A short-stacked Jeff Rossiter moved his last 22,000 all in on a flop of and Zvi Stern called. The hands were turned over to see Rossiter in the lead.
Rossiter:
Stern:
Rossister looked primed to double his short stack with his flopped pair, but that all changed after the turned and the rivered, giving Stern the best hand with kings and eights.
Simultaneously, Paul Volpe was eliminated from play at another table in the room. With that, the tournament is foregoing hand-for-hand play and the final 39 players are officially in the money!
From early-middle position, Scott Seiver raised to 16,000. Govert Metaal three-bet to what looked to be 41,000, and Seiver called to see the flop. Seiver checked, Metaal bet 60,000, and Seiver called.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Seiver fired 120,000, and Metaal immediately called.
Seiver showed the for two pair, and that beat Metaal's .
On the next hand, Seiver opened to 20,000 from under the gun, and Metaal called from the next seat to see the flop come out . Seiver checked, Metaal bet 30,000, and Seiver folded.
You may find note taking at the table to be a drag, and prefer to keep everything “up here” (tapping the side of your head). But at least one player has proof that it works, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
In 2014 Jake Schindler took down the PCA High Roller for $1.1 million and we caught up with him a year later to find out how it changed his life. Schindler now travels around the world to play in the biggest events, and his career earnings total $3.6 million.