Earlier today we reported on Wisconsin poker player John Orr, who hit an early rush to vault toward the top of the chip counts. Unfortunately, Orr's heater came to an end and he fell card dead for about 3.5 hours. Before making his way to the payout desk, Orr told us he had shipped into pocket aces. He managed to hit a ten on flop, but his opponent also caught an ace.
Action folded to Eric Crain in the cutoff and he put in a raise, which ended up being three-bet all in by the big blind, who had 120,000 total. Crain made the call and liked his position.
Showdown
Crain:
Big Blind:
While Crain was ahead preflop, the flop changed that. "I never win when I get it in good," Crain observed. Sure enough, the turn and river saw the pot shipped to his opponent. Crain is still healthy with 700K.
David Snitkin stopped by our table to tell us his tale of elimination. According to him, an under-the-gun player shipped his stack with and action folded to Snitkin in the small blind. He peered down at and made the easy call. The two players were dead even in chips, meaning one would be eliminated while the other would jump up to the chip average.
Unfortunately for Snitkin, a jack on the river would put an end to his Main Event in 132nd place.
Paul "Pauly Walnuts" Bianchi entered today as the chipleader but lost that claim as Mark Kroon, Chad Brown and Eric Crain were winning big pots. Bianchi is on the comeback trail after scoring an elimination. A player in front of him moved all in and Bianchi re-raised 150,000 to isolate the all in. Action folded around and the hands were tabled.
Bianchi:
Opponent:
The board ran and Bianchi rejoined the top of the leaderboard.