donpeters
Manny Minaya found himself at the river against one opponent with the board reading . Minaya was able to get himself all in and his opponent quickly rolled over the for a full house. Minaya almost as quickly turned up for a higher full house, having got there on the river.
Minaya doubled through his opponent and now has around 35,000 chips.
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Chris Reslock - Eliminated
Chris Reslock has been sliding through the first two levels, and the last count had him down to just about 6,000 chips. We join the action in what would be his final hand of the day.
With three limpers in front of him, Reslock looked down at off-suit and opted to put in a raise to 1,400. The original limper folded, but the second player in reraised the pro. Reslock moved all in for just a few hundred more and was quickly called. His opponent tabled , and the race was on for Reslock's tournament life.
Unfortunately for him, the board was a big, dry desert, and Chris Reslock has become the first pro eliminated from the field today.
donpeters
The flop was and the player in the big blind checked to Ted Ely in the hijack seat. Ely checked and the player in the cutoff seat bet 600. The big blind folded before Ely tossed out a call.
The turn brought the and Ely checked again. His opponent quickly checked behind him.
The river was the and Ely took his time selecting a bet size of 1,150. His opponent looked at his own hand with uncertainty before mucking a revealed pocket jacks. Ely scooped the pot.
Ely placed third in the $1,000 event here at Caesars and is a regular on the East Coast tournament scene.
donpeters
The pot had about 6,000 chips in the middle after all five community cards were placed in the middle of the felt. was the board and Dwyte Pilgrim bet 3,250 into Matt Glantz. Glantz studied for only a few brief moments and then tossed out the chips to make the call.
"You got me," said Pilgrim. Glantz didn't reveal his hand just yet, as he wanted to see Pilgrim's hand. Pilgrim flashed his cards to Glantz, but didn't actually show his hand. It looked as if he held pocket threes. After seeing the hand, Glantz turned up for bottom pair.
"He's got what?!?!" questioned Pilgrim as he leaned forward to get a better view of Glantz's holding.
donpeters
Steven Greenberg raised to 400 from under the gun before Joshua Brikis reraised to 1,300 in middle position. Action folded around to David Inselberg in the big blind and he put in another raise to 4,000. Greenberg then put in another raise to 7,000. Brikis folded and with action back on Inselberg, he moved all in.
Almost everyone had left the room, while Greenberg sat in the tank. He stayed in the tank for a few minutes into the break while a small group of people gathered around the table. He finally elected to fold after thinking everything through.
"Good fold," remarked Inselberg as he tossed over his pocket aces, . "I thought about smooth calling, but I didn't want to get cute."
donpeters
Bernard Lee
According to Bernard Lee, he was able to pick some chips up on the following hand.
Lee had called a raise out of one of the blinds with pocket queens. The flop came down ten high and Lee checked. His opponent fired a continuation bet and Lee elected to raise, planning to take it down right there. After he raised, his opponent reraised. Lee mentioned that he didn't think his opponent put him on a big overpair and then opted to make the call.
The turn was checked by both players after a blank rolled off and then the river fell a jack. Lee checked thinking that the jack was a card that could have tripped up his opponent if he was holding pocket jacks. If it wasn't jacks, Lee had his opponent on a possible .
Both players ended up checking the river and Lee's queens were good against his opponent's .
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The Rounders Girls were hanging out in the tournament area and as Matt Glantz was getting a picture with them, Matt Stout said to Glantz, "I'm getting Debbie Glantz on the phone right now!"
. Minaya was able to get himself all in and his opponent quickly rolled over the 
for a full house. Minaya almost as quickly turned up 
for a higher full house, having got there on the river.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
off-suit and opted to put in a raise to 1,400. The original limper folded, but the second player in reraised the pro. Reslock moved all in for just a few hundred more and was quickly called. His opponent tabled 
and the player in the big blind checked to Ted Ely in the hijack seat. Ely checked and the player in the cutoff seat bet 600. The big blind folded before Ely tossed out a call.
and Ely checked again. His opponent quickly checked behind him.
and Ely took his time selecting a bet size of 1,150. His opponent looked at his own hand with uncertainty before mucking a revealed pocket jacks. Ely scooped the pot.
was the board and Dwyte Pilgrim bet 3,250 into Matt Glantz. Glantz studied for only a few brief moments and then tossed out the chips to make the call.
for bottom pair.
. "I thought about smooth calling, but I didn't want to get cute."
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