With around 30,000 in the pot and a board reading , Manke Karsten bet 10,000 from the small blind only to have Francois Billard move all in for 43,000 from the big. Marsten thought long and hard before calling with , and he looked a bit dejected when Billard rolled over for two pair. Marsten was drawing live, but he missed his outs as the harmless peeled off on the river.
With that, Billard is up to 120,000 while Karsten dropped to 50,000.
Dmitry Grishin opened to 2,400 from under the gun, George Clyde-Smith called in the hijack seat, Greg Mueller called in the cutoff, and John Andress called in the small blind. The flop fell , Andress checked, Grishin fired 5,500, and only Mueller called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Grishin led for 13,200, and Mueller quickly called. Grishin tabled for aces and nines, prompting Mueller to muck his hand.
When we reached Table 3, three players were all in preflop. Andrej Nagy had , Sam Grafton , and Team PokerStars Pro had both players covered and dominated with .
The board ran out , and both Nagy and Grafton were eliminated.
Action folded around to the player in the cutoff and he popped it up to 3,500. Noah Vaillancourt flat called from the button and the blinds got out of the way.
A flop of was shown and Vaillancourt's opponent checked. Vaillancourt shot out 3,100 and received a call. The dropped down on fourth street and Vaillancourt's opponent took the opportunity to bet 6,200. Vaillancourt called to see the hit the river. A check prompted Vaillancourt to fired 17,100 into the center. His opponent folded and Vaillancourt took down the pot.
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Dwyte Pilgrim and Andy Philachack on Day 1
Paul Volpe opened to 3,300 from under the gun, Matt Waxman called in middle position, and Dwight Pilgrim defended his big blind. The dealer fanned , Pilgrim checked, and Volpe continued for 5,200. Waxman tank-called, and Pilgrim moved all in.
Volpe quickly folded, and Waxman went into the tank. While Waxman was tanking, Carlos Monti, a photographer, went to grab Pilgrim's picture. Pilgrim, realizing that his photo was being taken, went into his signature, Usain Bolt-like pose.
"I'm all in on Matt!" Pilgrim exclaimed. "When I see that picture, Imma remember that I was all in on Matt!"
Waxman could only laugh.
"How could I possibly take this off the table," he said. "This is a lose-lose situation."
Waxman eventually folded, and Pilgrim raked in the pot.
, Manke Karsten bet 10,000 from the small blind only to have Francois Billard move all in for 43,000 from the big. Marsten thought long and hard before calling with 
, and he looked a bit dejected when Billard rolled over 
for two pair. Marsten was drawing live, but he missed his outs as the harmless 
peeled off on the river.![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. Grishin led for 13,200, and Mueller quickly called. Grishin tabled 
for aces and nines, prompting Mueller to muck his hand.
, Sam Grafton 
, and both Nagy and Grafton were eliminated.
hit the river. A check prompted Vaillancourt to fired 17,100 into the center. His opponent folded and Vaillancourt took down the pot.
, Pilgrim checked, and Volpe continued for 5,200. Waxman tank-called, and Pilgrim moved all in.
