Golbuff Gets Buffer
Greg Thompson is out after getting his whole stack in on the flop against Samuel Golbuff.
Thompson:
Golbuff:
Board: making Golbuff a flush
Greg Thompson is out after getting his whole stack in on the flop against Samuel Golbuff.
Thompson:
Golbuff:
Board: making Golbuff a flush
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Javed Abrahams | 175,000 | 13,000 |
Salvatore Bonavena | 56,000 | -20,400 |
Ilari Tahkokallio | 53,000 | -2,000 |
Senovio Ramirez | 45,000 | -7,100 |
Rino Mathis | 42,000 | 15,600 |
Padraig Parkinson | 35,000 | -5,000 |
We have a fair few Team PokerStars Pros left in the field right now.
The best performance of the day so far has been logged by Jose Nacho Barbero - from an already very respectable 61,900 at the start of the day, he's improved to 165,000. Impressive.
Also still in the running are Lex Veldhuis, Rino Mathis and Jorge Arias.
126 players remain, and cards are in the air.
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
It's time to mill about in the hall for 20 minutes.
Back soon.
Howard Lederer got his last 10,000 or so in preflop and was up against Edward Martin.
Lederer:
Martin:
Board:
Lederer flopped a straight draw but failed to improve. He is no longer in the running for this tournament.
Men Nguyen saw a raised flop three-ways. It fell . The big blind checked, and Nguyen checked behind. The last player to act bet 11,000, and after their third opponent folded, Nguyen stuck out a big stack of chips and matched the height of the bet. The fell on the turn, and Nguyen checked again. His opponent checked behind, and on to the river. Nguyen bet 20,000. "Call," the other player announced instantly. Nguyen smiled and tabled for flopped quads. His opponent showed the , meaning that not only had Nguyen flopped four ducks, he'd caught runner-runner jacks to get paid off.
"Well, you owe me now," said the dealer, whom it sounded like Nguyen had been berating prior to the hand. Realizing what he'd just said and to whom, the dealer instantly picked up his hands and showed the cameras they were empty, as were his sleeves.
Nguyen is up to 115,000.
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott was all in on the flop. By the river, he had made a straight to double up.
Ulliott:
Yevgeniy Timoshenko:
Board:
Timoshenko dropped to 30,000. Devilfish doubled to 22,000 - not bad considering he was down to 6,000 around half an hour ago.
All these folks had big stacks at the start of the day. Their fortunes have been somewhat mixed so far.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Boudreau | 170,000 | -30,000 |
Javed Abrahams | 162,000 | 69,300 |
Alex Freiberg | 155,000 | 16,100 |
Jonas Entin | 82,000 | -36,200 |
Matt Lefkowitz | 68,000 | -15,400 |
Gary Bolden | 22,000 | -77,600 |