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Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 0
We just had another big chopped pot in Event #51 as has been the standard lately.
Robert Campbell raised it up to 75,000 in late position and TJ Scarber re-raised pot to put Campbell all in and he called.
Campbell
Scarber
The board ran out and the river chopped up the pot.
John "J.R." Reiss opened for 84,000 from under the gun -- about half his remaining stack -- and it folded to Jeffrey Gibralter in late position who raised to 150,000. All folded back to Reiss who reraised all in, and Gibralter called.
Reiss
Gilbralter
The flop came -- good for Gilbralter, not so good for Reiss. The turn was the , and Reiss was down to hoping for a saving seven. But the river was the , and Reiss is out in ninth.
Leader Gibralter moves back up to about 1.34 million on that one.
David Singontiko, or as his friends like to call him, "The Asian Jeff Madsen," just knocked out Robert Campbell and is creeping towards the top of our counts.
Singontiko raised it up to 75,000 in the small blind and Campbell re-raised all in from the big blind and Singontiko called.
Singontiko:
Campbell:
The board ran out and the ace on the river was the gin card for Singontiko as he made a wheel and scooped the whole pot. SIngontiko is now second in chips with 875,000. Seven players remain
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Singontiko |
875,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
||
Robert Campbell | Busted | |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Gibralter |
1,280,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Igor Sharaskin | 520,000 | |
Michael Yee
|
380,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
Marco Oliveira |
325,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Thomas Scarber
|
290,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Cliff Kettinger |
275,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Michael Yee opened for 62,000 from the hijack seat and got one caller in Jeffrey Gibralter from the button. The flop came , and Yee quickly checked. Gibralter bet 85,000, and after a short pause Yee said he was reraising to 225,000. Gibralter exhaled. "All right, I'm all in," he said, indicating his pot-sized reraise, and Yee called with his remaining chips.
Yee had and Gibralter . The turn was the and river the , which gave Gibralter the low half and Yee the high. Gibralter still has about 1.28 million, while Yee has about 380,000.
David Singontiko has continued his hot streak and taken out another player.
Singontiko raised it up to 49,000 from middle position and Cliff Kettinger re-raised pot (159,000) from the big blind. Singontiko didn't take much time before he re-raised all in and Kettinger called off a total of 275,000.
Singontiko:
Kettinger:
The flop came down and Singontiko's rail called for a six to make a straight. They got their wish as the turn was the The river came and Singontiko scooped to eliminate Kettinger in seventh. He is running hot right now and about even with Gibralter for the chip lead with around 1,200,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Singontiko |
1,175,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Cliff Kettinger | Busted |
The action has slowed a bit after that flurry of eliminations. We just saw a whole orbit (six hands) without a flop. Yee won two hands (one with a preflop raise, the other a walk), Singontiko took two (also one with a raise, the other a walk), and Sharaskin and Oliveira each won hands with a single preflop raise.