Dan Smith had already doubled up two players on the stone cold bubble, and he was just all in for his own tournament life. On a flop Raul Paez checked to Smith who bet 2,600. Paez check-raised pot, Smith moved all in.
After all the other hands were completed it was time for the showdown.
Showdown:
Raul Paez:
Dan Smith:
On the turn the hit, and Smith locked the hand down with a full house. The river was the , and Smith doubled up.
We caught the action on the river with 13,800 in the pot and a board reading . Nikolay Volper had just bet 13,000 from the small blind and John Eames was considering what to do in the big. The Brit thought for a solid two minutes before making the call, committing more than half his remaining chips in the process, and then mucked when Volper wolled over for a full house.
John Eames had just lost a big pot against Nikolay Volper and was knocked down to just over ten big blinds. He just raised under the gun to 1,600 and three players called among which Volper in the big blind.
The flop came down and it was checked to Eames who bet 6,200. The action was folded to Volper who put the Brit all in for an extra 3,100 chips.
Showdown:
John Eames:
Nikolay Volper:
The board ran out , and Eames stayed alive. The short stacks keep doubling up, but since the blinds are not going up everyone is just waiting patiently.
The bubble has been going on for quite some time now, and there seems to be no end in sight. We haven't seen an all in and a call in over five hands. Play on!
Andy Frankenberger raised to 1,600 under the gun and received calls from Daniel Negreanu and Mike "Timex" McDonald in the cutoff and small blind respectively. All three players proceeded to check the flop, and then Frankenberger bet 2,100 after McDonald checked the turn. Only Negreanu made the call and then both players returned to checking on the river.
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John Monnette and Andrew Lichtenberger put 7,600 in each preflop. The flop came down with Monnette leading for 16,000. He had 15,400 behind, and Lichtenberger had approximately 70,000 in chips. After a minute of tanking, Lichtenberger folded, and Monnette won the pot.
David Benyamine check-called a bet of 12,000 on the board from Nikolay Volper. The river completed the board with the , and Benyamine checked again. He had 32,100 behind, and Volper fire the pot to put him all in. Benyamine tanked for a bit, but eventually folded, and Volper won the pot.