Eddie Blumenthal has 3 World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes to his name including a runner-up spot to Geffrey Klein in last years $1,500 six-handed event for a career best score of $334,756. He has just doubled up to around 138,000 after four-betting for 64,500 over a Jason Senti three-bet. Senti turned over , Blumenthal turned over and the board ran out to give Blumenthal the ace he needed on the flop.
Damien Lhommeau raised to 8,000 in the cutoff, Ryan Fair three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind and a 48,000 Lhommeau four-bet ended the action
At the next table Toan Trinh raised to 9,500 under the gun and both Simon Charette (OTB) and Taylor Paur (SB) made the call. The flop was and Trinh took down the pot with a 19,000 c-bet.
Joseph Urgo raised to 6,500 in the cutoff and Daniel Alaei defended the big blind. The flop was and Alaei check-called a 10,000 Urgo c-bet. Onto the turn and the action switched when Alaei bet 17,000 and Urgo made the call. The river of was checked through and Alaei won the pot with ; Urgo mucked .
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Our WSOP champion is still in the hunt for a 2nd bracelet
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Tom Franklin has just doubled up through Ryan Fair. All of the action occurred pre flop with Franklin holding and Fair holding . The board ran out . Franklin had 71,800 chips to the horror of Fair who thought he much less!
The man popularly known as "ElkY," Bertrand Grospelier has been steamrolling his competition as of late.
In a recent hand, Grospellier opened to 6,500 from the button and was three-bet all in by Dario Sammartino for his last 50,000 from the small blind. Grospellier immediately pushed in a call and hands were revealed.
Grospellier:
Sammartino:
Sammartino was a slight favorite going into the flop, however, that would change when the flop came .
"That's a good flop," Grospellier said.
Indeed, it was, as it left Sammartino drawing to just one out.
The turn meant nothing.
The river?
- giving Sammartino a set of nines, but simultaneously improving Grospellier to a flush. Fellow tablemates Eugene Katchalov and Will Failla couldn't help but laugh - appearing dumbfounded by Grospellier's recent hot streak.
When the chips were bagged and tagged last night the top two names on the team sheet were Jeff Manza and Aaron Jones. If proof was ever needed about the fragility of stacks in poker then the story of those two says it all. We reported earlier how Andrew Lichtenberger eliminated Jones and now we are here to tell you that Manza has followed him into the sultry sun.
Whenever we have a loser there is always a winner and his name is Daniel Witcher. Witcher took all of Manza's chips in two consecutive pots. The first was versus for a 70k pot and then he finished off the job with versus for his remaining few chips.
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and the board ran out 
to give Blumenthal the ace he needed on the flop.
and Trinh took down the pot with a 19,000 c-bet.
and Alaei check-called a 10,000 Urgo c-bet. Onto the turn and the action switched when Alaei bet 17,000 and Urgo made the call. The river of 
was checked through and Alaei won the pot with 
; Urgo mucked 
and Fair holding 
. The board ran out 
. Franklin had 71,800 chips to the horror of Fair who thought he much less!
for a 70k pot and then he finished off the job with 
versus 
for his remaining few chips.