Halvorson Sends One Packing
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
We arrived at the table to find the aftermath of a hand where Nicolas Halvorson sent a player to the rail. Halvorson's opponent opened with a raise of pot and it came around to Halvorson who potted it back. His opponent called and the flop brought 
. The rest of the money went in on the flop and the hands were tabled.
Halvorson: 
Opponent: 
Halvorson was ahead and needed to fade clubs on the next two streets. He did exactly that as the 
turned and the 
rivered. Halvorson was able to drag the pot and now sits on about 140,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
. O'Donnell let out a sigh.
.
and the river the 
, ensuring that Crain would drag in this pot. He's now sitting on about 188,000 in chips.
and the dealer burned and turned: 
. The big blind now led out for pot (17,000) and Corcione made the call. The river was the 
and the big blind went all in for 11,500. Corcione made the call and showed his 
for a rivered two pair but that hand went straight to the muck.
while Crain went to battle with 
.
. The 
on the turn brought Crain a lot of outs though. The 
on the river wasn't one of the cards he needed and Mercier doubled.
on the table and Paasch check-called 5,500 from the small blind. The 
and Paasch thought for about a minute before announcing that he needed a maximum of thirty seconds more. "I don't like to waste the table's time" he said. He then checked and folded as Crain bet out 40,000. Paasch showed his 
for a flopped double gutshot and flushdraw which bricked. "Where is the 
?" asked Crain while he flashed his 
.
. The turn, however, was kinder to Purvis, as it brought the 
to see Adam Geyer check over to his opponent. Geyer's opponent fired 8,000 and Geyer took a while before flat calling.
for aces full. Geyer's opponent mucked and and Geyer took down the pot. He's now sitting on about 78,000.