donpeters
Jose Rosenkrantz raised to 50,000 before Antonio Esfandiari reraised from the big blind and was all in. Rosenkrantz called and was all in for 431,000.
Rosenkrantz held and was dominating Esfandiari's .
The board ran out and Rosenkrantz doubled to 900,000. Esfandiari slipped to 720,000.
donpeters
Jordan Morgan found himself all in preflop holding . His opponent was Tim Kahlmeyer and he held . Upon getting all the money in before the flop, Kahlmeyer turned to one of the older gentlemen at the table and said, "Us young players don't see flops."
The board then ran out and was no help for Morgan. He was sent to the rail while Kahlmeyer improved to a little over 3.1 million in chips.
[user66118]
Nichoel Peppe opened the pot with a raise to 40,000 under the gun, and the action came all the way around the table. In the big blind, Bernhard Perner made the call, heads up to the flop.
It came down , and Perner led out with a bet of 47,000. Peppe called, and the turn card was the . Perner fired again, 82,000 this time. After some sideways glances, Peppe raised to 302,000, and it was enough to win her the pot right there.
Nichoel Peppe is up to 1,800,000, dropping Perner down a bit to 2,700,000.
[user25067]
Benjamin Jensen open-shoved for his remaining 243,000 and Matt Affleck looked him up from the cutoff. Jensen had Affleck dominated with to his , the board running out to double him up to 528,000.
Shamus
With about 100,000 in the middle and a flop of , Joseph Sanders pushed all in for his last 286,000 and Ryan Gafford called. Sanders turned over , and Gafford .
The turn was the and the river the , and Sanders is up to 670,000. Gafford slips to 690,000.
donpeters
Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff seat to 47,000. Action folded over to Seth Thomsen in the big blind and he moved all in for 302,000 total.
"You want to gamble?" asked Soulier. He then made the call.
Soulier held against Thomsen's .
The board ran out and Soulier's pocket sevens stood strong. He even made a set on the river, but all he needed to do was dodge a king, queen, or ten.
Thomsen was eliminated while Soulier moved up to 1.9 million
[user75032]
Sometimes a pair -- any pair -- is enough for a short-stacked player in a no-limit hold'em tournament. After Steven Begleiter opened for 44,000, Bradley Craig moved all in for a total of about 300,000. Begleiter called with , a hand that was flipping against Craig's presto, . Presto was good on a board of .
A few hands later, Craig added another 150,000 to his stack when his pocket tens held up against Taher Alisheik's to send Alisheik to the rail.