Carlo Argentino was down to approximately 74,000 when he shipped it from the button. Jason Gilbert woke up with a hand in the big blind and called to put Argentino at risk.
Carlo Argentino: 6♠6♦
Jason Gilbert: J♥J♦
Argentino needed serious help to overcome the higher pair of Gilbert, but the cavalry did not come to save the day as the board ran out Q♠2♥J♣A♥8♦ to send Argentino packing.
After disappointing himself with his play in the Monster Stack event, Kareef Nahid said he needed a tournament to cleanse his poker playing soul.
So he entered the Salute to Warriors and after a rocky start — he busted out in short order with his first buy-in — he believes he has found a groove.
"I'm playing much better," Nahid said. "Just blew it in the Monster Stack. After getting off to a good start, I bluffed off a third of my chips in the last couple hands of the flight, then returned the next day and was out in two hands.
"I needed to get back on point."
A couple of come-from-behind wins — fours cracking aces and a gutshot straight — has Nahid near the top of the leaderboard, but there are still some 400 players to be eliminated before play is done for the evening.
Nahid has busted seven players from the field, and had been so dominant at his table that when a tablemate bluffed him out of a hand, the joke was that now the guy has a story to tell.
"I'm so happy I decided to play, just gotta keep paying well," Nahid said.
Nicholas Wood opened the action preflop with a raise to 12,000 from early position before Sherwin Basti elected to shove for 52,000 two seats over. Players folded to Thomas Grey, who called the all-in bet. Wood gave it some thought before he folded to send Basti and Grey to a showdown.
Nicholas Wood: A♠3♠
Thomas Grey: A♥K♣
Wood was in trouble against the better ace of Grey. The flop, however, gave Wood plenty of equity as it came J♠5♥9♠. The 3♦ turn suddenly put Wood in the lead, and with the flush draw trimmed Grey's hand to only two outs heading to the river. The 4♦ river completed the board and gave Wood the double up against Grey.
Action was picked up on the river with a board of K♣4♦7♥2♥J♠, and Scott Berridge had bet out 65,000 from under the gun, and Mark Baxter made the call, which did not put him all-in, but very short-stacked if he lost. Berridge turned over 4♣4♠ for a set, and Baxter mucked.
Berridge was relieved to win the pot and stack his new chips, especially being in his very first World Series Event.
Ricky Landais has had a rough time of it thus far at the WSOP. He has cashed a couple times, but his bad beat stories outnumber his successes.
"I got knocked out of two bracelet events when I had an ace and an ace came on the flop, and I was taken out by a one-outer," Landais said.
So, he took several days off from poker to refresh his mind and get back to the positive approach that has served him well over the years.
Through the first 13 levels of this event, his fortunes have changed. He had not even planned to play this event, but it was a good way to get back in the game and it benefits a good cause.
He appears to have made a good decision.
"There is a lot of poker left, but I'm felling good and refreshed," Landais said.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Lowell Carlson began the hand with a raise from early position to 16,000. Bryce Allen went all in from middle position for 80,000. The table folded back to Carlson, who called for less to put himself at risk for 68,000.
Lowell Carlson: Q♣Q♥
Bryce Allen: 7♠7♦
Carlson's queens held against Allen when the board fanned out K♦J♣4♠9♠A♣ to award Carlson a double and leave Allen short-stacked with 12,000.
Allen would bust shortly after to exit the tournament.
Approximately 50,000 was in the middle on the board of Q♥2♠2♥ when Jianci Zhan bet 12,000. Dane Harnett chose to risk his stack and jammed for 43,000 total. Zhan called to put the cards on their back.
Jianci Zhan: K♦K♠
Dane Harnett: A♣10♣
The kings held on the 5♦ turn and the 10♦ river to score the double.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
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