One player limped from early position and then Manig Loeser raised to 725. A player flat-called in middle position before John Tabatabai three-bet to 1,800 from the button. Everyone folded, allowing Tabatabai to pick up the pot. He's up to about 15,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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20,200
1,800
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1,800 |
|
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15,000 | |
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13,675
8,175
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8,175 |
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9,600
2,400
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2,400 |
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8,000
5,475
|
5,475 |
|
6,700
200
|
200 |
|
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||
|
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4,300
300
|
300 |
|
2,925
25
|
25 |
|
||
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2,550
950
|
950 |
|
1,875
550
|
550 |
|
Busted | |
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A player in early position opened to 475 before a player called simply Patrick moved all in for about 4,500 behind him. In the next seat over, Howard Lederer looked down at a good one, and he called all in for right around 4,000, perhaps a bit less. "Uh-oh, I must be dead," Patrick said when the initial raiser folded. And he was almost right.
Showdown
Patrick: 
Lederer: 
The flop was just fine with The Professor as it came 
to keep him well in front. the 
on fourth street took away one of Patrick's three outs, but as it turned out, it wouldn't matter. The unfriendly 
ripped off on the river, one of the two bad cards for Lederer. He nodded in acknowledgement, as if he saw it coming the whole time, and he wished everyone a good evening as he paced slowly out the door.
We haven't mentioned him yet, but Dean Sanders appears to be picking up the pace after taking down a nice pot with , betting out 2,200 on the river of a 
board. His opponent made the call, but mucked upon being met with the bad news.
He has bizarre stacking tendencies, but a quick look at his Manhattan reveals what I'd guess was a 14,000 stack. Mmm. Finger-licking good.
Tony Cascarino has doubled his microstack after pushing all-in from the button for aroun 1,500 and getting called by the big blind's 
. The former Irish international footballer flipped 
but then sighed when the door card was the 
followed by the 
and 
.
An overly loud gasp came from the table though when Cascarino resucked on the 
turn before he made trips for good measure with the 
river.
He's back up to 3,000 which isn't that much though.
Ramsey Ajram and Martin Hansen just played a massive pot worth about 34,000 chips, probably was, the pot was chopped.
Arjam had bet 3,600 on the board of 
and Hansen called to see the 
come on the river. Ajram moved all in and put Hansen to the test. Ajram had Hansen covered, making the bet worth about how much Hansen had left -- roughly 11,000. After several minutes in the tank, Hansen called. Ajram turned up the 
and his opponent tabled the 
. Chop it up boys.
After an early position limper, Kevin Williams moved all-in for 2,550 and John Tabatabai reraised to isolate.
Williams showed 
and said, "Can I have a nine please?" upon seeing Tabatabai's .
"He can have a nine as long as there's two spades with it," replied Tabatabai.
"I'd take that!" shrugged Williams.
The board came 
and Williams doubled through to just over 5,000.
I'm not sure if I expected him to stride in on a red carpet wearing an Armani suit and overpriced sunglasses, but November Niner and recently-made millionaire Matthew Jarvis is in my section, and it wasn't until after the break that I realised it was him.
It would appear as though his newfound fortune has inflated his massage 'roll, as Jarvis has been enjoying an Empire rubdown for the entire day, and seems to have his eye firmly fixated on smashing that massage record. Of course, that aim will depend heavily on his stack, and with around 10,000 in chips (average: 7,600), he's in with a chance.
John Tabatabai just lost a good chunk of his stack and was knocked all the way down to about 5,000 after his pocket nines couldn't beat the pocket kings of his opponent. All of the money went in on the 
flop with the 
coming on the turn and the 
on the river.
Just three tables remain on the upper deck:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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17,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
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17,200
200
|
200 |
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12,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
5,500
2,400
|
2,400 |
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|
4,100
2,200
|
2,200 |
|
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3,600
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
2,300
200
|
200 |
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