In the last six or seven hands, we have only seen one flop. With no single stack being extremely high or low, it looks like we may be at a deadlock at nine for some time.
James Mordue, the quietest player so far today, raised from the hijack to 110,000 before Kevin Calenzo three-bet on the button to 310,000. Mordue double-checked his hand and made the call.
The flop was 
and both players quickly checked. The turn was the 
and once again, both players decided to check. The 
river was checked down just as fast as the first two streets and Mordue flipped over 
. It proved to be good as Calenzo threw his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000 | -350,000 |
|
1,800,000 | 300,000 |
James Mordue came in for a raise to 110,000 and action folded around to Jeff Fielder in the small blind. Fielder took about 30 seconds to count out his chips, then announced himself all in for 495,000. It folded back around to Mordue, who started to go in the tank. Mordue cut out the chips for a call and, on two different occassions, it looked like he was going to call, as he moved his chips slightly forward before pulling them back. Finally, after over three minutes of thinking, he let his hand go, giving the pot to Fielder.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000 | -200,000 |
|
720,000 | -150,000 |
Ian Mack raised under the gun to 115,000 and action folded around to Joe Kuether in the cutoff. He has moved in a couple of times without getting called in the last hour or two and he just did so again by three-betting his stack of exactly 1.1 million. Mack went into the tank for nearly five minutes before deciding to make the call.
Mack: 
Kuether: 
The flop put Kuether in the lead when it came off 
, but he would have to sweat it out as two paint cards would hit the board. But the 
and 
were not what Mack was looking for and he sent about half of his stack over to the other side of the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,300,000 | 1,400,000 |
|
1,400,000 | -1,100,000 |
Sean Getzwiller came in for a raise to 110,000 and Dutch Boyd called in the small blind. Joe Kuether was in the big blind and he made a raise to 280,000. It was back to Getzwiller, who went into the tank for a while. After about three minutes of thinking, he announced raise and assembled a massive bet of 455,000 on top of Kuether's raise. Boyd got out of the way and it was back to Kuether. After about a minute, he went all in and was snap called by Getzwiller. It was fairly obvious what we were looking at, and when the cards were flipped, the preflop cooler was confirmed.
Kuether: 
Getzwiller: 
Not only did Getzwiller have the one hand that could beat Kuether, but he also had both of his suits, meaning Kuether would need a two-outer to win. The flop came out 
and Getzwiller was still out in front. He stayed there on the turn, the 
, and the river, the 
. Getzwiller scooped the massive pot and is now a huge chip leader as we go on break. Meanwhile, Kuether is down to three big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000 | 2,400,000 |
|
|
170,000 | -2,130,000 |
That massive pot was the last hand before the players went on break. Play will continue in just a few minutes.
Level: 30
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
The players are back in their seats and the cards are in the air again.
Joe Kuether just doubled up twice in a row. First, he moved all in on a flop of 
with 
against the of Kevin Calenzo. The turn gave Kuether the lead and the 
river gave him the pot.
Then, he moved all in preflop on the button holding 
and got called by Jeff Fielder in the small blind who held 
. The flop was 
making the likelihood of a chopped pot slim. The turn left Kuether on the edge of elimination, but amazingly he hit a three-outter on the river when it fell the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
850,000 | 680,000 |
Bill Criego raised to 150,000 under the gun and everyone at the table folded except for James Mordue, who called in the big blind. The flop came out and both players checked. The turn brought the and Mordue checked to Criego, who fired out 120,000. Mordue decided to check-raise, sliding out a bet of 260,000 total. Criego thought for about 20 seconds before throwing in the call and the river came the 
. Mordue wasted little time in making a bet of 265,000 and Criego wasted even less time, snap-calling him. Mordue shook his head, and Criego tabled 
for running two pair, which was good enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,745,000 | 695,000 |
|
|
950,000 | -650,000 |
