Philip Hammerling raised to 35,000 from early position and picked up Jeremiah Siegmund from the button. After the flop fell , the scare card froze both players into tapping the table.
The turn card came and Hammerling checked once more, prompting Siegmund to fire a bet of 40,000. Hammerling called and the river card was the .
Hammerling checked for a third time and Siegmund pounced on the show of weakness with a 55,000 bet. Now Hammerling paused for a minute before cutting out a raise, making it 134,000 to go.
Siegmund went into the tank and eventually asked the dealer "Am I allowed to ask him if he will after I fold?" When he was informed that he could do so, Siegmund asked Hammerling whether or not that deal sounded equitable. Hammerling responded by telling his opponent that he would show if Siegmund reciprocated and revealed his mucked hand.
An agreement was reached and Siegmund folded his face up, and then watched as Hammerling smiled a bit while showing his . The post-oak bluff had worked to perfection, and Siegmund was left questioning his play on the hand.
David "OBD" Baker came into play with a short stack and put it to the test several times during these first two levels. Recently, following a button raise by Andrew Teng, Baker pushed his stack of about 220,000 in the middle from the small blind and got a call from Teng. Baker had and hopes of doubling versus Teng's , but the board came and the pair chopped the pot.
Just a couple of orbits later, Baker was all in again from under the gun for his last 180,000 and got a caller once more in Teng in the big blind. This time Baker held and had run into Teng's . The board brought no help to Baker's hand, and he's out in 13th place.
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Tamas Lendvai - Eliminated in 12th Place ($26,192)
Tamas Lendvai decided to raise it up from the cutoff, making it 36,000 to go. Jonathan Lane defended his big blind with a call and the players watched a flop of hit the table.
Lane checked it to Lendvai, who fired a bet of 43,000 into the middle. This was met by a check raise to 155,000 by Lane and Lendvai thought hings over for a minute or so. He eventually settled on an all-in shove and was disheartened to hear Lane instantly make the call with authority in his voice.
He flipped up his for a flopped flush, and when he saw Lendvai's , Lane did a little shimmy to celebrate his enormous lead in the hand. The on the turn ended the proceedings and Lendvai was drawing dead. After the on the river made things official, he hit the rail in 12th place.
Jonathan Driscoll raised to 32,000 from the button and Antonio Esfandiari called from the big blind. The flop came and the fireworks began. Esfandiari checked, Driscoll bet 32,000, Esfandiari raised to 86,000, and Driscoll then re-raised to 140,000. Not to be outdone, Esfandiari put in yet enother raise to 215,000 total. Driscoll opted to simply call and the fell on the turn. Esfandiari only had a little over 200,000 left in his stack and checked the action to Driscoll who put out two green chips equaling 50,000. Esfandiari then pushed in a raise to 150,000 and Driscoll immediately said he was all in.
Esfandiari snap-called and Driscoll cried "You better not have a better kicker" and groaned in agony when Esfandiari showed his . Driscoll flipped over his and the entire table waited to see what the river would bring. The came giving Esfandiari a full house and the double up.
Aaron Massey Is Stylin' and Proflin' As He Tries to Burst Onto the Poker Scene With His 1st WSOP Final Table Appearance
Aaron Massey arrived at the Rio today dressed to the nines in hopes of making a good impression at his first WSOP final table. With his maroon leather jacket and crisp new jeans, Massey told us he "is hoping to make a splash here today."
After becoming a fixture on the WSOP Circuit and the Heartland Poker Tour, Massey is seeking his biggest score to date here at the world's premiere poker event. Repeating his personal motto of "Destiny is mine," when Massey told us that he "just wants to be a poker star so bad" his passion for the game was written on his red leather sleeve. He has been documenting what he termed "his failures so far this summer" through his website chicagopokerclub.net, and says the blog is his way of living his dream of becoming a professional player.
So far, the affirmations have worked and Massey is already running good from the get go, after having found a $20 bill tucked inside his jacket pocket. Massey laughed when he found the lost dough, saying "I'm on a freeroll now baby!" before adding "Round of drinks on me!"
When Jeremiah Siegmund raised to 45,000 from the small blind, Jonathan Lane peered down to inspect his opponent's smaller stack, before defending his big blind and coming along.
The flop rolled out and Siegmund continued his line, firing 55,000 into the middle. Lane called him down and the turn card brought the to the table.
This time Siegmund slowed down and checked to Lane, who proceeded to bet 125,000. After an agonizing tank of over six minutes, Siegmund finally released his hand and the pot was shipped to Lane.
After reaching the unofficial final table of ten players during Event # 8: No-Limit Hold'em, Jonathan Driscoll is just two eliminations away from surpassing that 10th place performance.
The native of Quebec was active early on the day with his large stack, but after some unsuccessful confrontations he has dropped about half of his stack. With the final table so close at hand, he has tightened up just a bit and is looking to pick his spots wisely.
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