Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
When we arrived at the table with the board reading and Jan Skampa check-calling a 725-chip bet from his opponent.
The river was the and this time Skampa check-called a 1,600-chip bet. His opponent tabled and took the pot.
Skampa slipped to 11,000 chips.
James Akenhead opened the pot with a 450-chip raise and the big blind went all in for an additional 1,350 chips. Akenhead eventually called.
Showdown
Akenhead:
Opponent:
Board:
Akenhead knocked out his opponent and is now up to 20,000 chips.
Catching the action on a board of , the small blind led out with a half-pot bet of 300 with Annie Duke making the call.
The river brought the and a bet of 650 followed. Again Duke made the call. Her opponent revealed for a pair of sixes as Duke showed for a straight.
After only joining the tournament at the start of the third level, Duke has started very well and is now up to 10,000 chips.
Fantasy WSOP teams around the world have taken a hit as online sensation Annette Obrestad has been recently eliminated from the tournament after running her pocket eights into an opponent's pocket jacks in a preflop clash.
The board bricked out and Obrestad hits the rail.
Gavin Smith is out of the tournament. He went all in preflop with pockets kings and an opponent called with ace-king. An ace came on the flop and it's the end for Smith.
Did we mention how Jerry Yang is running hot today? White hot in fact. He's just eliminated another player but he needed some help from the river to do so.
On a flop of an early position player fired 2,000 into the middle in a slight overbet of the pot. Yang made the call and the hit the turn. As soon as the card was flipped the EP player moved all in for his last 3,300.
"Is he all in?" queried Yang. "Ok, I call!"
Yang:
Opponent:
Yang needed help and it arrived when the smacked down on the river to give Yang two pair and the pot. He's now up to 27,000 chips.
Meanwhile another World Champ in Joe Cada is no longer in his seat - assumed busto!
Kevin Saul tried to make a preflop move on Jason Helder with a three-bet shove for all of his chips, but when Helder made the call, Saul knew he was in trouble.
"You're good," sighed Saul as he showed and found himself dominated by Helder's .
The board fell and Saul is sent to the rail. Helder moves up to 23,000 chips.
When we arrived at the table the board was reading and Noah Boeken was facing a 4,650-chip bet from his opponent.
With almost 8,000 chips in the pot, Boeken eventually called. His opponent tabled and took the pot.
Boeken is now down to 5,000 chips.
With a cutoff raise to 600, Joe Sebok bumped it up to 1,500 from the button. The blinds folded and the cutoff made the call.
They saw a flop of and the cutoff moved all in with Sebok quickly calling off his last 5,500 chips.
Sebok:
Opponent:
Sebok's top pair was in front and it held on the turn and river. He's now in good shape with 15,000 chips.