Dan Shak is up to the lofty environs of 138,000 after knocking out a short stack. The chips all went in preflop.
Shak: 



Gentleman about to bust: 



Board: 




Dan Shak is up to the lofty environs of 138,000 after knocking out a short stack. The chips all went in preflop.
Shak: 



Gentleman about to bust: 



Board: 




Keep them chip stacks countin'!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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170,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
150,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
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|
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140,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
80,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
65,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
58,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
54,000 | |
|
|
48,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
45,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
32,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
15,000
1,700
|
1,700 |
Brian Rast limped in, and Phil Hellmuth raised to 7,000 and promptly lowered his head to the table. The action moved to Senovio Ramirez on the button, who reraised pot with not much behind. Rast folded. Hellmuth sat up and knocked his chips over. He waved his hand - 


- around for a while before eventually folding.
Hellmuth (now 45,000): "You reraised me before, you have to have aces."
Ramirez (now 48,000): "I never reraised you before."
Mike Matusow was down to 10,900 when Barry Greenstein raised his big blind pre-flop. Matusow re-raised to get it in with 


. Greenstein called with the favored hand, 


. But Omaha being what it is, Matusow got the scoop with a board of 



. He made aces and nines and had the only qualifying low.
It was a small hit for Greenstein, who drops to about 90,000.
Barny Boatman raised to 7,000 in early position and the gentleman in the big blind called. Mr. Big Blind checked the 

flop and Boatman promptly shoved; a fold later and Boatman edged up to a more manageable but stil rather shaky 20,000 or so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
202,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
144,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
144,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
130,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
128,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
104,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
94,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
72,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
67,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
54,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
49,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
42,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
39,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
27,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
20,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
12,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
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It could have gone worse for Erik Seidel, we suppose. He bet 7,000 on a flop of 

and was called, then fired again for 20,000 on the
turn and was called. When the river came the
, he checked. His lone opponent moved all in for 25,700, with Seidel calling after some thought. The other player opened 


for aces and treys with an 8-5 low. Seidel showed 


for aces and queens. Chop it up.
We'll be honest. It's not looking like a particularly bright and rosy future for Rob Hollink at the moment. He called a pot-sized raise of 7,000 from John Cernuto pre-flop. Both players then checked an all-wheel flop, 

. Hollink made a small, probing bet of 6,000 when the turn paired
, but then snap-mucked to a raise from Cernuto.
Hollink is down to about 30,000.
We arrived to see a flop reading 

out and a brief potting war between Brian Rast and his opponent in the nine seat ended abruptly with the nine seat folding.
Rast is flying mid-to-high after that, on 120,000.
More woe for Annie Duke at the Table Where All The Chips Are At - we got there just in time to see her folding and Vladimir Schemelev raking in the pot.
Duke is now in some trouble on 25,000.