Recent Eliminations
Among those eliminated shortly after the dinner break include Frank Derry, Steve Shulman, Richard Collins, Douglas Lyon, and Walter Shawne Browne.
Among those eliminated shortly after the dinner break include Frank Derry, Steve Shulman, Richard Collins, Douglas Lyon, and Walter Shawne Browne.
We're not sure when the money went in, but Janet Blacik was all in for around 40,000 holding against the of Robert Giles.
The board read and Blacik was eliminated from the tournament. In a gesture of good sportsmanship, the entire table applauded Blacik for her efforts.
Action folded to Robert Belton on the button and he limped. Carole Wueste, who was in the small blind, then raised 5,500 more. The big blind folded and Belton made the call.
The flop came and Wueste checked. Belton promptly bet 8,000 and Wueste immediately raised to 18,000. Belton seemed hesitant but made the call.
When the hit the turn, Wueste announced she was all in for around 50,000. Belton mulled it over and decided to fold while uttering, "Nice Hand."
"Thank you," Wueste replied as she raked in the pot.
With about 7,000 in the pot, the flop came down . Lawrence Huffman moved all in and was called by an opponent in Seat 5.
Huffman:
Seat 5:
Things were looking like a chop until the hit the turn and gave Seat 5 two pair. Huffman was clearly upset and began to rise to make his exit. When the hit the river, the entire table let out a collective "oh."
Huffman sat back down and doubled to almost 60,000.
Richard Lee has recently been moved to Seat 2 at Table 375. His neighbor in Seat 3 is none other than 1986 World Champion Berry Johnston. With only a few notables remaining in the field, it is unusual for two to be at the same table.
Table 375 isn't likely to be broke tonight, so it is possible they'll be playing together for the remainder of the evening; although, they are on opposite ends of the chip spectrum. Lee has a little over 20,000 while Johnston is well over 100,000.
Ernie Galliani was all in for his last 15,000 with against Robert Barley's .
The board ran out and Galliani has been sent to the rail. Barley is up to about 90,000.
Action folded to Tom Schneider on the button and he opted to raise to 7,600. Burt Grenell was in the small blind and moved all in for a total of 27,000.
Schneider contemplated making the call, cut out the chips, and tossed them in the pot. Grenell turned over while Schneider revealed . Grenell was racing for his tournament life as the flop came .
"Keep 'em small," Grenell encouraged the dealer, "No more clubs." Wouldn't you know it, the turn was a club, the to be exact. Suddenly Schneider was drawing to a flush with two over cards.
The dealer burned and put the on the river. Grenell dodged a lot to double to around 60,000 while Schneider is still healthy sitting with about 200,000.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
The once massive field is down to just 116 players. Play has tightened up and the once constant calls of "seat open" and "payout" have gradually slowed down.
Jack Sharp raised preflop only to have Harold Angle, who had a bigger chip stack, announce, "All in."
Sharp didn't hesitate to call for his tournament life and flipped over . Angle revealed the and was in a commanding lead.
"I'm dead in the water," Sharp announced. He wasn't quite drawing dead when the flop came , but he was drawing to running eights; however, the on the turn closed the door on Sharp.
The dealer put the on the river for good measure but Sharp was eliminated from the tournament. Meanwhile, Angle is up to a little more than 100,000.