Jared Tendler, author of The Mental Game of Poker Volumes I and II, returns to the Strategy with Kristy Podcast to talk about how players can prepare for and compete in the World Series of Poker Main Event with an optimal mental game strategy.
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Nicholas Crisp is another player that has been on the rise, and currently he sits with just under 210,000 which is good for a top five chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
209,800
25,725
|
25,725 |
Erik Seidel and two other players saw a flop of 
. The first player checked to Seidel, who bet 2,000. The button called, as did the first player. The turn was the 
, and Seidel bet 5,500 when checked to. This time, the button folded and the first player called. A 
fell on the river, and Seidel made it 13,000 this time, about half of his opponent's stack. The player thought for about 30 seconds before tossing three orange T5,000 chips in. Seidel showed 
for a set, and he took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
189,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
Matt Glantz opened with a raise to 1,300 from the cutoff seat, then Kevin O'Leary pushed all in for his last 6,000 or so from a seat over. Both blinds got out, and after getting an idea how many chips were required to do so Glantz called.
"I've looked at one," said O'Leary as he tabled his 
. Glantz meanwhile had 
, and when the flop brought a five — coming 
— O'Leary was suddenly in dire straits. The turn was the 
, making the river 
no matter and sending O'Leary railward.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Jesse Yaginuma opened to 1,300 and Chad Holloway three-bet to 3,000 before Yaginuma moved all in once it folded back to him. Holloway made the call for roughly his remaining 15,000 and was at risk.
Holloway: 
Yaginuma: 
Unfortunately for PokerNews' own and Event 1: $500 Casino Employees Champion Holloway, the board ran out a bunch of bricks and he was forced to hit the rail as Yaginuma climbed to 89,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
89,000
19,750
|
19,750 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
When we got to Johnny Lodden's table action had folded to the player in the cutoff who raised to 1,400. The player in the small blind opted to reraise to 3,500 after the button folded. Next to act, Johnny Lodden popped it up to 7,500 from the big blind. The player in the cutoff folded, but the small blind called.
The flop came down 
and the small blind checked to Lodden who put out a bet of 5,350. With the action back on the small blind, he thought for about 30 seconds before tossing in a reraise to 12,600. Lodden had the action again and he tanked for about a minute before moving all in for just about 26,000 After thinking about it briefly, the small blind folded allowing Lodden to take down the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
Andrew Moreno, who is the better half of our very own Kristy Arnett, made Day 5 of this event last year, but he won't be repeating that success, as he was just eliminated. Moreno had it up to nearly 50,000 earlier in the level, but lost almost all of it when his 
lost to the 
of his opponent after a flop of 
with two hearts.
That knocked him down to just 4,900, and a few hands later, those chips got in the middle. Facing an early position raise to 1,200, Moreno shoved all in for his last 4,700. It folded around to Matthew Reed in the big blind, and he thought it over for a bit before announcing raise, and betting out 10,000. The original raiser folded, and the cards went on their backs.
Reed: 
Moreno: 
Moreno was hoping for an ace or hearts to come, but he never had a sweat, as the board ran down 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
251,000
88,675
|
88,675 |
|
|
170,000
67,325
|
67,325 |
|
135,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
131,000
52,050
|
52,050 |
|
130,000
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
130,000
37,125
|
37,125 |
|
120,000
27,800
|
27,800 |
|
120,000
15,150
|
15,150 |
|
117,000
31,300
|
31,300 |
|
115,000
21,525
|
21,525 |
|
111,500
2,150
|
2,150 |
|
|
100,000
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
100,000
34,850
|
34,850 |
|
95,000
7,750
|
7,750 |
|
90,000
11,975
|
11,975 |
|
87,000
27,600
|
27,600 |
|
||
|
80,000
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
80,000
33,350
|
33,350 |
|
|
75,000
23,350
|
23,350 |
|
75,000
500
|
500 |
|
75,000
17,550
|
17,550 |
|
70,000
33,100
|
33,100 |
|
65,000
37,250
|
37,250 |
|
60,000
22,125
|
22,125 |
|
55,000
31,600
|
31,600 |
As our section is clearing out with tables moving into purple, here are a few counts from some of the notables still in the orange section.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
156,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
129,000
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
||
|
112,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
||
|
101,050
5,050
|
5,050 |
|
||
|
71,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
56,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
36,200
8,200
|
8,200 |
|
|
||
|
23,550
450
|
450 |
Randy Pfeifer checked to Kristen Bicknell on a flop of , and the 2013 Ladies Event champion tossed out 2,500. Pfeifer called.
The turn was the 
, Pfeifer check-called another 7,000, and the completed the board. Both players knuckled.
Pfeifer tabled 
for a pair of aces, and Bicknell mucked her hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000 | |
|
||
|
65,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
