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It was not a great day for Kevin MacPhee. We told you how he was short before the break and when we returned to his table he was gone.
Marcus Gonsalves sent him packing with 
against the 
of MacPhee.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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11,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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Busted | |
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Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger is in the field and getting to know the other players at his table. It looks like he is set to play a large number of tournaments this summer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
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Here's a look at a few updated chip counts as some players begin building and others are on life support:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,200
17,200
|
17,200 |
|
15,500
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
15,100
10,600
|
10,600 |
|
11,300
11,300
|
11,300 |
|
||
|
9,850
5,350
|
5,350 |
|
|
||
|
9,800
500
|
500 |
|
|
||
|
9,400
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
9,250
4,750
|
4,750 |
|
7,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
6,900
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
6,100
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
|
||
|
5,200
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
|
|
||
|
5,200
-200
|
-200 |
|
3,900
-100
|
-100 |
|
||
|
3,800
-700
|
-700 |
|
3,300
-1,200
|
-1,200 |
|
|
||
|
3,200
-1,300
|
-1,300 |
|
|
||
|
2,900
-1,600
|
-1,600 |
|
|
||
|
2,800
-1,700
|
-1,700 |
|
2,400
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
|
|
||
|
1,500
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
Ryan Riess opened the betting from the button and got called by the blinds.
The flop was 
and the small blind led out for 350. The big blind folded, but Riess applied some pressure with a raise to 875. The bet was called and Riess asked his opponent how much he had behind - 2,500.
The turn card was the 
and the small blind bet 1,250, which Riess now knew to be half his stack. Riess mulled it over before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,200
-900
|
-900 |
|
|
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Griffin Benger is chatting up a storm on his table and he and Pratyush Buddiga agreed that theirs is the most fun table. From what we’ve seen that may well be true, but there are a LOT of tables to accommodate the 1,480 players who have bought in so far. Just for good measure, Benger opened for 300, took it down and showed the table 
. Fun times.
A few tables over we also spotted Dan Shak, who is accumulating chips early.
Martin Staszko is not far away from him and not having such a great start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,400
7,400
|
7,400 |
|
4,300
-200
|
-200 |
|
1,800
1,800
|
1,800 |
Here's a few more updated chip counts from the floor:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,900
16,900
|
16,900 |
|
10,150
5,650
|
5,650 |
|
|
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|
8,450
8,450
|
8,450 |
|
7,800
7,800
|
7,800 |
|
7,600
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
|
||
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
|
7,400
2,900
|
2,900 |
|
|
||
|
6,975
2,475
|
2,475 |
|
|
||
|
5,200
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
|
||
|
3,900
2,100
|
2,100 |
|
|
||
|
2,900
-1,600
|
-1,600 |
|
2,250
-2,250
|
-2,250 |
|
1,825
-2,675
|
-2,675 |
|
|
||
|
1,450
-3,050
|
-3,050 |
|
|
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Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante:
On Episode 81 of the Thinking Poker Podcast, Nate and Andrew discuss strategies for the World Series of Poker that will assist you both on and off of the felt. They also break down a hand from Nitcast favorite Gareth Chantler and another from the Sunday Million.
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2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event runner-up Tyler Reiman has a heap of chips in front of him.
This fact likely made it very easy to give up on a 2,100-chip pot when facing a 900-chip bet from his opponent on a 
board following the river. Either that or he had very little.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,100
22,100
|
22,100 |
We mentioned Martin Staszko is short on chips, but then so are most of the other players on his table. The exception is Ryan Hughes, who seems to be vacuuming up all the chips. He was up to 24,000 at the start of a hand we just witnessed.
Hughes was in the small blind and called an open. The two players saw a flop of 
and Hughes then check-raised his opponent to 1,300 which was called.
The turn was the 
and Hughes checked again. His opponent went all in for 2,700 and after a quick look back at his cards, Hughes made the call. His opponent showed 
, but Hughes was ahead with 
. The river was the 
and another pile of chips headed over to the table's big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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