Moshe Nizan opened the action for 8,500 and a short-stacked player two seats to his left moved all in for her last 15,400. It was folded back to Nizan who took a moment before calling. He turned over , somewhat surprising the rest of the table because of how slow he had reacted when the action got back on him. His opponent had and was in dire straights. She would hit a nine on the flop but no miracle would arrive and she would be eliminated.
"Even I don't fold those. I couldn't believe what I had," replied a sheepish Nizan when explaining why he took more than a millisecond to make the call. He was up to 80,000 after taking down the pot.
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We get to the table and Ralph Marzan has raised pre-flop and found one caller from the player on the button. The flop came and the PPC Player of the Year Leaderboard leader, Marzan, moved all in. His opponent didn't want to risk his tournament life and mucked his cards. Marzan showed and moved his stack up to 155,000 with that pot.
With a flop of , Steve Darr moved all in for 29,200 and had one opponent who was mulling over whether to call or not.
"Are you on a flush draw?" his opponent asked. Darr sat motionless, no response.
A female walked over to Darr's opponent and said something to him before leaving. "If she hadn't walked over, my decision would have been much easier," he said. He tossed out a single yellow T1,000 chip indicating a call and turned over for a pair of jacks. Darr turned over for a pair of kings and Darr's opponent tapped the table to acknowledge the good hand.
The turn was the and the river was the and Darr exhaled as he scored the crucial double up to 80,000 in chips.
We weren't able to catch her name but in a recent hand, a woman was eliminated when her went up against two players, both of whom held . She flopped an open-ended straight draw on the flop but was unable to improve.
Knowing she was gone, she smiled and said to her neighbor "I'm amazed I lasted this long." She waved good bye to the remaining players at her former table. Yet another reason to take part in the festivities here at The Silk Poker Room is the good nature of players, even after being eliminated.
We got to the table with approximately 10,000 in the pot and a bet of 4,000 in front of Joe Mole on a flop. The player in the small blind, immediately to Mole's left, check-raised to 11,000. Mole was having none of it and three-bet to 34,000.
His opponent tanked for about a minute before letting his hand go and Mole took down the pot and moved his stack into six figures at 105,000.
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, somewhat surprising the rest of the table because of how slow he had reacted when the action got back on him. His opponent had 
and was in dire straights. She would hit a nine on the flop but no miracle would arrive and she would be eliminated.
and the PPC Player of the Year Leaderboard leader, Marzan, moved all in. His opponent didn't want to risk his tournament life and mucked his cards. Marzan showed 
, Steve Darr moved all in for 29,200 and had one opponent who was mulling over whether to call or not.
for a pair of jacks. Darr turned over 
for a pair of kings and Darr's opponent tapped the table to acknowledge the good hand.
and the river was the 
and Darr exhaled as he scored the crucial double up to 80,000 in chips.
. She flopped an open-ended straight draw on the 
flop but was unable to improve.
flop. The player in the small blind, immediately to Mole's left, check-raised to 11,000. Mole was having none of it and three-bet to 34,000.