Billy Kopp opened with a minimum raise to 320,000 from middle position, and Ben Lamb reraised from the cutoff to one million. It folded around and Kopp made the call.
The flop came , and both players checked. The turn brought the . Kopp pushed out a bet of 1.75 million, and Lamb responded by announcing he was all in. Kopp looked over at Lamb, who sat quietly awaiting Kopp's action. Finally Kopp let it go.
The pressure bet is one of the greatest weapons in a poker player's arsenal. Kevin Schaffel just used it to great effect. Schaffel opened the preflop action to 425,000. Jeff Shulman had the button and reraised to 1.4 million. Darvin Moon, with plenty of chips to burn, called that raise from the small blind, bringing the action back to Schaffel. Schaffel weighed his options before reraising to 5.8 million total. That was the pressure bet of the hand, inducing folds from Shulman and Moon.
Billy Kopp was in the big blind to start a hand that wound up as a three-way flop. He was the second player to call Kevin Schaffel's raise from middle position to 425,000. Darvin Moon, sitting with the button, was the first.
All three men checked a non-threatening flop of . When the turn paired jacks, , Kopp took control of the situation by betting 760,000. Only Schaffel called.
The river was the . Kopp continued his charge by firing out a bet of 2.6 million. That was too much for Schaffel. He folded.
Jeff Shulman
Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 from the hijack position, and got a caller in James Calderaro from the button. The blinds folded, and the flop came . Shulman continued with a bet of 750,000, and Calderaro made the call.
The turn brought the . This time Shulman bet 1.1 million, and Calderaro tossed it in.
Shulman is up to 9 million, while Calderaro is now one of the tourney's short stacks with 3.36 million.
Eric Buchman made it 425,000 to go and got two callers in Joe Cada and Jamie Robbins.
All three players checked the flop. Buchman led out for 550,000 on the turn, Cada called and Robbins folded. The river was the and Buchman called Cada's 855,000 bet.
Cada showed for middle pair, top kicker, Buchman mucked, and Cada took the pot.
Jordan Smith raised to 420,000 from under the gun, and Billy Kopp reraised to 1.5 million from the cutoff. It folded back to Smith, who pushed all in for 7.73 million total and Kopp made the call.
Smith showed and Kopp . A big race -- with over 15 million on the line!
The board ran out , and Smith's queens held up. He survives with a stack of 15.8 million, while Kopp drops to 17.2 million.
Like many (if not all) of the players at the secondary feature table, Ben Lamb has a sizeable crowd of supporters on the rail. The difference with Lamb's supporters is that they all appear to be drinking and are starting to become loud and rambunctious. During a hand in play they are generally quiet and respectful, but in between hands they are impossible to ignore.
They booed briefly when Lamb lost a pot to Jordan Smith. It almost sounded like baaaa-ing.
Lamb was the pre-flop aggressor with a raise to 425,000 that Smith called in position. Lamb followed through with a bet of 610,000 on the flop. Smith called, then called another 950,000 when the turn fell . That took the two players to the river. Lamb checked, and then tanked when Smith bet 1.8 million. He folded after about a minute. Smith dragging the pot is what prompted the boos from Lamb's supporters.
, and both players checked. The turn brought the 
. Kopp pushed out a bet of 1.75 million, and Lamb responded by announcing he was all in. Kopp looked over at Lamb, who sat quietly awaiting Kopp's action. Finally Kopp let it go.
. When the turn paired jacks, 
, Kopp took control of the situation by betting 760,000. Only Schaffel called.
. Kopp continued his charge by firing out a bet of 2.6 million. That was too much for Schaffel. He folded.
. Shulman continued with a bet of 750,000, and Calderaro made the call. 
. This time Shulman bet 1.1 million, and Calderaro tossed it in.
flop. Buchman led out for 550,000 on the 
turn, Cada called and Robbins folded. The river was the 
and Buchman called Cada's 855,000 bet. 
, and Smith's queens held up. He survives with a stack of 15.8 million, while Kopp drops to 17.2 million.
flop. The turn was the 
river. Lamb checked, and then tanked when Smith bet 1.8 million. He folded after about a minute. Smith dragging the pot is what prompted the boos from Lamb's supporters.
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