As soon as we were done reporting the Crawford/Franks hand, we found another huge pot at the table. Leroy Spires and Alec Torelli were at the river with a pot already at over 200,000.
The board showed and Spires bet out 130,000 on the river. Torelli made the call after a short while and Spires reluctantly turned over . Torelli tabled for two pair and took the monster pot.
We didn't see the hand until after the board was dealt out, but Louis Lo has just secured a big doubled up. The action was recapped for us, as Lo made a three bet from the button. The big blind shoved all in, and Lo called, showing . His opponent had , and Lo was well out in front. Any chance of a miracle suckout went out the door on the flop, which came . The turn and river came , and Lo won most of his opponents chips, doubling up to around 700,000.
Julie Franks and Brandon Crawford went a flop of together. Franks checked, Crawford bet 25,000 and Franks called. The turn brought the , Franks checked a second time and Crawford bet 45,000. Franks check-raised to 95,000 and Crawford called to see the river. Franks didn't check a third time and bet 85,000. Crawford announced call and tabled for two pair. Franks sighed and tossed her cards into the muck.
Crawford is the second member of the seven-figure club.
Action folded all the way around to Alec Torelli in the small blind, and he raised it up to 24,000. Brandon Crawford came along in the big blind, and the two players saw a flop of . Torelli c-bet with 30,000, and Crawford quickly tossed in the call. The turn brought the , and Torelli slowed down with a check. Crawford bet out 45,000, and Torelli made the call. Both players checked the on the river, and Crawford tabled . Torelli tapped the felt, and mucked his hand, dropping his stack to 340,000. On the other side, Crawford is sitting on around 700,000.
Four players all tossed in 20,000 to see the flop of . Julie Franks checked, Vincent Cardella checked and an unknown player moved all in. The folded around to Cardella and he called.
Cardella:
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The board finished and at first the at risk player thought he won with jacks full of tens but then the table was kind enough to point out that Cardella had kings full of jacks.
We are down to 33 players, and most of the severe short stacks are gone, leaving a ton of players with a ton of chips. This is clearly the case at one table, where five of the top ten stacks are playing, including chip leader David Singontiko, Leroy Spires, Julie Franks,Brandon Crawford, and Alec Torelli. There sure seems to be fire works ready to go off at any second there, and we will do our best to catch every big moment.