When action folded to Mick Carlson in the small blind, he raised to 4,400, and the player in the big blind, spoke with his chips and told him to back down with a raise to 13,600. Carlson shuffled his cards in his hands for a while before announcing he was all in. The player in the big blind was quick to call.
Carlson:
Opponent:
Carlson was quick to hit an out on a flop of . The came on the turn and the followed on the river.
It looks like Carlson is now up to about 165,000 chips, which puts him into contention for the chip lead.
Neil Channing is having trouble getting anything past his table. He raised to 3,800 from the hijack, in the form of 38 black T100 chips. Without any hesitation, the cutoff reraised. Channing folded with a sigh. "For the fourth time in a row," he lamented. "No, only the third," the cutoff said. Channing has raise-folded himself down to 24,000.
When we started the day the biggest stacks were around 75,000. Once the bubble burst there was an expected flurry of eliminations. Players who have benefitted the most from this increased action have built pretty enormous stacks. The biggest stack in the room is over the 200,000 mark with many more around 160,000 and threatening to close in.
Leo Margets raised to 4,500 under the gun, and a player in middle position moved all in for just over 20,000 total. Action folded back to Margets, and she snap-called with . Her opponent looked like he was good for a double up with . But the flop came , giving Leo the lead. The turn and river sent him packing.
"Sorry," Margets said. Another player at the table yelled at her for apologizing when she wasn't really sorry. "I am," she said. "I don't want to win like this. I don't mind getting the put, but ..."
Uzan Philippe has started to make a mark on his table having nearly doubled his stack over the last hour. He's now sitting with about 126,000 chips.
He recently picked up a few more when Ryan D'Angelo raised under the gun to 4,600. Action folded to Philippe who re-popped to 16,500 and D'Angelo folded.
Boyd Plowman made an under the gun raise to 4500. Over in the next seat Edin Pasillas raised to 10,000 and action folded to Plowman who called, leaving just 16,000 behind.
The flop was and Plowman wasted no time moving all in with Pasillas not hesitating to call.
Plowman:
Pasillas:
Plowman was freerolling his way to the river and made a flush when the board ran out with a diamond on the turn and another on the river.
Sabyl Landrum raised to 4,500 under the gun, and the next player to act flat called. Maciek Gracz thought for a minute in the cutoff before reraising to 17,000. Maciek's squeeze got through, and he took down the pot.
He hadn't finished stacking it yet when he raised the next hand to 4,500. Next to act, Brent Roberts three-bet to 12,000. Gracz folded. Easy come, easy go. Gracz had 52,000 to raise with, and Roberts is up to 70,000.
Mike Michnick bet 12,500 at a flop. His opponent on the button raised to 27,000, and Michnick promptly moved all in for another 42,000. The button called all in with and was going to need help against Michnick's . The turn and weren't what he needed, and he made his exit while Michnick chipped up to 132,000.
We recently wrote a post where Edin Pasillas had doubled up Boyd Plowman on a runner-runner flush when it looked like the pair would be chopping.
Pasillas just had a turn of good luck when he found himself in a five-way pot with one player all in preflop. The flop was and Pasillas moved all in for about 105,000. A player to his left called and the other two involved in the pot folded.
Pasillas:
Caller:
Preflop All In:
Pasillas faded any additional clubs as the hand played out with the on the turn and the on the river. His jack-high flush was good for a double elimination.
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