We ventured over to Table 13 just in time to see Randy Pfeifer commit all of his chips preflop against Blake Napierala. The hands were turned up, and it wasn't looking good for Pfeifer.
Napierala:
Pfeifer:
The aces held up through the board and Pfeifer made his way out of the tournament area.
Update: Pfeifer re-entered and is seated at a table with D.J. MacKinnon, Erik Lemarquand, Mark Roberts, Greg Ostrander and Budway Salhab.
Tom "Plummer" Guindon continues to rise up the leader board. Guindon is seeing a lot of flops and making hands — some marginal but good enough to win the pot.
We recently saw Guindon and five other players limp to see a flop of . Action checked to the player on the button, who bet 2,000. The player in the big blind called, as did Guindon, and the arrived on the turn. Only Guindon checked-called a bet of 4,000 from the button, and the fell on the river. Both players checked, and Guindon tabled for the winner. He's up to around 170,000.
Rick Block, who was down as low as 10,000, is now trending upward and sits close to starting stack.
In the latest hand we saw him play, Block called a raise of 1,300 from the cutoff. The two blinds tagged along and all four players went to the flop. The flop came down and the two blinds checked to the original raiser who tapped the table as well. Block took this opportunity to fire forward 2,050. This bet prompted folds from all three of his opponents, allowing him to take down the pot.
The board read when we found Carm De Ciantis and Mark Roberts heads up in a hand. De Ciantis checked and Roberts fired out a bet of 5,500. De Ciantis called to see the final community card.
The dealer burned and flipped over the , pairing the board on the river. De Ciantis checked and mucked her cards after Roberts checked behind and tabled . Roberts dragged in the pot and now has around 65,500 in chips.
Erik Lemarquand is our new leader in the Main Event. Lemarquand eliminated Alex Rivera when his held up against Rivera's , and he then took a sizable pot from Budway Salhab to increase his stack to 147,000.
We arrived at the table to find Budway Salhab and Greg Ostrander looking down at a flop of . Salhab checked his option over to Ostrander who fired out 1,700 in chips. Salhab announced a raise all in for 5,975 total and Ostrander let out a sigh. After a moment, he called the raise.
Ostrander:
Salhab:
Salhab was out in the lead and he scored a double up when the turn and river completed the board with the and the respectively. Salhab now sits around 15,000.
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board and Pfeifer made his way out of the tournament area.
. Action checked to the player on the button, who bet 2,000. The player in the big blind called, as did Guindon, and the 
fell on the river. Both players checked, and Guindon tabled 
and the two blinds checked to the original raiser who tapped the table as well. Block took this opportunity to fire forward 2,050. This bet prompted folds from all three of his opponents, allowing him to take down the pot.
when we found Carm De Ciantis and Mark Roberts heads up in a hand. De Ciantis checked and Roberts fired out a bet of 5,500. De Ciantis called to see the final community card.
, pairing the board on the river. De Ciantis checked and mucked her cards after Roberts checked behind and tabled 
. Roberts dragged in the pot and now has around 65,500 in chips.
, and he then took a sizable pot from Budway Salhab to increase his stack to 147,000.
respectively. Salhab now sits around 15,000.
