We found David ‘The Dragon’ Pham all in preflop against Joshua Schoonover. Pham held but was dominated by the of his opponent. We missed the board but can confirm that it eliminated Pham. Schoonover, who came 33rd in Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $13,905 last week is looking for another deep run in and this hand will certainly help.
We found Lars Bonding calling the preflop all in of a player at his table with . His opponent had , Bonding was ahead but there was still a flop, turn, and a river to be seen.
The cards came out and Bonding had three of a kind aces and the winning hand.
We caught up with the action on a board of to see Dwyte Pilgrim pondering what to do while facing a bet of 3,775 from his opponent. After about two minutes of thinking, Pilgrim announced that he was all in for 2,725 more.
His opponent let out a heavy sigh and pushed his cards into the muck. As he scooped the pot, Pilgrim decided to show one card, flashing the . Pilgrim is now sitting around 13,000.
We started the action off with Randy Lew moving all in for about 975 chips. Another player in early position then reraised and made it 2,000 chips to see a flop. When action got to Matt Affleck he raised and went all in for about 10,000 more. The player in early position folded and it was a heads up showdown between Lew and Affleck.
Affleck:
Lew:
A board of came out and Lew was able to stay in the tournament with a turned pair of kings.
In the big blind, Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew was faced with a middle position player’s all in for 4,900. Lew tanked for quite a while and rechecked his cards several times. He finally made the call and the players turned over their hands.
Lew:
Opponent:
The players were racing but that quickly changed when the flop came down to give Lew’s opponent a full house. Lew would need some sort of running miracle to win the hand but the on the turn had him drawing dead and the on the river was just procedure. The hand crippled Lew and doubled his opponent up.
We caught up with Dutch Boyd just as he was placing a 1,200 bet in the middle of the table on a board. His opponent in early position made the call. A turn lead to another bet from Boyd who fired out 2,400 this time. Boyd's opponent again called fairly quickly.
A river let Boyd continue his aggression with a 3,500 bet. Boyd was only left with 2,800 chips after this bet and his opponent raised him just that. Boyd confused, but still confident made the call and to his horror saw his opponent flip , for a full house fours over threes. Before Boyd walked away he showed for a set of threes.