Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
That break ended up taking more like 20 minutes thanks to some technical difficulties. But players are now back and we're playing poker once again. There are 126 players remaining.
Per an earlier announcement, the plan is to play three more one-hour levels tonight.
When we arrived at the table the board read and Henrik Tollefsen called a 20,000-chip bet from an opponent.
The river card was a and now Tollefsen folded to a 25,000-chip bet from his opponent.
After this fold Henrik Tollefsen slipped to 210,000 chips.
After 12 minutes of Level 16, the tournament has been stopped for an unspecified reason. We're down to 110 players left, some of whom are a bit anxious to get back to playing. Stay tuned.
The players have been sent for another 20-minute break so some "computer problems" can be resolved. It sounds like other events are being sent on break as well.
Back on the other side.
Seems that the IT guy solved the problems, and cards are in the air again.
Ognjen Sekularac ended up all in pre-flop against one of his opponents and tabled . His opponent showed pocket sixes.
The gave a passport to the rail to his opponent and 130,000 chips to Sekularac.
Van Nguyen hung on for a while with a below average stack. Just now she pushed all in with her last 24,000 or so from early position and had one player call behind her. The table folded around, and the two players put their cards on their backs.
"Oh no," said Nguyen as she saw her opponent's . "This is the best hand I've gotten," she added, tabling her .
The board came , and Nguyen is out.
In a hand that uncannily echoes that recent one that resulted in Van Nguyen's elimination, Kara Scott just now pushed all in for her last 51,500, and the table folded around to the player in the big blind who called. Scott turned over , and her opponent tabled .
The board came , and Scott is out.
From the under the gun, David Peters opened the pot with a 9,000-chip raise. The action folded to the player in the small blind who popped it to 18,000. Peters called.
The flop was and Peteres called a 27,000-chip. the turn card was a and Peters called another bet, now worth 33,000.
The river brought a to the table and both players checked.
Peters tabled pocket kings and took the pot, is now up to 325,000 chips.