In early position, Isaac Baron opened with a raise to 1,250, and he found one caller a couple seats over. In late position, Steve O'Dwyer squeezed all 7,750 of his chips into the middle on a three-bet shove. Baron called the extra amount to put O'Dwyer officially at risk, and the monkey in the middle ducked out of the way.
Showdown
Baron: 
O'Dwyer: 
The board ran out foul for O'Dwyer, coming 
, and his day is done.
Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Andy Frankenberger is the first to cross the 100,000 mark today. He and Sorel Mizzi were both in 90,000 range at the last break, but Frankenberger has hit six figures thanks to a small pot.
The board read 
and Frankenberger's bet of 2,500 was called by an opponent. The river brought the 
and Frankenberger bet 3,100. His opponent called and mucked when Frankenberger tabled 
.
Shortly thereafter on a 
board, Frankenberger's bet of 6,600 was paid off by an opponent. Frankenberger tabled 
for the flopped straight, winning the hand and upping his stack to about 110,000.
Steve O'Dwyer just had his stack cut in half and then some. We picked up the action late, on the turn of a 
board. Isaac Baron led out with a bet of 2,650 there, and O'Dwyer went ahead and put him all in. Baron had a total of 9,075 chips to stick into the pot, and he turned up when he did so. He was ahead of O'Dwyer's 
, and the river 
locked it up.
After donating that double, O'Dwyer is down to about 9,000 now, while Baron climbs his way back over 20,000.
There's quite a poker tournament going on right now, but it's taken a bit of a backseat to the games on the television screens around the room. There is a serious NFL game brewing right now between the Tri-State's own New York Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the vast majority of the room is sweating hard.
Josh Brikis is frequently seen in a Steelers' jersey, and he and Jets-hat-wearing Matthew Waxman are sitting back-to-back at adjacent tables, both glued to the screen. A few minutes ago, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a long pass to lead his team closer to a potential go-ahead score, and Waxman shot out of his seat to pace around his chair in frustration.
"Are you serious right now?" he asked out loud. "Are you really serious?!"
"Oh we're serious, baby! Come on!" Brikis said, standing from his own chair for a few celebratory claps. He took a few steps over to Waxman and added, "I'm folding like every hand right now."
It's been a year full of run-bad for Matt Brady, and it has just come to a merciful end. Brady just came strolling by our media desk where his phone had been plugged in to an outlet.
"Well, see you next year, guys," he frowned. "Set under set to cripple me, then ace-king into queens to bust." With that, he was gone.
That pretty much tells you everything you need to know as Brady has taken the slow walk out into the casino.
We just caught the tail end of the pot, but it's changed the game for Josh Brikis.
It was a board of 
, and it looked like the action went check-check on the turn, though we're not positive. In any event, the river saw David Baker check, and Brikis bet 5,300 into a pot of just more than that. Baker craned his neck to eye up Brikis' remaining stack (7,800 behind) before check-raising big. Brikis dumped his last chips into the pot, and Baker tabled 
for the trip nines. Brikis had that beat; he turned up 
for the nut trips, and he's found a double up back over starting stack. He's at about 32,000 now, as he and Baker essentially trade stacks.
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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