Team PokerStars Pro JP Kelly (2,000) was on the big blind, and saw the action arrive at him with 4 limps. Kelly decide to shove and got called by the player under the gun.
Team PokerStars pro Humberto Brenes has been fairly quiet today, but was extremely polite when he won a pot against the player to his left. "Thank you my friend. You are my best friend at the table," a jolly Brenes exclaimed. The other players at his table seem to be getting a kick out of Brenes' comments.
J.J. Liu just doubled up twice in two consecutive hands. In the first hand she went all in under the gun and was called by a player in middle position.
Liu:
Opponent:
The flop of was no help to Liu, but she got some love on the turn and the river .
In the very next hand, the small blind raised to 850 and Liu pushed all in for 2,850. She was called only to find out she wasn't in as good a position as she was last time around.
Liu:
Opponent:
The flop came , giving no direct help, but some more outs to Liu. The on the turn didn't help, but river came down , sending Liu's chip count to 5,700.
Allan Cunningham's seat has been filled by a new player, leading one to assume that he has been eliminated from today's event. There is no word on whether his exit can be blamed on tilt caused by sitting too close to Humberto Brenes, who is at the next table, but seems to be behaving himself.
This pot seemed to have big potential from the start when the player under the gun raised to 425 and was called by the player to his left, Antonio Esfandiari, the cutoff and the player in the small blind.
The flop came . The small blind and the initial raiser checked. The player in early position led out with a bet of 1,275 and Esfandiari raised it up to 3,300. Everyone folded except for the player in early position who raised to 7,000. Esfandiari four-bet, putting himself all in and got a call.
Esfandiari:
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Easfandiari's set held through the on the turn and the on the river and he is now up to about 23,000.
We missed the action, but noticed a player at Barry Greenstein's table sitting with a brand new copy of Ace on the River and an empty seat where the poker veteran had been sitting.