Three More!
Tournament staff has announced that only three more hands remain before bagging and tagging the advancing players from the first starting flight.
Tournament staff has announced that only three more hands remain before bagging and tagging the advancing players from the first starting flight.
Mike Bennett raised in early position, a player three-bet to 5,100 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Bennett, who four-bet to 12,000. The player called.
The flop fell , both players checked, and the turn was the . Bennett quickly tossed out 10,000. The player called.
The completed the board, and Bennett moved all in for 16,000. The player went into the tank.
"There's already enough in there," Bennett announced. "We've been friendly all day."
The dealer abruptly stopped them, warning them that it was dangerously close to soft play, and the player folded.
"It wasn't soft play," Bennett said, turning over . "I was all in."
Bennett now sits with around 205,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Bennett
|
205,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
A player opened to 2,200 from the cutoff seat, Natasha Barbour three-bet to 4,200 on his direct left, and the action folded back to the original raiser, who quickly called.
The flop fell , and the player tanked for a bit before firing 4,700. Barbour quickly reached for all of her red T5,000 chips, and raised all in for effectively 45,000 or so. The player scrunched his face, sat quietly for a few seconds, then folded.
Barbour brought in the pot, and now sits with around 155,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Natasha Barbour |
155,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
The player under the gun plus one opened to 2,500 and players around the table mucked their cards until action hit Jonathan Tamayo in the big blind. He flat called and the dealer showed a flop of . Action went check-check and the dropped down on the turn. Tamayo checked again and his opponent shot out 3,500. Tamayo stuck around.
The river was the and the table was tapped two more times. Tamayo tabled and his opponent mucked, awarding him the pot. He's currently sitting on about 55,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Tamayo |
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level: 11a
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Shaun Deeb is planning on joining the second flight after the next level:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Natasha Barbour |
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Mike Bennett
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Chris Rauscher |
126,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
We're unsure of the action, but got to the table in time to see Pedro Rios ship over roughly half of his stack to a player on the other side of the table. The board read and Rios' opponent held for a set of nines. Rios moved 33,700 across the table and quietly shuffled chips while his opponent raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pedro Rios |
34,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
A short-stacked player was all in and at risk preflop holding , and Huy Nguyen had him at risk with .
The jacks held as the board ran out , and the player was eliminated.
Nguyen is still below the starting stack with around 18,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Huy Nguyen |
18,000
4,000
|
4,000 |