Turner: Show me your war face!
Unfortunately for Ron Winklevoss, however, he didn't win his crucial all-in situation and is now busto. His stack went in over the course of a Stud hi-lo hand, with the final bet against Jon Turner setting him in on sixth street.
Winklevoss turned his hand and awaited a final card he looked doubtful of receiving help from with his against Turner's . He got a useless while Turner got a leading to a scoop for Pearljammer and a handshake/exit combo for Winklevoss.
Jon Turner, a definite dark horse to do well in this tournament, up to over 105,000.
Koral in Event 18, $10k PLO8
Tom Koral, whose ID is probably wearing thin from casino scrutiny this summer, just won a tidy pot from William Buckley. He three-bet Buckley preflop and then bet the flop when Buckley checked it. On the turn, Buckley check-raised him and he just called the extra 5k.
The river brought the and now Buckley check-called a final 5k before double-taking a little bit at Koral's hand - the monstrous. "You played that pretty good, man," said Buckley, mucking, as he watched a good chunk of his stack disappear. Koral is fresh from the $10k PLO8, it might be mentioned here...
Carlos Mortensen
We caught the action on seventh street with Eric Buchman showing and leading with a bet, before Carlos Mortensen grabbed five stacks of 100-denomination chips and slid them into the middle.
"Is that a raise?" questioned a surprised Buchman, as he made the call.
"Quads," replied Mortensen and tabled () to scoop as Buchman shook his head in disgust. Mortensen is back up to 70,000 with Buchman slipping to the same amount.
Harman, No Second Comeback
Jennifer Harman is down to 14k (again) after being three-quartered in an Omaha hi-lo pot by Dustin Sitar. On a board of , only Harman and Sitar got to pot-chopping at showdown although a third player had been involved until the river. Sitar had bet and been called all the way - all in by Harman on the turn.
Sitar's took the high and chopped the low with Harman's .
Looking for another spinup from short stack, Harman didn't get it this time, busting in a Stud hand with a pair of sixes vs. Frank Debus' fives and sixes.
Ming Lee, whose stack just didn't seem to be getting anywhere after his promising start to the day, just had a big boost in chips courtesy of a double elimination he performed on Joe Serock and William Buckley.
The two short stacks were very short indeed, so that a few raises got them in right off the bat in Stud 9-or-better (Lee was showing the at the time, Serock the and Buckley the ). In a heartbeat, all the cards were on their backs and the dealer had whisked out the last ones. Lee scooped the lot with his .
Phil Ivey is surging on this money bubble. He's just taken down another nice pot to leave one unfortunate soul on the verge of elimination on the bubble.
Ivey made a six-high straight and six-low to scoop as his opponent sighed and mucked with . Ivey is now up to a commanding 180,000 chips.
against Turner's 
. He got a useless 
while Turner got a 
leading to a scoop for Pearljammer and a handshake/exit combo for Winklevoss.
flop when Buckley checked it. On the 
turn, Buckley check-raised him and he just called the extra 5k.
and now Buckley check-called a final 5k before double-taking a little bit at Koral's hand - the monstrous
. "You played that pretty good, man," said Buckley, mucking, as he watched a good chunk of his stack disappear. Koral is fresh from the $10k PLO8, it might be mentioned here...
and leading with a bet, before Carlos Mortensen grabbed five stacks of 100-denomination chips and slid them into the middle.
to scoop as Buchman shook his head in disgust. Mortensen is back up to 70,000 with Buchman slipping to the same amount.
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