Marco, Polo, Busto
Marco Traniello got his last 700 chips in the middle preflop from under the gun with against an opponent with . He failed to make a low or get lucky for the high, and he's on his way home.
Marco Traniello got his last 700 chips in the middle preflop from under the gun with against an opponent with . He failed to make a low or get lucky for the high, and he's on his way home.
Barry Greenstein had only a few chips left on the dinner break, but he managed to double up when he spiked a set of kings with to quarter an opponent with on a board. After than hand, he was up to a massive 1,400 chips.
A few hands later, he was all in again. Greenstein limped, and Daniel Negreanu raised. Both the big blind and Greenstein called to see an flop. The big blind bet out, Barry called, and so did Negreanu. The turn was the , ending the possibility of a low half, and the big blind fired again. Greenstein made another call, but Negreanu gave up. After the on the river, the big blind bet a third time, and Greenstein moved all in for an extra 225 chips. His opponent called and showed for Broadway. Barry's gave him a raggy flush, but that was enough to scoop and more than double up to workable 3,850.
Just before dinner, Humberto Brenes' stack had fallen to dangerous levels. He somehow made it to dinner, then got his chips in the middle shortly after coming back. Brenes was all in on the turn of a board with against one opponent. The river fell , not enough for Brenes to scoop the pot against his opponent's two pair. "The Shark" is still hungry for chips.
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Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
That's a quick four levels in the books. Players are now racing off to their chosen dinner spots for an hour (as are we).
Daniel Negreanu seems more focused on his golf swing than on his dwindling chip stack. Hes been demonstrating his new technique for Huck Seed this level.
Forced to check back in on the felt, Negreanu called a raise to get to a flop four ways. It came , and after both blinds checked, one player bet. Negreanu called, as did the big blind. After the on the turn, the same player bet, and Negreanu and the big blind called. The came on the river, and the big blind checked a third time. The next player bet a third time. Rather than call again, Negreanu moved all in for his last 450 (a call plus another half a bet). Both opponents called.
Showdown:
Negreanu:
Opponent #1:
Big Blind: mucked
Negreanu survived the all in and picked up a few chips, earning the top half of the pot with trip sevens on the river. His ace-three low, however, was bested by his opponent's ace-deuce. Negreanu's still alive now with 1,950 chips to distract him from his golf game.
The prize pool for this tournament was just announced by tournament staff. After accounting for some last-minute refunds, a total of 818 players entered this event, creating a prize pool of $1,104,300. Nine tables (81 players) will be paid, with 81st place collecting $2,749 and the winner banking $237,643.
The total number of players is down 11% from last year's 920 that played this event.
Even though we're only three-and-a-half levels into this split-pot tournament, the eliminations are already happening with some regularity. Players whose tournament life has already been extinguished include Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri, Greg "FBT" Mueller, Jean Robert Bellande and John Phan.
The rest of the field has another twenty minutes to go before the dinner break.
Phil Ivey raised from early position, and both blinds called to see a flop. Both blinds checked to him, and he fired a bet. The small blind then raised, and the big blind ran for cover. Ivey called. The turn brought the , and the small blind check-raised Ivey again. And the man with the stare called. After the on the river, the small blind bet out. It was Ivey's turn to raise, and his opponent just called.
Ivey showed to his opponent's . The dealer was about to chop the whole pot since the players both had ace-high with 8-4-3-2-A lows. But the table quickly stopped him, pointing out that Ivey's ace-ten was good enough to take the top half of the pot, leaving his opponent with just a quarter.