A player under the gun bet 8,000 into Kou Vang, also in early position, on a flop of ![]()
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. Vang raised to 18,000, and his opponent made the call. A
prompted another lead out, this time for 15,000. Vang responded with an even smaller raise, this time for the minimum. His opponent tanked for a couple of minutes before laying his hand down.
Meanwhile, at a nearby table, Lance Harris' hot start did him no good, as he sent all of his chips to Jason Smith in a hand we didn't see.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Players are on a 10-minute break, and two more levels will be played to end the night afterwards.
We saw the aftermath of an all-in pot between former chip leader Jason Smith and new chip leader David Abramowicz. We didn't see Smith's mucked cards, but Abramowicz held ![]()
on a board of ![]()
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, good for a straight on the turn. Smith sent 122,000 over to his opponent.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Jason Smith continues to accumulate chips. In a recent hand, a player under the gun opened for a raise and got shoved on by Aaron Johnson, who had about 30,000 in the small blind. Smith made the call, and the under-the-gun player called off his stack after agonizing for a bit.
Under the gun: ![]()
Johnson: ![]()
Smith: ![]()
Smith had woken up with the nuts, and they held up when not a drop of paint was found on the ten-high board.
Bill Romer bet 7,700 after fourth street made the board ![]()
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. Matt Alexander, who had checked, pushed all in for 20,100, and a third player in the pot shoved as well. Romer mucked ![]()
face up.
"You're probably good," Alexander's opponent said. "I was just trying to build a side pot with [Romer]."
Indeed, Alexander's ![]()
was ahead of his opponent's ![]()
. The
secured Alexander's double.
After being down to a mere 10,900 just a short time ago, "Wild" Bill Romer now has about 100,000. According to a bystander, he got all in with ![]()
on a flop of ![]()
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against an opponent who held ![]()
. Romer's boat held up.