Bang the Drum Slowly
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The seat that formerly belonged to Jeff Banghart is now occupied by someone other than him, and Ari Engel has close to 80,000 chips in front of him at the other end of the table. Putting two and two together, we asked Engel what happened, and he was kind enough to fill us in.
Banghart was the preflop raiser from late position, and Engel defended his big blind to go heads up to a 
flop. Engel check-called a bet, and he check-called another on when a 
hit fourth street. The river was a 
, and Engel checked one last time. Banghart bet 7,500 before Engel check-shoved all in for Banghart's effective ~33,000 remaining chips. The call came, and Engel turned up for tens full.
Banghart claimed to have the six, but we'd never get to find out for sure. His cards hit the muck, and he was gone in a flash.
flop, and he bet out 1,800 -- about 2/3rds the size of the pot. His opponent didn't waste any time calling, and Yang fired another 5,600 on the 
turn. The call came quickly once again, and the scary 
filled out the board on fifth street. When his man checked to him a third time, Yang eyed up his stack and made a healthy 20,000-chip bet. This time there was no snap-call, and his opponent tanked for a long while before surrendering his cards to the muck.
flop, Harrison Gimbel checked, and the lady directly across from him bet 3,000 into a pot of just more than that. Gimbel took his pause for a moment before sliding a covering stack of high-value chips forward. His opponent had about 18,700 chips total, and she called all in for her tournament life. She was ahead, but there'd be some sweating in her future.
off the deck right on fourth street. The river 
was a mere formality as Gimbel has claimed another tournament life to bolster his stack back up to about 61,000.
. Both checked and the 
and Beasley bet about 4,700, the rest of his opponent's stack. His opponent did in fact call all-in, showing 
for a rivered full house. Beasley was not pleased about it, flashing the 
, as the pot was pushed to his opponent.
flop, and Stuart Paterson bet 1,400. That got him heads up with a lone opponent as they moved to the 
river, and the unknown player now led out with a bet of 2,500. Paterson wasted no time raising to 9,500, but that wasn't going to get it done. His opponent promptly reraised to 25,500, and Paterson flat-called to see what was what.
(for three pair), and Paterson's