There was about 15,000 in the middle when we walked up to the table to see Matt Salsberg heads up in a pot on a completed board of . Salsberg checked to his opponent, who moved all in fairly quickly for his last 5,925. Salsberg got an official count, cut out the chips for the call, and then stuck them in after a few more moments of though. His opponent simply shook his and tabled for bottom pair, and Salsberg showed for fourth pair on board, which was good enough to claim the sizeable pot.
After winning that hand, Salsberg jumped up to 49,000.
Our desk is set up right in front of a very dangerous table with Matt Matros, Matt Salsberg, and Maxim Lykov. They had an interesting character come sit down moments ago at their table. Tommy Vu just joined the table. For some reason he is wearing blue latex gloves and brought out a large bottle of Perrier.
Maybe the gloves are good luck as we just saw him double when he got in against Matros's preflop. Vu hit a pair on the flop and got the double. He will need to drink more Perrier to keep up his luck as he only had 6,000 after that hand.
The color up is complete and players have returned to the table. This event will play two more levels before the remaining players bag up their chips for the night.
Eric Crain raised it up to 1,600 in early position, and the next player to act called. It folded around to Jake Cody on the button, and he three bet it to 3,900, leaving himself about 4,000 behind. The small blind flat called, and Crain got out of the way. The original caller also called, and the flop came . The small blind led right out for 5,500, and the other opponent folded. Cody stuck the rest of his chips in with a disappointed look on his face, and when the cards were tabled, he saw the bad news he suspected.
Cody:
Opponent:
Cody was in rough shape and in need of an ace, but it never came, as the board completed and , busting the triple crown winner.
Matt Salsberg raised to 1,800 preflop, and Maxim Lykov three-bet to 4,200. Lykov is seated directly to Salsberg's left, and he's been making it a habit to three-bet when Salsberg raises since he got moved to this table. This time, Salsberg elected to re-raise, and he pushed forward a stack of chips to make the it 16,800 to play. Lykov thought for a moment, and then folded.
PokerNews's own Frank Op de Woerd had a great start at his first table, quickly building his stack up to 14,000 in the first two levels. He later got moved, and stayed fairly stagnant while at that table. However, he won a big pot to end his time at that table, and has just taken down another huge pot to vault to the top of the chip counts.
Action started with the player to Op de Woerd's right raising to 1,800. He flat called, as did the button. The flop came down , and when it was checked to him, Op de Woerd fired 3,600. The button was the lone caller, and on the turn, he fired out 8,400. Once again he was called, and the hit the river. Op de Woerd then shoved all in for around a pot sized bet, having his opponent covered. He was called off, and Op de Woerd showed for top pair top kicker. His opponent kicked his hand in, and after stacking up his chips, he was looking at a stack of 89,000, which is right at the top of the counts by our estimation.
Marc-Andre Ladouceur was all in and behind with and up against . The chips went in preflop.
The flop came . Ladoucer went from being behind to ahead. He had another sweat when the came on the turn. The river brought the and that gave Ladoucer the double. He went from extremely short to short after that hand and sits with 11,000.
. Salsberg checked to his opponent, who moved all in fairly quickly for his last 5,925. Salsberg got an official count, cut out the chips for the call, and then stuck them in after a few more moments of though. His opponent simply shook his and tabled 
for bottom pair, and Salsberg showed 
for fourth pair on board, which was good enough to claim the sizeable pot.
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against Matros's 
. The small blind led right out for 5,500, and the other opponent folded. Cody stuck the rest of his chips in with a disappointed look on his face, and when the cards were tabled, he saw the bad news he suspected.
and 
, busting the triple crown winner.
, and when it was checked to him, Op de Woerd fired 3,600. The button was the lone caller, and on the 
hit the river. Op de Woerd then shoved all in for around a pot sized bet, having his opponent covered. He was called off, and Op de Woerd showed 
and up against 
. The chips went in preflop.
came on the turn. The river brought the 
and that gave Ladoucer the double. He went from extremely short to short after that hand and sits with 11,000.
