Dean Schultz got his ~15,000 chips into the middle with , and he was poised for a double up when Eli Berg looked him up with .
The flop was clean for the at-risk Schultz, coming . The was a dirty turn card, however, and the river shot Schultz out of his chair, spilling his chips over onto the felt as he walked off into the casino.
Berg is now right back where he started the day with 49,000.
Andy Frankenberger raised from early position, and Chris Bell called from the big blind. Heads up, they checked the flop, and Bell checked again on the turn. Frankenberger bet 2,100 at the pot, and Bell called. The river saw Bell call a 5,200-chip bet from Frankenberger.
We'd never see Bell's cards; Frankenberger tabled , and it was the winner. Mark him down for 188,600 now and the chip lead, while Bell's loss knocks him back to about 46,000.
Anthony Newman has been eliminated after tangling in a preflop raising war with Chris Bell. The two of them got all the chips in, Bell's racing for the knockout against Newman's .
Board:
Newman is unable to catch up, and he's been sent off. Bell climbs to about 60,000 with that knockout.
First in from the hijack seat, Chris Bell made it 1,700 to play, and Josh Brikis called two seats over. Andy Frankenberger called from the small blind as well, but Ravi Raghavan squeezed in a raise to 6,900 from the big. Bell and Frankenberger called this time, while Brikis opted to duck out of the way.
Three-handed, the flop came out , and Frankenberger led out into the pot with 12,000 chips. Raghavan promptly moved all in for 31,825, Bell folded, and Frankenberger went into the tank. Across the table, Wooyang Lin was a bit frustrated by how long the decision took, and he eventually decided to take a quick nap under his Yankees hat. It was several long minutes before Frankenberger decided to make the call, and it was the right one:
Frankenberger:
Raghavan:
Both men had flopped top pair, but Frankenberger's kicker had him two cards from the knockout. The turn and river came and respectively, and that's the end of Raghavan's day. Frankenberger is now in the commanding chip lead with 175,000 chips. After the hand, he had a word with Lin.
"Look, you don't need to be huffing and puffing over there. It was a 70,000-chip pot. I would never give someone a tough time for taking their time in a 70,000-chip pot."
He and Lin bantered back and forth for a minute, Lin arguing that he could have called the clock but elected not to. "I know you didn't call the clock. But you were huffing and puffing over there while I was thinking."
We walked up to the table to see Vichien Siprajim all in on a flop, and he had the mighty opened up in front of him. He was in bad shape as Seth Fischer put him to the test with , and Siprajim could not find any more help. The turn and river have sent him to the showers, and Fischer has worked his way up to about 90,000 here in the early going.
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shot Schultz out of his chair, spilling his chips over onto the felt as he walked off into the casino.
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river saw Bell call a 5,200-chip bet from Frankenberger.
, and it was the winner. Mark him down for 188,600 now and the chip lead, while Bell's loss knocks him back to about 46,000.
racing for the knockout against Newman's 
, and Frankenberger led out into the pot with 12,000 chips. Raghavan promptly moved all in for 31,825, Bell folded, and Frankenberger went into the tank. Across the table, Wooyang Lin was a bit frustrated by how long the decision took, and he eventually decided to take a quick nap under his Yankees hat. It was several long minutes before Frankenberger decided to make the call, and it was the right one:
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flop, and he had the mighty 
opened up in front of him. He was in bad shape as Seth Fischer put him to the test with 
, and Siprajim could not find any more help. The turn 
and river