| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000 | -160,000 |
|
365,000 | -50,000 |
|
300,000 | 200,000 |
|
280,000 | 228,000 |
|
265,000 | 45,000 |
|
215,000 | 130,000 |
|
160,000 | 104,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
920,000 | 230,000 |
|
520,000 | 65,000 |
|
440,000 | 203,000 |
|
410,000 | 60,000 |
|
350,000 | 190,000 |
|
205,000 | 104,000 |
|
160,000 | -155,000 |
|
150,000 | -190,000 |
|
130,000 | 50,000 |
We missed the preflop action, but it looks like John Riordan had three-bet a middle-position raise from the button. That's our best guess, but we know for certain there was more than 100,000 in the pot as the two men headed off to the flop.
The dealer spread out 
, and Riordan continued out with a small bet of 26,000. His opponent check-raised to 76,000 total, though, and Riordan flicked the extra chips from his stack and into the pot. That brought them to the 
turn, and the check-raiser quickly announced an all in for about 225,000. Riordan had that covered by nearly double, and he tanked for a minute or so before surrendering his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
415,000 | -40,000 |
Roman Valerstein's break was only about two minutes, but he certainly enjoyed stacking his chips after the last hand of Level 19.
It began with PJ Walsworth opening to 14,000 under the gun and he was called by three players, including Valerstein in middle position. The flop came down 
and action checked to Walsworth who bet 26,000. Valerstein popped it to 70,000, forcing folds from the other two players.
Walsworth came along to see the 
turn and checked. Valerstein bet a cool 100,000 and after about one minute in the tank, Walsworth called. The river fell it was the same story. Walsworth check-called 150,000 from Valerstein after a bit of time in the tank, but he was not happy to see Valerstein table 
.
"Two pair," said Walsworth. "Should have shoved the turn."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,180,000 | 400,000 |
|
|
255,000 | -345,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
We'll be back in 10 minutes.
We wish we'd seen more of this pot, but it was essentially over by the time we walked up. It involved Brian "Stinger 88" Hastings, and he had come up on the wrong end of a double-up pot against a player a few seats to his left.
The board showed 
by the time we got there, and Mr. Opponent had flopped the world with 
. Hastings' hand was already mucked when we got there, but it sounds like he was well in front when the money got in. Mr. Opponent was doing some chatting about a cold four-bet, so it sounds like he shoved his money in bad and got there against Hastings.
However it went, Stinger brushed it off as well as we've seen. "That's okay," he said. "I started the day with 20,000." That pot stole a significant chunk of his chips, but he's got 101,000 of them left to run back up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
101,000 | -84,000 |
Roman Valerstein opened to 13,000 in middle position and Raj Vohra three-bet all in for 107,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Valerstein who quickly called.
Valerstein:
Vohra: 
The board ran out a safe 
for Vohra to give him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
780,000 | -110,000 |
|
232,000 | 125,000 |
From the button, Jeremy McLaughlin opened with a raise, and the small blind flat-called. In the big, though, the short-stacked gentleman looked down at 
and squeezed all in for another 51,500 on top. That sent McLaughlin into the tank for a good while, but he eventually dropped the calling chips into the pot, and the small blind ducked out of the way. When the cards were turned up, McLaughlin saw the bad news that his 
was dominated.
"Maybe we'll chop," he hoped aloud.
The 
flop made a split pot a possibility, but that's all the closer McLaughlin would get. The turn 
and river 
were blanks, and the big blind has found his double.
McLaughlin has slipped back to about 160,000 with that loss.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | -100,000 |
The poker gods must be angry at John Riordan. Since returning from dinner, he's found the going awfully tough, and we're not sure we've seen him drag a single pot.
In the last hand, a player in middle postion open-shoved for 54,000, and Riordan quickly called with his big stack. When the rest of the table folded, Riordan spun his out onto the felt, and that was bad news for the at-risk player. He sheepishly tabled his inferior 
, and he asked the dealer for a deuce.
The 
flop was more or less a miss, but the turn was right in Mr. All-In's neighborhood. Riordan barely reacted at that card or the 
river, and he quietly cut the debt out from his stack and passed it across the table.
The defending champ is finding things a bit more difficult here in the evening session, and that hit knocks him back down to about 455,000. That's the beauty of building a monster stack early on, though, as Riordan can well afford to take a few little dings like that one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
455,000 | -100,000 |
