Several players are taking advantage of the late registration option today. Among them is Andy Spears, who just took his seat next to Dale Decklyer at Table 16. Spears already has one big victory in Niagara Falls here in 2013, winning the Summer Slam Series Main Event for $23,700 in August. He followed that up with his first World Series of Poker Circuit title in Cincinnati in September.
Andy Spears' table has just gone from playing five-handed to playing four-handed after the elimination of Dale Decklyer from play.
In Decklyer's final hand, the player in the cutoff opened to 250. The button folded to Spears in the small blind who made it 700 to go. Decklyer took a moment before verbally announcing "raise" and throwing out a single blue T1,000 chip from the big blind. The verbal declaration counted as a four-bet and thus the action was put to 1,250. The original raiser in the cutoff folded and Spears announced a five-bet to 3,200. Decklyer called to see a flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and Spears continued his aggression with a bet of 2,800. Decklyer made it 5,600 to go and Spears came right back over the top for 9,200 total. Decklyer flatted to fourth street.
The struck the turn and Spears announced an all in bet. Decklyer called for his tournament life and the two hands were tabled.
Spears:
Decklyer:
Decklyer was behind with his pocket kings and needed to spike one of the two remaining cowboys on the river to stay alive. The river instead was the and Decklyer was eliminated from play early in the second level. Spears scooped up the large pot and is now sitting on around 55,000 in chips.
Donald Crimmen limped from under the gun, and two more players followed before Marcy Jo Penkalski raised to 600 from the big blind. All three limpers came along, and the dealer rolled out a flop. Adam Oshei checked from the small blind and Penkalski bet 1,675. Crimmen then raised to 4,000, and the player in Seat 8 flatted. The small blind folded and Penkalski called.
The hit the turn and Penkalski slowed down with a check. Crimmen bet 4,000 and only Penkalski called, bringing the on the river. This time Penkalski took the initiative and fired 7,000 into the pot. Crimmen paused for a moment before tossing in the call.
Penkalski showed for a pair, but Crimmen tabled for a turned two pair. With that pot he has now nearly doubled his starting stack.
The flop read and we arrived at the table to find Pete Kaemmerlen and an opponent each commit 5,100 with unknown action. The turn brought the and Kaemmerlen checked. His opponent tossed out a bet of 5,000 and Kaemmerlen wasted little time moving forward all of his large denomination chips for a raise to what looked to be 35,000.
Kaemmerlen's opponent quickly flicked his cards into the muck and Kaemmerlen dragged in the pot. He's now sitting around 58,000 in chips.
The $1,500 Main Event is the big draw of this series, but there has been plenty of action here this week. Early this morning, Raymond Book took down Event #9, a $300 no-limit hold'em event that attracted 153 players. Book won $10,401 after defeating a final table that included D.J. MacKinnon, who just took his seat in the Main Event.
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on the felt and Spears continued his aggression with a bet of 2,800. Decklyer made it 5,600 to go and Spears came right back over the top for 9,200 total. Decklyer flatted to fourth street.
struck the turn and Spears announced an all in bet. Decklyer called for his tournament life and the two hands were tabled.
and Decklyer was eliminated from play early in the second level. Spears scooped up the large pot and is now sitting on around 55,000 in chips.
flop. Adam Oshei checked from the small blind and Penkalski bet 1,675. Crimmen then raised to 4,000, and the player in Seat 8 flatted. The small blind folded and Penkalski called.
hit the turn and Penkalski slowed down with a check. Crimmen bet 4,000 and only Penkalski called, bringing the 
on the river. This time Penkalski took the initiative and fired 7,000 into the pot. Crimmen paused for a moment before tossing in the call.
for a pair, but Crimmen tabled 
and we arrived at the table to find Pete Kaemmerlen and an opponent each commit 5,100 with unknown action. The turn brought the 
and Kaemmerlen checked. His opponent tossed out a bet of 5,000 and Kaemmerlen wasted little time moving forward all of his large denomination chips for a raise to what looked to be 35,000.