Players are now on their final 10-minute break of the night. When they return they will play one more level before bagging and tagging for the evening.
2013 Seneca Niagara Fall Poker Classic
Rick Block, who won the Fall Poker Classic Event #7 on Thursday, was just eliminated in a wild hand at Table 5. He relayed the action to us afterward:
Mike O'Hallahan opened with a raise to 2,000 from the button, and Block (small blind) and the big blind called to see a flop of ![]()
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with two spades. It checked around and the
fell on the turn. Block checked, the big blind bet 2,600, O'Hallahan folded, and Block check-raised all in. The big blind called, and the cards were turned up.
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Block was shocked to find that his king-high was ahead, but the
on the river completed his opponent's flush. Block still has until tomorrow morning to re-enter but hasn't decided yet if he'll do so.
Pete Kaemmerlen raised to 2,600 from the cutoff and found a three-bet to 6,500 from Charlie Wiggins in the small blind. The big blind thought a moment before letting go of his cards and Kaemmerlen called to see a flop.
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hit the felt and Wiggins open-shipped all in. Kaemmerlen snapped him off before a count could even be taken and he ripped over ![]()
for top set. Wiggins stood up from his seat, let out a sigh, and slapped ![]()
on the felt.
The board finished with the
and the
, ensuring Wiggins' elimination from play. Kaemmerlen dragged the pot and now has about 212,000 in chips.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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Mike O'Halloran was facing a bet of 1,000 with around 5,000 in the pot. O'Halloran raised to 2,600, and his opponent fired back with a raise to 6,000. O'Halloran moved all in, and the other player called. O'Halloran tabled his ![]()
for a full house, which trumped the other player's ![]()
for the nut flush. With that pot, O'Halloran joins the leaders with around 152,000.
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, and Leon Halat, who finished in 9th place in the $500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry just two days ago, was heads up with a lone opponent. Halat checked and his opponent fired a bet of 8,000. Halat flat called to see fourth street.
The
dropped down on the turn and Halat tapped the table once more. His opponent moved all in for what looked to be 20,500 and Halat snapped him off.
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"Well then," his opponent lamented as he stood. "Give me a nine!"
The deck did not oblige, as the
completed the board and Halat was able to score the knockout. Halat dragged in the pot and now has 95,000 in chips.
We picked up with the action after a flop of ![]()
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had fallen on the felt. Steven Przybyl had checked to an opponent who fired out a bet of 4,300. When action came back to Przybyl he moved all in for 17,800 total and his opponent announced a call.
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Przybyl was looking for a spade or an ace and he found one of those when the
rolled off on the turn. Przybyl let loose a fist pump and someone from the other end of the table quickly chimed in "It's not over yet," as the turn also gave his opponent a set of kings and outs to fill up on the river.
Ultimately, Przybyl was able to hold, though, as the river was the
. Przybyl scooped the double and now has around 42,000 in chips.