Samantha Abernathy has been on quite a tear today, as we just spotted her raking in another pot. The player on the button raised to 550 and both players in the blinds, including Abernathy in the big blind, called.
The flop brought out and both blinds checked to the initial raiser who bet 1,250. The player in the small blind called, and Abernathy check-raised up to 3,250.
Both other players involved folded and Abernathy picked up another pot.
Jorn Walthaus, who traveled all the way from Hong Kong to play this tournament, walked by the media desk just now. He told us he had just been eliminated, though we couldn't have told that by his face as he was still all smiles.
Walthaus told us he had lost a lot of his chips in a hand against David Boyaciyan. In that hand Boyaciyan had opened to 400 and Walthaus had called. A short stack had shoved all in and both Boyaciyan and Walthaus had called. On a flop of with a flush draw, Boyaciyan had bet out 3,500. Walthaus had made the call. The on the turn made Boyaciyan check, and call Walthaus' 4,500 bet. The river made Boyaciyan bet out 8,000 and Walthaus folded. Boyaciyan showed in that hand, the all in player had and busted.
Walthaus had just 7,500 left after that hand and found himself all in not much later. After two limps, a player made it 1,200. Walthaus shoved all in and Barry Pietersz, the second limper, re shoved all in, the other player who had made it 1,200 folded. Pietersz showed up with queens and Walthaus with pocket sevens wouldn't improve.
Barrie Pietersz is one of the bigger stacks in the room, he plays about 100,000 at the moment. Not only did he bust Jorn Walthaus not too long ago, he also won two other big hands.
Pietersz told he flopped a straight versus a flush draw first, and won quite some chips there. His opponent had a gutshot on top of his flush draw, but Pietersz blocked those outs with his flopped straight, so it was just the flush outs he had to worry about, which stayed in the deck.
Not much later, he won another huge one.
Pietersz told us he made a bet on with two spades holding . His opponent made the call. On the turn an off suit appeared and Pietersz bet again. His opponent raised, and Pietersz called. The river made his opponent bet all in for two times the size of the pot, and Pietersz tank-called with his rivered straight. His opponent had for a lower straight, and Pietersz gained a lot of chips.
Ludovic Geilich raised under the gun to 625 and Robbie Schiffbauer three-bet to 1,625. The action folded to Senh Ung in the big blind and he made it 4,000.
Geilich moved all in, Schiffbauer called off his remaining 12,000 chips and Ung did the same for a similar amount.
Geilich:
Ung:
Schiffbauer:
The board ran out and Schiffbauer hit the rail while Ung tripled up.
One of our colleagues from the World Poker Tour blog hasted back to the media room, and told us of a big hand he had just witnessed. Michael Mizrachi, Anthony Zinno, and Hessel de Vries got their chips in before the flop with the following holdings:
Hessel de Vries:
Anthony Zinno:
Michael Mizrachi:
The board ran out , changing just about everything. De Vries went from top dog to trailing, Zinno found the ace he was looking for, and Mizrachi had a gutshot to keep his hopes up.
The hit the turn, not doing anything for anyone.
The on the river was anything but a blank though, helping De Vries win the hand. “Wow! A one outer! Sick.” said De Vries. The dealer checked all three stacks, and it turned out Mizrachi was eliminated, de Vries had doubled to 40,000, and Zinno was cut down to 18,000.
and both blinds checked to the initial raiser who bet 1,250. The player in the small blind called, and Abernathy check-raised up to 3,250.
with a flush draw, Boyaciyan had bet out 3,500. Walthaus had made the call. The 
on the turn made Boyaciyan check, and call Walthaus' 4,500 bet. The river 
made Boyaciyan bet out 8,000 and Walthaus folded. Boyaciyan showed 
with two spades holding 
. His opponent made the call. On the turn an off suit 
made his opponent bet all in for two times the size of the pot, and Pietersz tank-called with his rivered straight. His opponent had 
and Schiffbauer hit the rail while Ung tripled up.
, changing just about everything. De Vries went from top dog to trailing, Zinno found the ace he was looking for, and Mizrachi had a gutshot to keep his hopes up. 
