Today it's Jaffee's turn to sweat the action, as his father Milton is currently competing in the Seniors Championship.
When asked if he had been coaching his dad in preparation for the event, Jaffee could only laugh and respond by saying "I don't want to take any responsibility for what goes on out there."
Perhaps the younger Jaffee should admit to a bit of assistance though, as Milton has survived through nearly six full levels of play while building a stack that sits right around the average.
We only arrived at the river of a board where Barny Boatman was faced by a bet of 1,500 chips. He pondered about his decision for a bit and then made the call, turning over and immediately pointing to his ace. He figured his opponent would try to bluff with an open ended straight draw that never arrived and sure enough the villain held .
More and more players get moved into the Brasilia room and among them is also Roland Reparejo. The Employees Event champion is currently sitting at 10,000 chips, he lost some stack but is still well above average.
We arrived at the table on a turn and the villain of the hand had bet 4,000 on the flop, receiving two callers. On the turn all escalated and our villain got it in with only to see both opponents wake up with flushes. The first opponent had and Robert Cramer showed . There was no help on the river and Cramer raked in the massive pot. The villain with the set busted, the second opponent was left crippled and bowed out one hand later against .
We noticed a particularly large stack at this juncture in the tournament, and after inquiring we discovered the castle had been built by Laurie Morgan.
Morgan told us that she benefited from quad jacks early on, flopping a set to leave her opponent crushed and finishing them off with the case fishhook on the river.
From there, Morgan explained that she has "just made a lot of straights and flushes" at opportune moments, taking control of her table, and perhaps, the tournament midway through the day.
Morgan's stack is equal to more than three times the current average, putting her in prime position for a deep run here today.
"Since you are writing the updates here, you should write that one down. We have a really tight player here, he has folded for two hours and didn't play a single hand," said one of the players on table one. "Constantine", as written down on the paper next to the chips, had been moved from table eleven to one and didn't show up just yet to slowly blind down his 12,050 stack.
Alexander Kunichoff was shaking his head when we got back to our media desk as his table was just in front and he had by far less chips. Barny Boatman had a curios but ultimately action-less hand where he limped the button and the 4-way hand was checked down until the river. Nobody had a spade and the of the big blind won the pot.
Last year we apparently lost 3,000 players before the dinner break and upon glancing at the screens now, it showed 2,150 out of 4,422 entries remaining. One more level and then we can grab something to eat, the pace may very well be quite similar.
John Duthie limped from under the gun and found one caller two seats over, the big blind checked her option. On the flop, Duthie continued for 450 and only the cold caller tossed in the chips to make a call. Duthie then asked the dealer to spread the pot after the turn when he checked and the opponent made it 550 to go.
The river completed the board and Duthie checked once again. The opponent must have smelled the trap and checked behind, tabling . Sure enough Duthie turned over for two pair and raked in the pot.
With the blinds going up a lot of players are in the 15 to 20 big blind zone, if that, so we are seeing a lot of all ins now.
On one table there was a very relieved player who shoved with and was instantly called. His relief was explained when he saw he was up against another and they chopped the pot.
Less happy with the gentleman who got his stack of over 4,000 in with and was up against . The board ran out giving them both a straight and chopping the pot.
“I would have been right in the game.” he complained, thinking about the 8,000 stack that got away but then added, “At least you didn’t get a flush.”
On another table there was an all in confrontation when one player shoved with and got looked up by .
"I hate this hand." said the player with the ace king, and he sure didn't like the flop of . He sure picked up when he saw the turn card but strode from the table when the river hit.
When he had gone another player said he was glad he didn't mention he had folded a queen.
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board where Barny Boatman was faced by a bet of 1,500 chips. He pondered about his decision for a bit and then made the call, turning over 
and immediately pointing to his ace. He figured his opponent would try to bluff with an open ended straight draw that never arrived and sure enough the villain held 
.
turn and the villain of the hand had bet 4,000 on the flop, receiving two callers. On the turn all escalated and our villain got it in with 
only to see both opponents wake up with flushes. The first opponent had 
and Robert Cramer showed 
. There was no help on the 
river and Cramer raked in the massive pot. The villain with the set busted, the second opponent was left crippled and bowed out one hand later against 
.
flop, Duthie continued for 450 and only the cold caller tossed in the chips to make a call. Duthie then asked the dealer to spread the pot after the 
turn when he checked and the opponent made it 550 to go.
river completed the board and Duthie checked once again. The opponent must have smelled the trap and checked behind, tabling 
. Sure enough Duthie turned over 
for two pair and raked in the pot.
and was instantly called. His relief was explained when he saw he was up against another 
. The board ran out 
giving them both a straight and chopping the pot.
and got looked up by 