The action folded around to the button who opened for 1,600, only for Sofia Lövgren to three-bet to 4,200 from the small blind.
As Lövgren remained as statuesque as Michelangelo's David, one arm resting on the felt and with her eyes concealed by her Terminator shades, her opponent deliberated for a minute before pushing a column of purple chips into the middle and announcing, "11,000."
Lövgren looked about as happy as an Eskimo in the desert, and after around 20 seconds, she relinquished her hand. Disaster has not struck the Swede though, as she still has 33,500 in chips.
Table Pantling / Fischman / Nitsche / Bowker is easily the most active of the four in play, and that's probably because it has the most chips of any table.
We just watched these three hands in a row, a microcosm of the last two hours or so. On the first hand, Kyle Bowker opened to 1,400 before Dominik Nitsche three-bet to 3,600 two seats over. In the small blind, Wesley Pantling said, "I'm gonna raise," and he stacked out 7,700 chips. Both players folded, and Pantling added, "That might've been a cold one there. Cold four-bet."
On the next hand, it was Dominik Nitsche opening with a raise before the player in the small blind moved all in. Quick fold from Nitsche.
We walked away after this next one, because we were getting bored of not seeing any flops. From the cutoff seat, Wesley Pantling limped first into the pot. True story. The table folded around to a younger player in the big blind, and he took his pause. After about a minute of staring, Pantling said, "Just hit the felt. You get three free cards." The big blind promptly announced an all in for about 9,000, and Pantling ducked for cover.
Even as we're typing, there's still a four-bet frenzy going on over there. We're running back over there because we just heard an all in.
Andrew Lichtenberger. Likes this post less than the other one.
Andrew Lichtenberger just dropped about 9,000 back doubling up the short stack to his left whose stayed ahead of Lichtenberger's on a low scoring board.
Chance Kornuth has been eliminated from today's event, his hands, fingers and toes all caught in the cookie jar as he made his move with , before being looked up by a dominating .
The flop was about as good as it gets, and despite the increasing his outs, the straight failed to emerge on the river and Kornuth was out.
Kornuth will be sorely missed in this event. Throughout the whole day, whether winning or losing, he constantly wore a smile on his face, and was forever bantering with the table and socializing with those around him.
Sofia Lövgren just eliminated another player, pushing all-in from the small blind to set-in the short stack who made the call with , flipping against her . Despite the flop coming Lövgren managed to avoid the ace, king or ten on the turn and blank river.
UTG+1 opened for 1,600 triggering Barry Greenstein to push all in for what looked to be around the 11,000 mark just one seat down.
Quicker than Speedy Gonzales, Priyan de Mel grabbed a stack of purple chips and slid them across the felt from the button, thus signifying that he too was all in.
The initial aggressor folded, albeit with a grimace, and the cards were revealed, the two holdings combining to form the dead man's hand:
De Mel:
Greenstein:
The board may have improved Greenstein's hand to three pair, but it wasn't enough as de Mel scoop earned the pot, and the scalp.
As usual, Greenstein dipped beneath his chair to retrieve his book, before graffiting the opening page and offering it to his assailant.
As Greenstein exited stage left, I snuck a look inside the book, and despite my hopes that the High Stakes Poker star had either written a derogatory word or doodled a picture of the human genitalia, it simply detailed the players involved and the cards on the felt.
For now, bracelet #4 will have to wait until another day.
We saw a bet and a call as we walked up to the table, but that's all we could tell about the flop. We picked up live action as the dealer was putting fourth street down, the . The pot was heads up, and Dominik Nitsche quickly tapped the felt. Wesley Pantling made a bet of 2,700, and Nitsche splashed in the call.
The filled out the board on fifth street, and another quick check game from Nitsche. Pantling made a big bet of 9,800, and Nitsche tanked and reluctantly called off a big chunk of his stack.
Pantling tabled for the ten-high straight, and Nitsche shook his head and mucked with a bit of a self-loathing way about it. "Did you overbet the pot there?" one of the other table mates asked Pantling.
"I don't usually calculate the pot. I just do stuff."
So far, 'just doing stuff' has served Pantling rather well. He's the big stack once again, up to 58,000 now.
stayed ahead of Lichtenberger's 
on a low scoring 
board.
agianst 
with a five already dead.
to double to 20,000.
, before being looked up by a dominating 
.
flop was about as good as it gets, and despite the 
river and Kornuth was out.
Lövgren managed to avoid the ace, king or ten on the 
board may have improved Greenstein's hand to three pair, but it wasn't enough as de Mel scoop earned the pot, and the scalp.
flop. We picked up live action as the dealer was putting fourth street down, the 
. The pot was heads up, and Dominik Nitsche quickly tapped the felt. Wesley Pantling made a bet of 2,700, and Nitsche splashed in the call.
filled out the board on fifth street, and another quick check game from Nitsche. Pantling made a big bet of 9,800, and Nitsche tanked and reluctantly called off a big chunk of his stack.
