On Your Bike...Er, Skateboard
Joe Serock got his last chips in with aces and they didn't hold. We didn't see the hand, but we did see him leaving with his skateboard.
Joe Serock got his last chips in with aces and they didn't hold. We didn't see the hand, but we did see him leaving with his skateboard.
Alan Smurfit potted in late position, and a player on the button called. Tom Dwan repotted in the small blind. Not intimidated, Smurfit hit the repot button too, making it another 35,000 or so to see a flop. The third player folded, and Dwan called. The flop was , and Dwan was instantly all in for 68,000. Smurfit, shaking hard, called almost as fast.
Dwan: for top pair and a gutshot
Smurfit: for a pair of aces
The turn put Dwan in the lead with two pair, and the
river brought no help for Smurfit. His whole body shaking, Smurfit counted out his stack and discovered that Dwan had him covered. As he made his exit, durrrr stacked up 230,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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213,000
46,700
|
46,700 |
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200,000
66,500
|
66,500 |
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177,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
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167,000
44,900
|
44,900 |
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154,000
66,300
|
66,300 |
|
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149,000
61,100
|
61,100 |
|
||
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124,500
94,500
|
94,500 |
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104,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
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103,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
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101,000
66,700
|
66,700 |
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98,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
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89,000
21,700
|
21,700 |
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85,000
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
|
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80,000
33,800
|
33,800 |
|
77,000
-14,700
|
-14,700 |
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75,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
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65,000
-12,200
|
-12,200 |
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60,000
-11,800
|
-11,800 |
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40,000
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
||
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36,000
-38,400
|
-38,400 |
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33,000
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
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24,800
-8,600
|
-8,600 |
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19,500
-25,600
|
-25,600 |
|
Michael Binger is having a good afternoon. He started the day with 22,600 in chips and has been steadily climbing since he sat down. We caught this hand on the turn:
The big blind and hijack both checked an board, and Binger bet 9,500 on the button. The big blind folded, and Binger's second opponent called. The river was the
. The hijack bet 16,600 into Binger, who snap-called and showed
. His two pair was good enough to take the pot and boost him to 128,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
|
267,000
40,300
|
40,300 |
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223,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
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147,000
79,800
|
79,800 |
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145,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
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114,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
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96,000
7,900
|
7,900 |
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64,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
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63,000
7,400
|
7,400 |
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54,000
-45,800
|
-45,800 |
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41,000
-3,200
|
-3,200 |
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27,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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490,000
329,900
|
329,900 |
|
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239,600
9,600
|
9,600 |
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222,000
98,400
|
98,400 |
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175,000
59,800
|
59,800 |
|
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170,000
74,800
|
74,800 |
|
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152,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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135,000
77,800
|
77,800 |
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120,000
-35,300
|
-35,300 |
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115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
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92,000
23,400
|
23,400 |
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80,000
-25,100
|
-25,100 |
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70,000
-20,800
|
-20,800 |
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52,000
18,100
|
18,100 |
|
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50,000
-11,800
|
-11,800 |
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50,000
-14,500
|
-14,500 |
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40,000
-13,400
|
-13,400 |
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34,000
-71,700
|
-71,700 |
|
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|
30,000
-42,800
|
-42,800 |
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6,300
-8,400
|
-8,400 |
|
Ben Lamb opened to 4,000 from under the gun. Jose-Luis Velador called in the cutoff, and the button called as well. When action got to the big blind, he potted it, and Benba was the only caller. The big blind was pretty short and moved all in on the flop. Lamb called and was going to need some help to win the pot.
Lamb: for top pair and some runner-runner draws
Opponent:
The turn was a safe card for the all-in player, but the
river gave Benba trip queens and the knockout.
"I don't even know why I was looking," joked tablemate John Kabbaj. "You're like a 10:1 favorite there. That guy should have gotten up on the flop." Lamb is up to 325,000.
The remaining players are off on their first 20-minute break of the day. See ya in a few.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Turnout at this year's WSOP has been amazing. But that comes with some side effects. The noon event today was a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em that filled all of the available tables. Then the 4:00 pm deepstack tournament (not a bracelet event) continued its trend of attracting a massive field. So many players have shown up that the Razz event scheduled to being at 5:00 pm was pushed back an hour.
So what does that mean for the $10,000 PLO corner of the room? There remaining PLO tables are sandwiched in between Day 3 of the $5,000 Six-Max event and tables from today's $1,500. As tables break, they are filled in with more $1,500 players. It makes it seem like the PLO field isn't getting any smaller, but the board shows that players are actually falling quite quickly.