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 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.
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.
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.
Preflop action had built a pot of about 17,000 between three players, including the small blind, Frank Argano in early position, and Joe Udine in middle position.
The flop came . The player in the small blind bet 3,000 and Argano unhesitatingly called. Udine then pushed out a raise to 14,200 total, prompting a quick fold from the small blind. Argano contemplated for a bit, then folded his face up.
Argano is still sitting in fine shape with a massive stack of about 225,000, while Udine chips up close to 70,000.
Having suddenly plunged into short-stack status, Paul "paulgees81" Volpe committed the last of his chips with and found himself having unfortunately run into an opponent holding .
"Ugh," said Volpe upon seeing his opponent's tabled cards, standing up quickly to gather his bag. The flop provided some hope, coming , but the turn and river meant Volpe's night was over.