Here are another handful of recent casualties:
Maria Ho
Matt Waxman
Jordan Morgan
David Pham
Grant Hinkle
Kara Scott
John Phan
Here are another handful of recent casualties:
Maria Ho
Matt Waxman
Jordan Morgan
David Pham
Grant Hinkle
Kara Scott
John Phan
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Eric Liu moved all in with , and his opponent in the small blind called with . the board came , and although Liu turned an open-ender, his opponent rivered a boat to eliminate him.
Team PokerStars Pro USA is being represented this afternoon by famous faces Joe Cada and Dennis Phillips. Costa Rican Humberto Brenes and Italian Dario Minieri are leading the team counts, both with 10,000. Brazilian racecar driver-turned-pro Guallter Salles has also built a nice stack. Argentinian Veronica Dabul isn't far behind. Also looking for deep runs today are Hungarian pro Richard Toth, Team SportsStars member Fatima de Melo, and Frenchman Arnaud Mattern.
Martin Hruby and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier put in appearances, but they've already moved on to the next event.
Ricardo Sousa was all in with against Carlos Mortensen's pocket eights. The board fell , and Sousa's jacks and sevens were enough to double him to 9,300. Mortensen, on the other hand, was crippled to 1,200.
On a board reading , a player in early position bet 1,050. David "the Maven" Chicotsky called, and Robert Ryman moved in for 4,900 more. The original bettor folded, and the Maven called with . Unfortunately for him, Ryman had him out-kicked with . The turn and river were no help, and the Maven doubled Ryman, falling to 12,900.
Veronica Dabul raised from early position, and Shawn Busse moved all in. Dabul looked him up with and had to dodge his . The board fell , and Dabul's jacks didn't hold. She doubled Busse to 9,700, dropping her own stack to 8,100.
The players are now on their second break of the day. Back in 20.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Andrew Chen fired a bet at an flop, and his opponent raised him to 1,400. Chen moved all in for twice the pot, and after a second, the other player folded. "Crappy kicker," he said. Chen showed him . Oops. Andrew's up to 8,500.