Tollerene Gets Short
Level 25
: 40,000/80,000, 0 ante
Stephen Chidwick defended his big blind against a raise by Alex Epstein and they checked the 
flop. Chidwick bet the 
turn for 240,000 and Epstein called before the 
river was checked. Chidwick tabled 
for two pair and won the pot.
Epstein got the chips back soon after when he raised the button to 200,000. Wasim Korkis and Ben Tollerene in the blinds came along and they checked the 
flop to Epstein, who bet 175,000 and forced two folds.
Tollerene dropped to around 450,000 and then raised the pot twice to build his short stack again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
|
4,950,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,400,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
675,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
flop, Seidel checked and Chen continued for 240,000. After some consideration, Seidel announced pot and slid forward a raise to 1,000,000.
turn and 
river were no threat and Seidel doubled his stack of 1,290,000 to put a dent into Chen's steamrolling performance as of lately.
flop Epstein checked, but snap-folded to another pot-sized bet from Korkis.
against the 
. The turn 
river completed Epstein's flush and Karakitukov was eliminated.
and the river the 
flop on which Mizrachi checked and folded to a bet of 200,000.
to see Mizrachi drop below three million in chips.
river and Seidel led for 250,000 into a pot of around 600,000. Mizrachi raised it up to 1,100,000 and Seidel called after some consideration.
for a flush and that won the pot to send Seidel back towards the shorter stacks.
