We were excited yesterday about the faintest hint of an idea that Jeff Lisandro could be gearing up for another deep run. Unfortunately today he's lost every key pot. It happened again after J.J. Liu opened for 5,500. Lisandro called that raise, then saw the big blind reraise to 22,000. Liu folded, but not Lisandro -- he called.
The rest of the big blind's chips (40,000 total) were in on a flop of . Lisandro called with pocket tens; the big blind showed pocket queens. There was no help for Lisandro on the turn or river.
After a raise to 4,800, Kirill Gerasimov reraised to 12,800. A player in later position then reraised all in to 36,500 total. The original raiser folded before Gerasimov made the call.
Gerasimov held and his opponent held . The flop came down and wasted little time in putting Gerasimov behind in the hand. The turn was the and the river the . Gerasimov is now down to 75,000 chips after doubling the player up.
Here are some of the top stacks in the room over 150,000 in chips.
Jason DeWitt - 363,000
Karga Holt - 230,000
Joe McGowan - 230,000
James Taylor - 205,000
Tim Horan - 190,000
Shane Schleger - 155,000
Jon Van Fleet - 150,000
We're down to 90 players remaining in this event. Hand-for-hand play begins at 82 left; the money starts at 81 left. Expect things to tighten up for a bit now.
"I guess you don't have aces then," said J.J. Liu's opponent as he opened . The flop was showing and Liu, sitting in the blinds, had her initial lead of roughly 10,000 raises all in by her opponent to 31,200. Liu tanked before calling.
It turned out that Liu did not have aces. She had top pair, , and did not improve on the turn or river . That hit knocked Liu's stack back down to 80,000.
After a player raised to 5,500, Johnny Lodden moved all in for 16,600. His opponent called and showed . Lodden was in front in dominating fashion with .
The flop added a gutshot to Lodden's opponent when it came . The turn brought the and the river the . Lodden was able to earn the double-up to 35,000.
Action folded around to Noah Schwartz in the small blind and he slammed the last of his stack into the middle of the table. "I hope you have seven, three." said Noah to the big blind. The big blind then looked and called holding . Schwartz had pocket fours.
The flop came down , setting up Noah, but giving his opponent a straight and flush draw. The turn brought the and then the river was the , completing both the flush and straight against Schwartz.
"It wasn't meant to be, it just wasn't meant to be." commented Schwartz as he paid his masseuse and exited the tournament area.