In middle position, Micah Raskin opened to 25,000, and the action came around to Jason Burt's big blind. "I'll put you all in," he announced, and Raskin instantly called all in for 156,000 total. He was looking to double through Burt for the second time in this orbit, and it was another flip of the coin:
Raskin:
Burt:
This time it was Raskin with the pair and the slight edge, and it was off to the races. The board smiled on the at-risk player once again as it ran out . Ship Raskin his second consecutive double, this one moving him up to 326,000 and knocking Burt down to 260,000.
The action folded around to the blinds, and Chris Klodnicki tried to put Seth Fischer all in by plunking a big stack of gray chips out in front of him; it looked like 100,000. "I call," Fischer said, and the 16,000 chips he was left with drew a chuckle from the table.
The flop came out , and Klodnicki said, "Oh no! ... How much do you have left?" He checked, then called the 16,000 to put Fischer at risk.
Klodnicki watched Fischer turn over and said, "All right, running sixes!" as he tabled his very much inferior . The that landed on the turn was a great card for Klodnicki, though, bringing another six chop outs to the party. The river was not one of them, however, and aces full of tens double Fischer back to respectability.
The cameras need new tapes, and we've conveniently arrived at the end of a level anyhow. The players are taking five, and we'll be right back with more action.
Our nine players are back in their seats, and the fifty-two cards are back in the air. The word on the street is that we'll play through this level and then take a dinner break.
Micah Raskin opened to 33,000 from the cutoff and Nick Mitchell moved all in for for 187,000 total from the small blind. Raskin gave it up and Mitchell took it down.
As you may have noticed, we're still nine-handed here at the final table, thanks in part to a few timely double ups. And thanks in part to the fact that play began with an average stack of more than 75 big blinds.
Fast forward about four hours, and the blinds have since doubled from 3,000/6,000/1,000 to 6,000/12,000/2,000. Even being mostly inept at math, we can figure that the average chip stack is now about 38 big blinds, and things are certainly going to start getting a bit more active. On second thought, it's been a fairly active table already, but that action is certainly going to start resulting in some knockouts in the near future.
Ketan Pandya raised to 28,000 from late position, and Andy Frankenberger three-bet shoved from the big blind after a long pause. Pandya did not pause long, quickly uncapping his cards and sliding them back toward the dealer.
On the next hand, Ketan Pandya once again opened to 28,000 only to be shoved on by the big blind. This time it was Jason Burt moving his 308,000-chip stack into the middle. There was no snap-fold from Pandya, instead asking for the count as he sat deep in the tank. As he pondered, his leg was bouncing up and down, and he started making funny cheek movements like a chipmunk chewing on an extra large acorn. Eventually, he surrendered for the second consecutive time, and Burt moves up to 360,000.
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. Ship Raskin his second consecutive double, this one moving him up to 326,000 and knocking Burt down to 260,000.
, and Klodnicki said, "Oh no! ... How much do you have left?" He checked, then called the 16,000 to put Fischer at risk.
and said, "All right, running sixes!" as he tabled his very much inferior 
. The 
was not one of them, however, and aces full of tens double Fischer back to respectability.
