Scott Montgomery has been on a climb all day and now finds himself with about 70,000 chips. In one hand we just saw him play, a middle position player had made a raise to 1,200 with Montgomery re-raising by placing a stack of yellow (1,000) chips in the middle, effectively pitting his opponent all in. Montgomery got called and we were off to the races.
Montgomery:
Opponent:
The flop was no good when it paired Montgomery's opponent with . However, Montgomery picked up a flush draw which he missed with the turn, but made with the river.
We caught up to Leo Margets when she bet 1,100 from the cutoff into a five-way limped pot with a flop of . The player in the big blind was the only one to call her.
Both players checked the on the turn. But when the came on the river, the big blind bet 1,400. Margets made the call and the big blind mucked without showing. Marget on the other hand, showed . She's now up to 25,000.
With only 6,000 on his stack, Andy Black opened the pot in the hijack seat with a 775-chip raise. The action arrived to the player in the big blind, who re-popped it to 3,800. Black moved all in and was called.
While Montgomery stacked his chips, he was dealt another hand. One player opened the pot with a 625-chip raise in middle position, the player next to speak called, and Montogomery re-popped it to 2,650 from the small blind.
The initial raiser folded and the other player called.
The flop ran out and Montgomery fired a 6,000-chip bet after his opponent checked. His opponent called.
The turn card was a and all the chips went in. Montogmery's opponent check-raised all in his 15,000-chip bet and Montgomery called.
Showdown
Opponent:
Montgomery:
Ther river card was a bricked and Montgomery is now up to 70,000 chips.
We arrived on the scene just in time to see that David Sands had re-raised an early position raiser from 700 to 1,875. A player in middle position then four-bet to 3,200 with Sands five-betting to 5,475 after the early position player folded, resulting in a fold from his opponent.
Play this evening is set to conclude when we have about 248 players left. We started the night with 2,486 and are already down to about 480. We don't know exactly when the magic number will hit, but we expect it to occur sometime within the next two hours.
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. However, Montgomery picked up a flush draw which he missed with the 
turn, but made with the 
river.
. The player in the big blind was the only one to call her.
on the turn. But when the 
gave Black a passport to the rail.
and Montgomery fired a 6,000-chip bet after his opponent checked. His opponent called.
