Level: 5b
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Level: 5b
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Rex Clinkscales limped in from early position, and David "ODB" Baker raised it to 650 from the cutoff. Action folded to Ryan Riess in the small blind, and he put in a three bet to 1,400. Clinkscales got out of the way, but Baker came along to see a flop.
That flop came down , and Riess fired out another 1,400 bet. Baker quickly called, and both players checked when the hit the turn. The river brought the , and Riess bet out 1,700. Again, Baker quickly called, but mucked his hand when Riess rolled over .
After that hand, Riess jumped up to 38,000, while Baker fell to 11,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Riess
|
38,000 | 18,000 |
David "ODB" Baker
|
11,000 | -9,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Conrad | 52,000 | 12,000 |
Jeff Fielder | 37,000 | 17,000 |
Allen Kessler | 30,000 | 10,000 |
Chris Parsons | 29,000 | 9,000 |
Jared Ingles | 28,000 | 28,000 |
Raymond Dandrea | 24,000 | 3,000 |
Michael Taylor | 17,775 | 1,275 |
Nathan Bjerno | 16,000 | 16,000 |
Chris Tryba
|
13,000 | -8,100 |
Rex Clinkscales | 13,000 | -7,000 |
Kevin Boudreau | 12,500 | -2,000 |
Seneca Easley | 11,600 | -8,400 |
Erik Roussakis | 10,000 | -10,000 |
John Holley | Busted |
Two-time bracelet winner Carter Phillips managed to slip under our radar for the first few levels, but we just spotted him in the middle of a nice sized pot on the turn.
The board read , and it was checked to Phillips, who fired out 2,325. His lone opponent in the hand check raised it up to 5,000, and Phillips tanked for about 30 seconds before sliding his cards in one at a time.
Despite losing that pot, Phillips is up on the session, sitting at 24,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Carter Phillips
|
24,000 | 24,000 |
The players have returned to their seats, and the cards are in the air again.
Level: 4b
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The players are have finished three levels of play, and are now on their first 10 minute break of the evening.
There was about 2,000 in the middle on a board that had gotten to the turn: . Chris Tryba was heads up with his opponent, and it was checked to Tryba, who fired out 1,550. His opponent opted to throw in a check raise to 4,000, and Tryba was a believer in the bet, as he took just a few moments to fold his hand.
Despite losing that pot, Tryba is above his starting stack, sitting on 21,100.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Tryba
|
21,100 | 1,100 |
We reported earlier that Kevin Boudreau took a big hit to his stack, knocking him all the way down to 3,500. Well we haven't caught any hands that helped him out, but when we made our last run through of the tables, we saw that he had built his stack back up to 14,500.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Boudreau | 14,500 | 11,000 |
Michael Taylor raised it up to 350 in early position, and he got calls from Raymond Dandrea in the cutoff and Rex Clinkscales in the small blind. It was a big flop, as it came down , and Clinkscales checked to Taylor, who fired out a c-bet of 500. Dandrea made the call while Clinkscales quickly got out of the way.
The turn brought the , and both players elected to check. The river brought the , and Taylor fired out 1,100. Dandrea beat him into the pot, and Taylor could only table for jack high. Dandrea rolled over , and that was good enough to secure the pot.
Taylor fell to 16,500 after the hand, while Dandrea jumped back up to 19,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Raymond Dandrea | 19,000 | -1,000 |
Michael Taylor | 16,500 | -3,500 |