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Three levels of after-dinner poker have come and gone, and the players are taking their penultimate break of the night. When we return, we'll play four more levels with one more break in the middle.
Back in 10 minutes.
Level: 13
Blinds: 700/1,400
Ante: 200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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217,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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85,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
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78,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
73,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
||
|
65,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
61,000 | |
|
59,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
|
58,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
58,000 | |
|
|
||
|
53,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
||
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49,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
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44,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
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37,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
35,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
32,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
29,500 | |
|
16,500
-43,500
|
-43,500 |
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Busted | |
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Michael Traylor finished in 3rd place at the last Circuit Main Event at the Lake Tahoe stop, and he's doing just fine here on Day 1 of his shot at back-to-back final tables. During the break, we caught a ride up the escalator with Traylor.
"It's about to get real interesting in there," he said. "I just got moved to Bodog's (Ari Engel's) left."
Sure enough, we rushed back into the room just as the dealer was dealing the first hand, Traylor in the big blind. A player in early position raised, and Dave Inselberg called from the button. Traylor came along for cheap from his blind, and it was three ways to the flop. All three men checked through the 
to see the 
land on fourth street. Traylor led out with a bet of 7,000 chips now, enough to quickly fold the initial raiser. Inselberg wasn't so quickly pacified, however. "Mehhh, big blind special," he said with a bit of a cynical mood to it. After another minute or so, he looked at his cards again, exposed enough for his neighbor Engel to see what he was about to muck.
"Nit alert!" Engel said, grinning. Inselberg completed his fold, and Traylor dragged the pot to move up to about 61,000.
Matt Brady opened the pot to 3,200 from late position, and he found a call from the gentleman in the big blind who matched the bet to see a flop.
It came out 
, and both men checked. The 
turned, and Brady put out a bet of 3,000. His opponent proceeded to check-raise to 14,300, sending Brady deep into the tank as he contemplated the decision for about half his stack. After a couple long minutes, he moved all in for another 13,000 or so, and his opponent instantly called to put Brady on the ropes. And the news was not good:
Brady: 
Opponent: 
Looking for a ten but finding none on the 
river, Matt Brady has been put out of his misery here today. He's running pretty bad these days, and he knows it. "I never, ever flop a queen there unless he has one too," he said on his way out the door.
Michael Traylor can forget those dreams of back-to-back Main Event final tables. The last check on his stack finds him at, well, zero, and about 60,000 extra chips in the stack of his neighbor Ari Engel.
We inquired, and Engel was more than happy to tell us the story -- or what he remembered of the story. "I had ace-king and he had pocket tens. All in preflop." Fair enough, Ari. We asked him what card he paired so that we could report a few more details at least, but the question was more of a stumper than we'd anticipated. Neither Engel nor any of his table mates could recall which card he paired, but it doesn't really matter if we're honest. The long and short of it is that Traylor lost his race with tens, ending his day and his shot at a second consecutive WSOPC Main Event final table.
Engel is sitting with well over 125,000 chips now.
Level: 14
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
A player in middle position opened to 4,000 and Adam Adler re-raised all in on the button for about 37,000. Paul Darden was in the big blind and called all in for 20,800. The original raiser folded.
Adler: 
Darden: 
The board ran out 
and Darden doubled to about 46,000. Adler slipped to about 17,000.
Jason Young opened the pot with a raise from early position, and Todd Terry three-bet him from across the table. Young's response was an all-in four-bet shove for about 40,000, and Terry quickly made the call with the covering stack.
The news was bad for Young at showdown, seeing that his pocket queens had run right into Terry's two kings. The board was blank, Young is out, and Terry is up to about 130,000 courtesy of that pot.
Mike "Little Man" Sica opened with an under-the-gun raise to 4,200, and he found one call from a player a few seats over. Off they went to a flop of 
, and both men checked. The on the turn brought the action, though. Sica led out for 7,200, and his opponent tanked for a while before plunking out a covering stack of high-value chips. Sica double-checked his cards, then called off his last 9,300 to put himself at risk.
Showdown
Sica: 
Opponent: 
Sica was drawing dead to four outs -- the case ten and the non-diamond kings in the deck. The river did not meet those criteria, and Little Man has been sent to the showers.
