Eric Froehlich who was down early in his match against Ronald Crabtree but recently he retook the lead. Froehlich started a recent hand by putting his opponent all in from the big blind. After a few minutes Crabtree opted to call and put himself at risk.
Froehlich:
Crabtree:
With a flop it looked like this match would be lasting a bit longer. A on the turn also gave credit to this theory, but a on the river sealed the deal in Froehlich's favor. Both players shook hands, but it appeared as if Crabtree didn't know he lost. Having not seen the Froehlich's straight he thought he had doubled up, after quickly being corrected Crabtree was sent on his merry way.
Richard Lyndaker has advanced to the second round after beating Byron Kaverman, but it took a lot of work to do so, and some luck.
Kaverman took a slight chip lead on one hand where he reraised all in from the big blind for 15,500 after Lyndaker raised on the button. Lyndaker called with the and was up against Kaverman's . The board ran out and Kaverman doubled up.
Shortly after that, Lyndaker raised to 2,400 on the button and Kaverman reraised to 6,400 from the big blind. Lyndaker shoved for 27,800 and Kaverman called. Lyndaker held the and was dominated against the for Kaverman. A board of gave Lyndaker a flush and doubled him up to leave Kaverman short.
On the final hand, Kaverman was all in with the against the for Lyndaker. The flop, turn and river ran out and Lyndaker won the match.
After a series of raises Andrew Rosskamm faced an all in bet from his opponent Chris Moorman. Rosskamm quickly called and flipped over while Moorman exposed . Rosskamm was going to need some major help post flop. He received little as the flop fell out . Any club along with any king could save Rosskamm and prolong his day here in the first round.
A turn even gave Rosskamm a straight for an out, unfortunately he would need to hit one of the two remaining queens for that to work seeing as Moorman held two of his own. A river blanked out for Rosskamm and Moorman was awarded the pot.
Jason Koon, runner up in the $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha event, just lost his first round match against Brian Green. Was was kind enough to give us the details of the match that almost went his way. Koon explained he was down early but managed to chip up giving him a 42,000-18,000 chip lead on the 400/800 level.
"I min-raised to 1,600 on the button and that sweetheart called," Koon started his story of the hand that could've ended the match. The flop came down with two clubs and Green checked to Koon who bet 2,000. "He just moved all in for like 16,300," Koon laughed as he made the call with . He was up against and a hit the turn right away turning the tables on this match.
In the 500/1,000 level Koon was down to 18,000 and Green raised the button to 2,500. Koon moved all in and Green called with . Koon showed and didn't manage to survive. Green moves on to the second round.
Within a five minute span Frank Kassela won two big all-ins and advanced to the second round. The first one was all-in pre flop when Jones held against Kassela's . The board ran out giving Kassela the win and Jones was down to his final lammer.
Moments later the match was over and Kassela told us what happened in the final hand. Kassela had min-raised pre flop and Jones called. The flop came down and Jones check-raised all in. Kassela called with and he was up against . Kassela's hand held up and we will see him at 4pm when the second round kicks off.
Recent Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max runner up Joseph Cheong has been eliminated after moving all in against Jacob Godshall and receiving a call preflop.
Cheong:
Godshall:
Godshall held a a bit of a lead, but with a flop Cheong overtook Godshall and now possessed a strong advantage. The on fourth street further insured a Cheong victory, but a river again brought a reversal of leads and Cheong was eliminated.
Right after the final hand Ankush Mandavia said, "That ace-four call was horrible," as both players started discussing the hands. We ran over and wrote down the final hand which played out in the following manner.
Mandavia was down to his final five big blinds and got it in with against . The board ran out and after flopping a set Mandavia got runner-runnered and Baumstein moved on.
"You just got here for this hand, but you missed the big pot," Mandavia said as we listened to Baumstein who laid out the first big pot the two played. In the first level Mandavia raised to 400 and Baumstein called from the big blind. The flop came down and Baumstein check-called 400. The turn was a and both players checked. The river was a and Baumstein checked once more. Mandavia moved all in for 7,800 and Baumstein looked him up with . This cost Mandavia his first lammer.
Mandavia went on to tell his the other big hand. Baumstein min-raised from the button to 1,600 and Mandavia moved all in for 18,000. Baumstein immediately corrected him saying it was 16,500 and after a good three minutes of bickering both players still couldn't agree on the bet size. Baumstein ended up making the call with and Mandavia kept stating how bad this was. Mandavia had and the board ran out giving Baumstein a flush and a commanding chip lead. The final hand was described above and Baumstein moves on to the second round.
As we discussed earlier, this is Viktor "Isildur1" Blom's first-ever World Series of Poker. He was squared off against Andy Bloch in the first round and has just defeated the newly crowned WSOP champion. Here's how it all went down.
With the blinds 400/800, Blom limped on the button and Bloch checked his option. The flop came down and Bloch check-called a bet of 800 to see the land on the turn. Both players checked fourth street and then checked the river when the completed the board. Blom showed the for a pair of twos and Bloch mucked his hand.
A couple hands later in the same blind level, Blom limped the button again and Bloch checked. The flop produced the and Bloch checked. Blom bet 800 and Bloch called. After the fell on the turn, Bloch checked and Blom bet 1,800. Bloch folded.
It was then time for the next level and the blinds increased to 500/1,000. On the first hand of the level, Bloch raised all in for 6,300 after Blom limped the button. Blom snap-called with the and was dominating the for Bloch. The flop, turn and river ran out and Bloch was forced to use his last add-on lammer.
On the very next hand having just reloaded for his final 10,000 in chips, Bloch shoved all in from the button for 10,000 and Blom called. Bloch held the and was once again dominated against Blom's . A board of was run out and Bloch was eliminated.
With his victory, that means Blom has won his first match in his first-ever WSOP tournament. We'll be seeing him in the second round at 4:00 PM.
flop it looked like this match would be lasting a bit longer. A 
on the turn also gave credit to this theory, but a 
on the river sealed the deal in Froehlich's favor. Both players shook hands, but it appeared as if Crabtree didn't know he lost. Having not seen the Froehlich's straight he thought he had doubled up, after quickly being corrected Crabtree was sent on his merry way.
. The board ran out 
and Kaverman doubled up.
and was dominated against the 
for Kaverman. A board of 
gave Lyndaker a flush and doubled him up to leave Kaverman short.
against the 
and Lyndaker won the match.
while Moorman exposed 
. Rosskamm was going to need some major help post flop. He received little as the flop fell out 
. Any club along with any king could save Rosskamm and prolong his day here in the first round.
turn even gave Rosskamm a straight for an out, unfortunately he would need to hit one of the two remaining queens for that to work seeing as Moorman held two of his own. A 
river blanked out for Rosskamm and Moorman was awarded the pot.
with two clubs and Green checked to Koon who bet 2,000. "He just moved all in for like 16,300," Koon laughed as he made the call with 
. He was up against 
and a 
. Koon showed 
and Jones check-raised all in. Kassela called with 
flop Cheong overtook Godshall and now possessed a strong advantage. The 
and after flopping a set Mandavia got runner-runnered and Baumstein moved on.
and the board ran out 
giving Baumstein a flush and a commanding chip lead. The final hand was described above and Baumstein moves on to the second round.
completed the board. Blom showed the 
and Bloch checked. Blom bet 800 and Bloch called. After the 
for Bloch. The flop, turn and river ran out 
