We just caught the tail end of this pot, but it's one of the biggest we'd seen so far today. There was just about 10,000 in the middle when the final card dropped on the board. Lyle Berman checked, and David Singer moved all in for about 4,500. Berman would spend a long time considering the decision, each man having about the same amount of chips to start the hand. The fold finally came, though, and Singer is up to about 15,000 as he stacks up.
A player in middle position opened to 400, and the button three-bet to 1,100. That brought the action to Rep Porter in the small blind, and he reraised all in for 3,150. That folded the initial raiser, but the button called to put Porter at risk.
Showdown
Porter:
Opponent:
You know, we have enough split pots in this event, we don't need one in Hold'em. That's just what we got, though. The board ran , and the two men get to chop up the few chips of dead money in the pot.
We came to the table on seventh street with four players involved, including an all in player and Erick Lindgren. Lindgren bet out when the final card hit, and both players called. Lindgren announced wheel, with his final board reading . Everyone mucked, including the all in player, and Lindgren raked the huge pot, upping his stack to 14,500.
Adam Friedman finished in 3rd place in an event just a couple days ago, but he won't be repeating that deep run here today.
Friedman got himself all in for his last 325 after fourth street, and he was in a multi-way pot with Justin Bonomo, John Cernuto, Jordan Morgan, and an unknown gentleman we'll call Player 5.
Everybody put in one big bet on fifth street and another one on sixth. On seventh, Bonomo finally ducked out, but the other three live players all put in one more bet apiece.
Morgan: /
Cernuto: /
Player 5: MUCK
Morgan was in front for the low, and Cernuto's trip eights had the lead for the high half. Friedman said he was drawing live to scoop, though, and he showed his / / (x) as he squeezed his last card. He needed it to be a deuce or a seven but the flipped over, ending Friedman's day.
Cernuto is up to 11,000 now, while Morgan rebounds to 5,600.
David Benyamine is used to playing in cash games where pots can be 100 times the buy in of this tournament, so we can understand that he is a bit bored to say the least. Proving that, Benyamine currently has his headphones on, and is watching the A-Team on his iPad, taking the time to occasionally look up and concentrate on the hand in play. It will be interesting to see how Benyamine juggles the movie and tournament as the night progresses.
A player on the button opened with a raise, and Chris Bell three-bet from the small blind. The button called, and he called bets after the flop and turn as well. The river came the , and Bell checked. His opponent knocked the table behind him, and that's not exactly what Bell wanted. He turned up for the big boat, easily good enough to boost his stack to 9,100.
We just caught the tail end of this hand, so consider it more of a chip count than an update.
Greg Raymer check-called a bet of 1,650 on the river of a board. We never got to see his hand, because his opponent's was the winner. Raymer mucked, and he's down to 1,400.
From the cutoff seat, a gentleman opened with a raise, and Brett Richey defended his big blind to see a flop. It came , and Richey check-raised the continuation bet. His opponent bet and then called, and Richey led out on the turn. Now the button raised, and Richey called the extra bet to see the on the river. The action was the same as the flop now with Richey check-raising and both players putting in two big bets apiece.
Richey showed for the baby flush, and it was good enough to take the pot and move his stack up to 15,500.
We caught the action with Noah Boeken drawing two cards and his opponent in the small blind drawing one. Boeken bet, and his opponent called. On the next draw, Boeken stood pat while his opponent drew one card. The small blind checked, and Boeken bet. He was then raised, but put in another bet. The small blind then put in a fourth bet, and Boeken elected to slow it down and call. Both players stood pat on the third draw, and Boeken called the first bet. The small blind showed , and Boeken mucked. Despite the loss, he's still in great shape, with around 12,000 in chips.
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board. Lyle Berman checked, and David Singer moved all in for about 4,500. Berman would spend a long time considering the decision, each man having about the same amount of chips to start the hand. The fold finally came, though, and Singer is up to about 15,000 as he stacks up.
, and the two men get to chop up the few chips of dead money in the pot.
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flipped over, ending Friedman's day.
turn. Now the button raised, and Richey called the extra bet to see the 
for the baby flush, and it was good enough to take the pot and move his stack up to 15,500.
, and Boeken mucked. Despite the loss, he's still in great shape, with around 12,000 in chips.