After Aaron Massey opened from middle position, for how much we're not sure, Micah Raskin moved all in from the big blind for 6,050 more. Massey shot out of his chair, asked for a count, and then ponder what to do for a long time. He then uttered an expletive, thought a little more, and then made the call.
Massey:
Raskin:
"What took you so long?" Kevin Saul asked from the rail. Saul, who advanced with a big stack in the first flight, is stuck watching the action as his friends and ride (Kurt Jewell and the Massey Brothers) all had to fire a second bullet.
Massey seemed happy with a flip and even more so when it came down in his favor after the board ran out . With that, Raskin was sent to the rail for a second time today while Massey chipped up to 53,000.
A couple of hands later, another couple of players busted to leave the table six handed. "The party's breaking up around here," one of the surviving players quipped.
After a player limped in from middle position and the small blind called, Travell Thomas raised all in from the big blind for about 6,500. When the middle-position limper then said he was raising all in, Thomas fell back in his seat and exhaled. The small blind stepped aside, and the players tabled their hands.
Thomas had and shook his head at the sight of his opponent's . The flop came an intriguing to pair Thomas, then the turn card hit his hand again. The river was the , and Thomas survived.
"All right now," said Thomas. "I'm about to win the tournament."
We saw Nesrine Kourdourli sitting with right around 90,000 in chips, and she was kind enough to tell us how she acquired the majority of them.
According to her, she three-bet to 2,700 after another player had opened for 1,100. An unknown player then four-bet to 6,300, the initial raised folded, and Kourdourli made the call, bringing about a flop of . Kourdourli proceeded to check-call a bet of 5,000 and then check-called another bet, this time 8,000, on the turn, which put to clubs on the board. When a peeled off on the river, Kourdourli checked for a third time and her opponent moved all in. Kourdourli tanked for a long time before calling off her last 18,000 with for a pair of fours, and she was glad she did as her opponent had missed with the .
A preflop raising war resulted in an unknown opponent getting his stack of 20,000 in the pot with the , and he was a heavy favorite against the of Tony Mandia.
It was a cooler for Mandia, but not for long. The flop wasn't anything special, but the turn was gin for Mandia. His opponent was clearly dejected and made a hasty exit after the blanked on the river.
We came upon an interesting situation over at Table 7 involving Bart Guthrie and a lone opponent. With a modest-sized pot having been built between them by fifth street, the board showed when Guthrie checked, his opponent bet 3,550, then Guthrie set all of his chips out in a single column as an all-in check-raise.
"That doesn't make sense to me," said his opponent, who then went deep into the tank as he thought out loud about Guthrie's possible holdings. Two kings, jack-queen, and eventually king-ten were among the possibilities voiced. Then Guthrie's opponent — somewhat exasperated — called the clock on himself.
That got a laugh from the table and a smile from Guthrie. Finally as the clock wound down, his opponent found a call, and Guthrie quickly tabled his hand — . He'd turned a flush draw and rivered a wheel.
His opponent mucked his hand, and after a quick count to make sure he was covered left for the rail.
A player in early position opened for 1,200 and received a call from the small blind. Kathy Liebert, who was in the big, then splashed in a three-bet to 5,800, leaving herself just 1,000 or so behind. The original raiser proceeded to move all in, the small blind folded, and Liebert called off.
Liebert:
Opponent:
Liebert was well out in front with the fish hooks and stayed there as the board ran out . Liebert, who has been sweating sports this evening on her iPad, doubled to right around 14,000.
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. With that, Raskin was sent to the rail for a second time today while Massey chipped up to 53,000.
and shook his head at the sight of his opponent's 
. The flop came an intriguing 
to pair Thomas, then the 
turn card hit his hand again. The river was the 
, and Thomas survived.
. Kourdourli proceeded to check-call a bet of 5,000 and then check-called another bet, this time 8,000, on the 
turn, which put to clubs on the board. When a 
peeled off on the river, Kourdourli checked for a third time and her opponent moved all in. Kourdourli tanked for a long time before calling off her last 18,000 with 
.
of Tony Mandia.
blanked on the river.
when Guthrie checked, his opponent bet 3,550, then Guthrie set all of his chips out in a single column as an all-in check-raise.
. He'd turned a flush draw and rivered a wheel.
. Liebert, who has been sweating sports this evening on her iPad, doubled to right around 14,000.
