Right after losing most of his stack, Michael Shelton pushed all in from mid position for just 21,000 in chips. The player on the button repushed all in and both blinds folded. "Wow, that's way better than I expected" the player on the button said as Shelton showed his . The button tabled and we were off to the races.
and Shelton secured his double-up. The on the turn and on couldn't change a thing and the table was cheering Shelton on for doubling with a Royal Flush. Shelton himself didn't seem to care about the Royal, he was probably still thinking about the hand before where his river call cost him loads of chips.
We caught the action on the flop with on the table. David "Bakes" Baker (under-the-gun plus one) checked to Michael Shelton (hijack) who bet 10,500. Baker made the call and check-called another 17,500 from Shelton on the turn. The river was the and Baker checked for a third time. Shelton bet out 26,000 and Baker paused for a second before announcing all in for 120,000 more.
Shelton had a tough decision. "I was supposed to check on the river" he said with a mysterious smirk. He thought about it for a while before tossing in a 500 chip to indicate the call. Baker showed his and Shelton had to muck. "I was supposed to check on the river" he stated one more time. Shelton has to continue with just 21,500 in chips.
David "Bakes" Baker and Kurt Jewell got all the chips in preflop. Baker held a dominating versus Jewell's . The board ran out and Baker eliminated Jewell and he know has 172,000.
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We caught the action on the flop as Vanessa Selbst was battling it out with Athanasios Polychronopoulos. On the table the two had to work with, and Selbst checked from the big blind to Polychronopoulos in the cutoff. Polychronopoulos made it 10,000 to go and called as Selbst raised it up to 32,000.
The turn braught the and Selbst bet out 38,000 this time. Again Polychronopoulos made the call. The river was the and Selbst pushed all in for, what looked like, about 110,000. Polychronopoulos made the instant call and showed his for a full house. Selbst flashed her cards, a red and , and left the tournament area.
Barry Greenstein has again lost a big big hand. It appears he doubled up without us noticing, so he still has some chips left fortunately.
The player under-the-gun had opened to 8,000 and from the button Greenstein had made the call. They took a flop Heads-Up and Greenstein called the 9,500 continuation-bet. The turn brought the on the table and the player under-the-gun plus one bet out 15,000. Greenstein informed himself how much the player had behind, and then pushed all in. His opponent snap called with the nuts; . "Again?" asked Greenstein rhetorically while flipping over his . Greenstein needed the last three in the deck to win the hand but wouldn't be so lucky: on the river. Greenstein cut out 57,000 of his chips and send them to the other side of the table.
Talk about being cooled. This was an ice cold cooler!
The action started with Manual Mutke on the button. He raised it to 6,500. Barry Greenstein called in the big blind. They took to a flop of . Greenstein checked, Mutke bet 9,000, and Greenstein bumped it to 20,000. Mutke called and the two took a turn of the . Greenstein checked it. Mutke bet 18,000. Just like the flop, Greenstein check-raised the turn and made it 50,000. This put Mutke into the tank. He was stone cold quiet.
We had no idea if he was planning to fold, call or raise. Eventually he did make the call. The river paired the board with the . Greenstein immediately went all in and Mutke called. Greenstein flipped up for fives full. This was no good as Mutke had trapped Greenstein as he had for kings full.
The ice cold cooler set Greenstien back to 73,000 and launched Mutke to the top of the counts with 305,000.
. The button tabled 
and we were off to the races.
and Shelton secured his double-up. The 
on the turn and 
on couldn't change a thing and the table was cheering Shelton on for doubling with a Royal Flush. Shelton himself didn't seem to care about the Royal, he was probably still thinking about the hand before where his river call cost him loads of chips.
on the table. David "Bakes" Baker (under-the-gun plus one) checked to Michael Shelton (hijack) who bet 10,500. Baker made the call and check-called another 17,500 from Shelton on the 
turn. The river was the 
and Baker checked for a third time. Shelton bet out 26,000 and Baker paused for a second before announcing all in for 120,000 more.
and Shelton had to muck. "I was supposed to check on the river" he stated one more time. Shelton has to continue with just 21,500 in chips.
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versus Jewell's 
and Baker eliminated Jewell and he know has 172,000.
and Selbst bet out 38,000 this time. Again Polychronopoulos made the call. The river was the 
and Selbst pushed all in for, what looked like, about 110,000. Polychronopoulos made the instant call and showed his 
for a full house. Selbst flashed her cards, a red 
and 
, and left the tournament area.
on the table and the player under-the-gun plus one bet out 15,000. Greenstein informed himself how much the player had behind, and then pushed all in. His opponent snap called with the nuts; 
. "Again?" asked Greenstein rhetorically while flipping over his 
. Greenstein needed the last three in the deck to win the hand but wouldn't be so lucky: 
on the river. Greenstein cut out 57,000 of his chips and send them to the other side of the table.
