Alec Torelli was in the small blind on the first hand back from the break, and was facing a raise from the button to 7,500. Torelli threw down four blue T5,000, for a raise to 21,500. The big blind folded, and it was back to the button, who took just a few seconds before piling up her chips and sliding them into the middle. Torelli snap called, and the cards were flipped.
Torelli:
Opponent:
Torelli was well out in front, and increased his lead after the flop came . Torelli needed to fade just a ten for a straight, and did on the turn, the . That did give his opponent some additional outs, but none of them came on the river, the . Torelli scooped the pot, and joins the exclusive 300,000 chip club.
The players are on another 10 minute break. They are coloring up the black T100 chips as we speak. Players will play two more one hour levels then go to their dinner break.
Bryan Devonshire will much more time to play on his iPad.
We didn't catch the hand but Bryan Devonshire has been eliminated. Devonshire moved in preflop holding pocket kings and Louis Lo called holding pocket aces.
Devonshire couldn't catch up and his chips pushed Lo near the top of the leaderboard.
Thor Hansen has been riding a short to middle stack for most of the day, reaching his high of 80,000. However, he has just lost a pot that has dropped him back to around 50,000. Hansen raised to 5,200 preflop, and the player in the big blind raised it up to 15,200. Hansen came along and they saw a flop of . Both players checked, and the turn brought the . The big blind check, and Hansen fired out 12,000. He was called, and the river came the . Both players checked, and the big blind showed . Hansen couldn't beat it, and mucked his hand, droppping him to 50,000.
Susie Zhao has been at or near the chiplead all day.
Susie Zhao limped from under the gun and Matthew Carmody raised to 4,500 in late position. The blinds released and Zhao re-raised to 14,500. Carmody called and the flop came . Both players checked to the turn. Zhao bet 13,300 and Carmody called. The river brought the and Zhao led with 15,800. Carmody called and Zhao tabled and Carmody mucked.
In poker, there are action river cards, and then there are "Wow I can't believe that card came" river cards. We just saw the latter version of that river card in a pot that gave local pro Frankie O'Dell a much needed double up. We caught the action on a flop of with O'Dell heads up with another player. With about 12,000 in the pot, O'Dell check call his opponents bet of 3,600. Both players checked the on the turn, and the river brought the . This is where the action started.
O'Dell led out with a tiny bet of 3,000. His opponent quickly pulled the 3,000, then added raising chips and upped it to 16,000. O'Dell quickly shoved the rest of his chips in, which added up to just over the raise. His opponent called and flipped over for a rivered set. However, O'Dell flipped up for a rivered straight! O'Dell collected the chips, and boosted his stack to 56,000.
Freedy Deeb was one of the players who elected to just buy in today before action started and start the day with 20 big blinds. From the first hand, Deeb has been playing fast and loose, and it looks to be paying off for him. Everytime we walk by his table, his stack has grown and now he is sitting on around 180,000, which is one of the top stacks in the room. Deeb is quickly become a huge factor in this tournament, and is a player that no one wants to mess with right now.
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. Torelli needed to fade just a ten for a straight, and did on the turn, the 
. That did give his opponent some additional outs, but none of them came on the river, the 
. Torelli scooped the pot, and joins the exclusive 300,000 chip club.
. Both players checked, and the turn brought the 
. The big blind check, and Hansen fired out 12,000. He was called, and the river came the 
. Both players checked, and the big blind showed 
. Hansen couldn't beat it, and mucked his hand, droppping him to 50,000.
. Both players checked to the 
and Zhao led with 15,800. Carmody called and Zhao tabled 
and Carmody mucked.
with O'Dell heads up with another player. With about 12,000 in the pot, O'Dell check call his opponents bet of 3,600. Both players checked the 
. This is where the action started.
for a rivered set. However, O'Dell flipped up 
