Sean Winter, who had just doubled up Nick Jivkov, opened for 16,000 only to have Christopher Riley three-bet all in for 148,000 from the big blind. Winter, who had him covered by a bit, made the call.
Winter:
Riley:
It was a classic flip, and one that would come down in Winter's favor as the board ran out . Winter chipped back up to 370,000 while Riley exited in 55th place.
World Series of Poker bracelet winner Nick Jivkov has been on a bit of a heater as of late and just texted us his latest double. Here's what he had to say:
"The double up... Folded to the young kid to my right [Sean Winter] who was the small blind with a huge stack. He made it 15,000. I looked at in the big blind and I three-bet to 46,000 expecting a fold or a ship with a marginal hand. He four-bet hammed and I called for 240,000 total. 480,000 pot preflop. He opened . Board ran out ."
Before the break, four players, including Mark Montero, Ben Mintz, Brendan Waite, and Chip Ervin saw a flop of . Montero led out for 30,000, Waite called, and the two other players folded.
The turn was the , the two players checked, and the completed the board. Montero check-called 45,000 from Waite, who showed for a pair of sevens. Montero tabled for a pair of tens, and shipped the pot.
Eli Loewenthal played and ran well all day yesterday, but a big hand here on Day 2 has reversed his fortune.
It began when he raised preflop and received a call from Corrie Wunstel in the big blind. The flop saw Wunstel check and Loewenthal took the opportunity to continue for approximately 13,000. Wunstel then woke up with a check-raise to 25,000, Loewenthal called and the dealer burned and turned the .
From there, Wunstel bet 55,000, Loewenthal called and the completed the board on the river. Again Wunstel bet, this time a hefty 110,000, and Loewenthal thought for several minutes before dropping in a call. Wunstel tabled the for aces and deuces, which was good as Loewenthal simply sent his hand to the muck.
A short-stacked Ralph Massey moved all in preflop holding , and Jerry Barlow woke up with in the big blinds. The eights held up, and Massey hit the rail.
At an adjacent table, Pavlin Karakikov was all in and at risk with against Benjamin Reason's . The dealer fanned , giving the young Reason quad nines, and it was all over when the turned. A meaningless completed the board, and Karakikov hit the rail.
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. Winter chipped back up to 370,000 while Riley exited in 55th place.
in the big blind and I three-bet to 46,000 expecting a fold or a ship with a marginal hand. He four-bet hammed and I called for 240,000 total. 480,000 pot preflop. He opened 
. Board ran out 
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against the 
of Tripp Kirk. Roberts was safe on the flop (
) and the turn (
), but the 
. Montero led out for 30,000, Waite called, and the two other players folded.
, the two players checked, and the 
for a pair of sevens. Montero tabled 
for a pair of tens, and shipped the pot.
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for aces and deuces, which was good as Loewenthal simply sent his hand to the muck.
, and Jerry Barlow woke up with 
against Benjamin Reason's 
, giving the young Reason quad nines, and it was all over when the 
turned. A meaningless 
completed the board, and Karakikov hit the rail.
