Tryba Will Have to Try Again Next Time
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We didn't catch the hand, but Chris Tryba has been sent to the rail.
We didn't catch the hand, but Chris Tryba has been sent to the rail.
Claudia Crawford raised to 3,000 from early position and received a call from the player in the cutoff. The flop came down and Crawford continuation bet another 3,000. The cutoff thought it over before folding. Crawford flashed
and said, "If you had an ace, you had an ace."
"I didn't," was the cutoff's simple reply. Crawford is up to around 70,000.
The players are on a 10-minute break.
Level: 13
Blinds: 700/1,400
Ante: 200
Steven Marshall is the first to cross the 200,000 mark, currently sitting on a stack of 210,000.
Most recently, he check-raised all in on a board, forcing a fold from an opponent who had 50,000 behind, not willing to risk the rest of his stack.
In a recent hand, Seat 1 was all in with pocket sixes against the of his opponent with a flop of
. The turn delivered a
for Seat 1 and the river blanked, giving him the double. Apparently worried about his play, the first thing he said was, "Don't make fun of me T.J.," which was directed at his tablemate.
"I wasn't going to," smiled Cloutier. "You were ahead." Meanwhile Cloutier's former tablemate, Aaron Brandt, has been eliminated from the tournament.
With about 10,000 in the pot and a board reading , the small blind checked to John Land who bet 4,000. The small blind must have smelled something fishy because he made the call.
"Aces," Land said as he flipped . the small blind seemed surprised as he threw his cards in the muck. Land managed to add a few thousand to his massive stack.
T.J. Cloutier opened to 4,500 from early position and the player in the hijack went all in for 23,500. Action folded back to Cloutier and he gave it up, flashing the . The re-raiser showed
as he collected the chips.
Cloutier is down to about 29,000.
The original field of 270 has been cut down to just 108 players. With 162 players on the rail, the chip average for the remaining players is right at 50,000.
Level: 14
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200