The Last Six Hands
Button raise, fold.
Button raise, fold.
Limp, check, bet, fold.
Button raise, fold.
Limp, raise, fold.
Button raise, fold.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Button raise, fold.
Button raise, fold.
Limp, check, bet, fold.
Button raise, fold.
Limp, raise, fold.
Button raise, fold.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Level: 9
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
We're not sure exactly how long this one will last, as these two are pretty much setting their own schedule at this point.
Here's how the stacks look:
Elpayaa - 625,000
Katz - 275,000
The action has been slow. For example, this has been one of the bigger hands:
The board read and Cary Katz check-called 12,000 from Joe "bigegypt" Elpayaa.
The river brought the and again Katz check-called a bet, only this one was 26,000 chips.
Elpayaa opened for a rivered straight and Katz mucked his hand.
Here are the standings:
Elpayaa: 668,000 chips
Katz: 232,000 chips.
Cary Katz and Joe Elpayaa are the only two players left on Day 2 of Event #6. Elpayaa holds a slight advantage:
Elpayaa: 570,000 chips
Katz: 330,000 chips
Danny Estes open shoved with the button and Josh Tieman called having him covered. Estes was in bad shape:
Tieman:
Estes:
Estes immediately stood up and began to put his coat on as the flop fell . Both sleeves were on as the came on the turn.
"Six!" Estes yelled.
The river was not a six, rather it was the and with that Tieman advances to the final table.
Estes shook the dealer's hand, then Tiemans before hitting the rail. Officially, his prize will be $16,607.
Tieman is headed to the final table.
Josh Tieman raised to 25,000, and Danny Estes called. Both players checked the flop. Estes took a 35,000-chip stab at the on the turn, and Tieman called. One barrel was all Estes was willing to try, and he went back to checking after the on the river. Tieman checked behind and flipped over , taking down the smallest pot possible with his strong hand.
Tieman is content with small ball for now. He's in charge with 690,000, and Estes is down to 210,000.
After a long stretch with no chip movement at all, suddenly an all in explosion. Julien Nuijten raised to 25,000 on the button, and Stuart Rutter made it 70,000. Then Nuijten moved all in, and Rutter called!
The few railers sleeping in their chairs jumped up and rushed the table.
Showdown
Rutter:
Nuijten:
The board ran out , giving both players queens and threes, but Rutter took down the pot with his ace kicker. With that, Rutter locked up the fourth seat at tomorrow's (very soon to be today's) final table.
Level: 8
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Stuart Rutter raised to 18,000 on the button and Julien Nuijten called.
Both players checked the flop, but after the turned Nuijten checked and Rutter bet 20,000. Nuijten check-raised to 64,000 and Rutter called.
The fell on the river, and both players checked again.
Rutter tabled , Nuijten mucked and the standings are still even:
Rutter: 445,000 chips
Nuijter: 455,000 chips