During the bidding we saw a hand between none other than Esfandiari and Kessler where the two took a flop of . Kessler check-called 250 to see the hit the turn. He check-called once again, this time for an amount of 600. The hit the river and Esfandiari bet 1,700.
"Should have check-raised the turn," lamented Kessler as he threw away his cards, awarding Esfandiari the pot.
"Alright," Esfandiari shouted across the room to Ivey. "Two-hundred thousand. And that's a crying two-hundred. I'm not happy about it."
"Two-ten," stoically replied Ivey.
The bidding continued to increase by 10k increments until:
"Okay," said Esfandiari. "Two ninety-five. And I'm SOBBING."
"Crying 210 all of the way up to 295?" replied Ivey.
"Funny how that works, huh?"
The bidding didn't stop there. It continued to grow up as Esfandiari announced "Three seventy-five".
"Aye, aye, aye" lamented Ivey as he leaned back in his chair.
"Buy?" asked Esfandiari.
"Ah! You thought I said buy! You see, that's a tell right there," replied Ivey.
The bidding finally ended when Ivey bid $415,000 and Esfandiari bought. Kessler revealed that ElkY wrote "$500,000" and the point went to Ivey. Esfandiari then announced that they were 1-1 on the day.
As this hilarious action continues between the two poker superstars we'll be sure to keep you posted.
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy - who is seated at Chris Oliver's table - found an early double. Here are the details from his Twitter account:
PCA $10k ME. @RealKidPoker on my left, Chris Oliver on my right, Fernando across tbl. Busted rando QQ v QT on T755. Seat Open! #PCA10January 08 2013Follow
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Cliff Josephy |
60,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Jason Somerville just eliminated a player with pocket kings to his opponent's . Somerville moved to 60,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jason Somerville |
60,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Owen Crowe opened with a raise under the gun and found calls from 2012 PCA Main Event Champion John Dibella in the hijack, Fabian Quoss in the cutoff, and Jon Plens in the big blind.
The flop came down and Plens checked to Crowe who bet 650. Dibella popped it to 2,100, forcing folds from Quoss and Plens. Crowe called to see the turn and checked. Dibella bet 3,600, but was faced with a raise to 8,600 from Crowe. Dibella called , landing the on the river. Crowe bet 12,200 and after a few moments, Dibella called.
Crowe tabled for a full house, besting Dibella's to win the pot.
"Knew you had it, but still couldn't fold," said Dibella, as he showed his cards and mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Owen Crowe |
68,000
38,000
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38,000 |
John Dibella |
16,500
-13,500
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-13,500 |
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The player under the gun raised to 400, Taylor Paur called from the hijack seat, and Matias Gabrenja called from the cutoff seat. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier called out of the big blind to complete the preflop action, and the dealer ran out the flop.
On the flop, Mercier led for 725. The original preflop raiser and Paur both folded, but Gabrenja made the call to see the added on the turn. Mercier bet 2,900, and Gabrenja folded.
Shortly thereafter, Mercier was involved in a five-way pot on the flop. The first two players checked, one of which was Paur, then Mercier bet 1,025. The two players behind Mercier called, before the first player and Paur folded. That left three-handed action to fourth street.
On the turn, Mercier fired 2,800 after the landed. The next player folded, but the last player made the call.
The completed the board on the river, and Mercier checked. His opponent fired 7,000, which prompted some interesting facial expressions from Mercier. Eventually, the Team Pro folded his hand and slipped back to 25,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jason Mercier |
25,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
There aren't as many characters in poker today as there was eight years ago, but Eric Crain is certainly one of them. The jovial pro can often be found chatting up his opponents while giving a crazy amount on action. Needless to say, he's entertaining.
We recently found Crain tucked away in the back of the room, and true to form, he was in action right away. In the hand, the Czech Republic's Ondrej Kopecky opened for 300 from the cutoff only to have Crain three-bet to 800 from the small blind. Brazil's Jose Roberto Farah then flatted from the big, Kopecky folded, and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Crain wasted little time in firing out 1,100, and Kopecky quickly got out of the way. Crain, who is prone to bluff, then showed he had the goods with .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Eric Crain | 37,500 |