We just walked by Paul Volpe's table, and to our surprise he's dropped all the way down to 30,000 chips. Volpe explained to us that he had been three-betting the player to his right quite often, and in a blind-for-blind situation his opponent finally four-bet. Volpe five-bet jammed with and his opponent called, having him crushed with .
Volpe lost the hand, but then doubled up soon after. He will need a few more doubles to get back on track.
Steven Curtin opened for 4,500 from the cutoff, getting a couple of callers from the blinds.
The flop came . Both blinds checked to Curtin who without much hesitation continued for 9,000. The small blind rechecked his cards and folded, and the big blind quickly tossed his cards away as well.
Mike Leah and an opponent were heads up with the board reading . Leah's opponent check-called 3,700 and both players checked after the turned. The fell on the river and Leah's opponent checked a third time. Leah tossed in 7,700 and his opponent called.
Leah opened up for kings and nines and his opponent flashed then mucked the cards.
"You like that flop?" his opponent asked sarcastically.
Leah is now right around average with 65,000 chips.
After winning a few sizable pots, Paul Volpe is well over 100,000 chips while Andy Santiago is out of the tournament.
According to Santiago he was crippled when he flopped trip sixes on a board. An opponent, possibly Volpe, held and won a 170,000-chip pot. Left with only 10 big blinds, Santiago called Volpe's small blind shove with just and Volpe opened .
The flop gave Santiago a commanding lead with two pair, but the turn and river came , respectively, giving Volpe a winning straight.
Santiago's boisterous prediction did not come true today, but there's always next time.
Mike Leah just won himself a cautiously-played three-way hand that saw a lot of action before the flop, then a lot of checking afterwards.
By the river the board showed . The player in the blinds showed one card, the , then mucked when Leah turned over . The third player, Travell Thomas, grumbled "I knew I should have bet that flop" before folding.
Leah scoops a few chips there to move back to around 55,000. Meanwhile Thomas now sits with just under 40,000.
We couldn't find former Alberto Chocron anywhere and we finally found out why; he was eliminated by Patrick "Cake" Houchins. We don't know the details of the hand, but what we do know is Houchins is our chip leader with 210,000.
We missed the action, but when we reached Andy Santiago's table he was shipping 33,000 chips to an opponent on his left and his cards were already in the muck. Santiago's opponent had laying in front of him and the board read , giving him a full house.
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and his opponent called, having him crushed with 
.
. Both blinds checked to Curtin who without much hesitation continued for 9,000. The small blind rechecked his cards and folded, and the big blind quickly tossed his cards away as well.
. Leah's opponent check-called 3,700 and both players checked after the 
turned. The 
fell on the river and Leah's opponent checked a third time. Leah tossed in 7,700 and his opponent called.
for kings and nines and his opponent flashed 
then mucked the cards.
board. An opponent, possibly Volpe, held 
and Volpe opened 
.
flop gave Santiago a commanding lead with two pair, but the turn and river came 
, 
respectively, giving Volpe a winning straight.
. The player in the blinds showed one card, the 
, then mucked when Leah turned over 
. The third player, Travell Thomas, grumbled "I knew I should have bet that flop" before folding.
