Melissa Gillett opened, then called a shove from Michael Schmidt, who had slightly more than Gillett.
Michael Schmidt:
Melissa Gillett:
The board ran out . Gillett game out on the right side of that flip to survive.
Gillett finished fourth in the previous $1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event #12) at this year’s World Series of Poker for $127,180, which was, by far, her biggest recorded tournament cash to date. She is looking to get a little further this time.
Jose Barbero opened, and Matt Mercurio three-bet to 40,000 from the big blind. Barbero called.
The flop was . Mercurio continued for 30,000, and Barbero called. The turn was checked around, and the river completed the board.
Mercurio bet 67,000, and Barbero started to think. He took close to five minutes before saying, “It’s either kings or ace-queen.” A minute or so more passed before he called.
“You got it,” Mercurio said and turned over .
A little celebration ensued from Barbero as he tabled the winning .
Alexandre Fradin opened for 20,000 from under the gun, and Noah Vaillancourt moved all in for 145,000. Louis Linard was in the small blind, and he gave it a bit of thought before moving all in for a similar sized stack. The big blind and Fradin folded.
Louis Linard tabled and cursed when he saw Vaillancourt's .
The board ran out . The best hand held up, and Vaillancourt went to drag his chips back but the dealer rightly insisted that the chips stay there while she counted them down.
“He’s an online player,” Pratyush Buddiga said. “He expects the computer to work it all out for him.”
Linard was left with just 6,000 and busted the next hand.
Johnny Donaldson raised to 17,000 from the under-the-gun position. Douglas Jackson, next to act, called. Christopher Frank, also in middle position, three-bet to 70,000. Donaldson folded, and Jackson took some time to think and then decided to shove all in. Frank called.
Christopher Frank:
Douglas Jackson:
Jackson needed some help to stay alive in this tournament, as Frank had him covered. The board ran out , nothing that could save Jackson, and he was on his way to the payout desk. Frank has over one million chips now.
Matt Mercurio moved all in from under the gun for just under 50,000. It folded to big blind Victor Kim, who had a very similar short stack and asked for the 8,000-chip big blind to be pulled into the pot so he could see how much it was to call.
Kim grinned and said to Mercurio, “I don’t know what to do.”
“Neither do I,” replied Mercurio, “That’s why I went all in.”
Kim did fold, and Khorchidian Nichan wanted him to show his hand, but Kim only said, “You would probably say it was a tight fold. Ace-high.”
“If you don’t know what to do,” Nichan told him, “don’t think, and just go all in.”
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. Gillett game out on the right side of that flip to survive.
. Mercurio continued for 30,000, and Barbero called. The 
turn was checked around, and the 
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and cursed when he saw Vaillancourt's 
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. The best hand held up, and Vaillancourt went to drag his chips back but the dealer rightly insisted that the chips stay there while she counted them down.
, nothing that could save Jackson, and he was on his way to the payout desk. Frank has over one million chips now.