Quesada Gets Lucky
Daniel Quesada jumped from his chair and yelled, "That's what I'm talking about!" He was all in holding
and was up against
. The board rolled out
and Quesada is up to 82,500.
Daniel Quesada jumped from his chair and yelled, "That's what I'm talking about!" He was all in holding
and was up against
. The board rolled out
and Quesada is up to 82,500.
Daniel Smith and Anthony Fung built a 20,000 pot by the river of a
board. Smith bet 10,000 on the river and Fung raised to 20,000. Smith gave it some thought for a moment before putting the extra 10,000 in the pot. Fung turned over
and Smith mucked his cards.
Andrea Dato raised from the cutoff to 6,500 before Justin Chan shipped in his stack from the button. It was 39,000 total and Dato decided to call.
Dato:
Chan:
The flop was which did pair Chan's King but actually gave Dato more outs than he already had. The turn was another
which, while it did give Chan trips, didn't actually effect the number of outs and chances of winning for Dato. And sure enough, the river made him his strait with the
.
Justin Chan was a good sport though. Somewhat in disbelief that the Ten came, he was all smiles and shook Dato's hand. Dato has an even bigger smile though, as he is now up to 185,000.
On a board of , Fabrice Halleux announced that he was all in. Corey Hastings declared that he was all in over the top and the cards were turned over.
Halleux:
Hastings:
Halleux needed to catch a diamond to stay alive but bricked out on the turn and river, leaving Hastings' set of aces to triumph.
Luke Schwartzorbach minraised to open the action at our feature table before Jordan Siegel moved all in for 25,000. It folded back around to Schwartzorbach who made the call to put Siegel at risk.
Schwartzorbach:
Siegel:
The board ran out . Siegel doubled up to 55,000 while Schwartzorbach still has 65,000.
With the board reading
Steve Watts bet 16,500 and Bill Chen raised to 45,000. Watts called and the river came
. Watts bet 60,000 and Chen called to see Watts held top two-pair with
. Chen flashed
and laughed off the beat. Chen slipped to 240,000 and Watts chipped up to 326,000.
The very next hand Chen and Watts played a hand to the turn where Chen folded after Watts bet 9,000. It seems that these two enjoy playing each other.
Bill Chen raised from early position to 8,000 and Watts flatted in position. Gavin Polone, in the big blind, decided to call and said to Watts, "I'm really just calling to prove that you can't win every hand." Watts just smiled.
The flop came . All three players checked.
The turn was the and brought some more action. Polone led out this time for 20,000, Chen folded and Watts made the call. As the river came, Watts asked Polone what he was playing. In fact, Polone just had about 55,000 left. The river fell the
and Polone let Watts bet this time for 35,000. After Polone called, Watts showed that his amazing hot streak hadn't stopped just yet when he threw down the
for a set.
Polone mucked and Watts is well out in front with 425,000. Polone was eliminated just a few hands later.
Shouts of intense celebration echoed through the Amazon Room after Daniel Quesada made an all in call against Bradley McFarland. Yelling of phrases like "Yes!" "I knew he had Ace-King!" and "Give me that s**t!" were repeated as Quesada walked around in triumph after making a call for his tournament life with on a board of
. This hand brought Quesada up to about 130,000. Due to the profane and intense nature of his celebration, the floor gave him a warning and a penalty for one hand. After standing away from the table for roughly one minute, Quesada was able to rejoin the table and continue with the tournament.
From under the gun Jesse Cohen raised to 6,500 and Salman Behbehani called from the button. The flop hit
and Cohen led out for 8,000 and Behbehani called. Both players checked the
turn and the river fell
. Cohen checked and Behbehani bet 17,000. Cohen looked pained at the bet and quietly announced a call.
Behbehani flipped over
and Cohen looked sick when he showed
. The river brought Cohen down to 63,000 and Behbehani up to 135,000.
Bill Chen and Steve Watts continue to throw chips at each other. Chen was in late position and before Chen moved all in they had each contributed 42,000 into the pot. Chen counted down and he was in for 197,500. Watts decided not to call and folded
face up.
Chen started laughing and the table asked him to show his hand. At first he didn't want to, then he announced that if anyone at the table would give $5 he would show. Ben Tollerene quickly reached in his wallet and threw a $5 bill across the table. Chen pocketed the bill and also showed
.