Douglas Polk was down to just 12,300 chips at one point but that didn't keep him from making the round of 16. Andrew Lichtenberger lost a series of all ins ending his tournament with a $966 profit. We caught the final two hands that secured the win for Polk.
On a flop Lichtenberger check-called a 15,600 bet and the turn was the . Both players checked and the river was the . Lichtenberger opted to bet 36,000 and after tanking for quite a bit Polk moved all in. Lichtenberger did some thinking on his part before releasing his hand. After this hand Polk was up to 374,000 while Lichtenberger was getting short, he had 104,000 left.
On the final hand the board read and Pol bet 15,600. Lichtenberger called after which the dealer brought out the . Polk put Lichtenberger all in and he called and mucked after his opponent showed for trip sevens. Polk moves on to the next round and will play the winner of the match between Brock Parker and Mark Radoja.
Chris Moore opened to 16,000 on the button and Richard Lyndaker three-bet shoved from the big blind for 138,000. Moore mulled it over before calling with . Lyndaker trailed with and wasn't able to catch up as the board ran out .
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A short-stacked Chou Chou was all in preflop for 122,000 with , trailing the of Michael Drummond. The board rolled out to give Chou a pair of sevens, but it fell to Drummond's pair of aces.
Brock Parker has just knocked out Mark Radoja. Parker won two Hold'em Events at the 2009 WSOP and is in contention to add another one to his list of achievements.
First Radoja moved all in for 58,700 from the button and Parker called with the best starting hand in poker, pocket aces. Radoja tabled and after a board he was down to his final bullet.
On the final hand Parker put out 100,000 from the button giving Radoja a decision for his tournament life. Radoja called and showed against Parker's . The board ran out giving Parker the win and a spot in the final 16.
Heads Up specialist Jonathan Jaffe has just moved on to the round of 16 beating Steven Landfish. Landfish min-raised the button and Jaffe called from the big blind. The flop came down and Jaffe checked to Landfish who bet 21,000. Jaffe decided to check-raise making it 52,000 and Landfish called. The turn was the and Jaffe fired out 72,000 and Landfish called once more.
On the river the hit and Jaffe put his opponent all in. Landfish called and mucked when Jaffe turned over for a set of treys. Jaffe moves on while Landfish collected his $10,966 payday for a small profit in this tournament.
From the button Ryan O'Donnell just moved all in for his last 90,000 chips and Andrew Robl made the call. Robl showed and was up against for the win. The board ran out giving Robl a winning set of aces and s pot in the round of 16.
From the button Vanessa Selbst moved all in and Kevin Saul called for his tournament life. He had 100,000 chips left behind and showed against Selbst's . The board ran out giving Selbst the win and a spot in the round of 16.
We just caught the huge pre flop all in between Tommy Chen and Eric Froehlich who got their money all in pre flop. Tommy Chen showed and jumped his chair in excitement when Froehlich turned over . The board ran out , and Chen got a huge double up. He was all in for 164,800 and with one lammer behind he took a huge lead.
Froehlich was down to around 71,000 when, according to Chen, he moved all in pre flop with . Chen called with and his hand held up giving him a seat in the final 16. Froehlich, who finished fourth in the $25,000 Heads Up Championship last year, got knocked out and added a min cash to his impressive list of results.
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flop Lichtenberger check-called a 15,600 bet and the turn was the 
. Both players checked and the river was the 
. Lichtenberger opted to bet 36,000 and after tanking for quite a bit Polk moved all in. Lichtenberger did some thinking on his part before releasing his hand. After this hand Polk was up to 374,000 while Lichtenberger was getting short, he had 104,000 left.
and Pol bet 15,600. Lichtenberger called after which the dealer brought out the 
. Polk put Lichtenberger all in and he called and mucked after his opponent showed 
for trip sevens. Polk moves on to the next round and will play the winner of the match between Brock Parker and Mark Radoja.
. Lyndaker trailed with 
and wasn't able to catch up as the board ran out 
.
, trailing the 
to give Chou a pair of sevens, but it fell to Drummond's pair of aces.
and after a 
against Parker's 
and Jaffe fired out 72,000 and Landfish called once more.
hit and Jaffe put his opponent all in. Landfish called and mucked when Jaffe turned over 
giving Robl a winning set of aces and s pot in the round of 16.
. The board ran out 
. Chen called with 
