Chris Bell opened for 13,000 in late position and Ramana Epparla shoved from the button. The blinds released and Bell asked for a count. It was 19,000 more to him and Bell sat expressionless before he tossed in calling chips.
Epparla:
Bell:
The board ran and Epparla earned a much needed double up. With that hand Bell has fallen below average.
Circuit regular Luther Louis has just been eliminated in a set over set situation. We found him betting about half his stack on a flop of . Paul Greim quickly announced all in and Louis couldn't wait to get his chips in the middle.
"Do you have pocket aces?" Louis asked as he tabled .
Greim nodded as he showed him the bad news with . The board completed and Louis left the tournament area.
Manh Nguyen opened to 8,500 from under the gun, a player on his direct left three-bet to 22,000, and Jim Anderson cold four-bet to 45,000. The action folded back to Nguyen who mucked, while the other player committed his remaining 50,000 or so chips to call.
Showdown
Anderson
Opponent
The flop actually made Anderson's opponent a 51% favorite to win the hand according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, but the turn and river were both black. Neither the nor the connected with the gentleman's hand, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Jamie Kerstetter has been eliminated and that leaves us with just one woman remaining. The last woman standing is Cynthia Albert, but her friends call her "Poker Peach." She lives in Germantown, MD but is originally from Albany, GA. She's been playing poker her whole life, her family were big fans of the game. She started playing competitively in 2004. To date, she has 11 cashes to her credit, including a 10th place finish in a HPT Las Vegas Main Event in 2011 and a first place finish in the 2009 WSOPC Harrah's Atlantic City Ladies Event.
You don't see it often but Roland Israel is capable of smiling.
We just watched Roland Israel take down a pot preflop when his opponent put in a large three-bet in position. Israel pushed out a large, uncountable stack of his large denomination chips for a big re-raise. His opponent folded after a few moments.
"You see I did that with queen ten," Israel said. He flashed the and continued, "I know you make that move playing queen nine and I have you beat."
"It wasn't," his opponent replied. "Let's see the ten."
Israel held his cards for a moment and then quickly flashed a red queen before collecting the pot.
and Epparla earned a much needed double up. With that hand Bell has fallen below average.
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and Louis left the tournament area.
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