With over 4,000 in the middle, it appeared as though Andrew Lichtenberger had three-bet, been called, and reached a flop with his neighbour.
Both players checked, only for the initial aggressor to lead out for 2,625 on the turn. Lichtenberger, as ice cool and stoic as ever, mulled over his options momentarily before announcing all-in. His opponent made the call and LuckyChewy scooped the pot.
The online whiz, who now also boasts a near $1.2 million in tournament winnings, climbs to 20,000.
In a battle of the blinds, an unknown player in the small opened for a raise to 850, and Dominik Nitsche three-bet to 1,800 in the big. The initial raiser four-bet shoved for about 8,000 total, and Nitsche called to put him at risk. Cards up, gents:
Small blind:
Nitsche:
There was no funny stuff on board, and Nitsche's pocket pair held as it ran . With a baby fist pump and a, "Good game, man," Nitsche tallies the knockout to chip his way up further. He's at about 34,500 now, and in contention for the Day 1b chip lead again.
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Sofia Lövgren, honestly she's much happier than this.
Joining the action with a short stack already in the middle saw Sofia Lövgren and another player get their remaining chips in on a flop. The other player showed , the short stack had but Lövgren had flopped the straight with a straight flush redraw holding of . The turn paired but it was the while the river was the and the Swede picked up a huge pot to put her up to 37,000.
It would appear as though Barry Greenstein had a big dinner during the break, as he's currently napping in the palm of his hand whilst the digestion process takes place.
If anyone's got room for 40 winks, however, it's Greenstein, as the High Stakes Poker star is well above the 13,000 average with 21,500.
Huck Seed limped in blind for 300 from the small blind with 700 behind before the big blind asked him how much he had left.
"I got a pot-sized bet," showing the 700 chips he had remaining with 800 chips already in the middle.
The big blind set him in and Seed called turning over the and then disappointed to see the , up against his opponent's . The board came and Seed was eliminated.
Seed, "Well maybe I shouldn't have limped blind..."
The last, lonely table that had been holding court over on the far balcony has just been broken. There are now five full tables of players left, and everyone is all together here under the ceiling bling of the Shadow room.
Our gorilla math tells us that we have 45 players left, and we're setting a very similar pace to that of Day 1a. We have two and a half more levels to play tonight, and we should finish up with right around 27 players remaining.
Like Thundercats responding to the call of Lion-O, Tom Dwan's latest Tweet alerted me to his demise, and sent me off into the distance in search of an answer.
After conducting the necessary detective work, I unearthed his assassin: fellow countryman Wesley Pantling.
"We flipped it off," he shrugged. "Pot was around forty thousand."
Further probing revealed the following: Pantling opened the button, Dwan raised the blind, Pantling three-bet, Dwan four-bet shoved, and Pantling called.
"He had queens. I had ace-king," he retold.
Obviously, Pantling spiked one of his six outs, leaving Dwan to begrudge another hurdle hit in the current hunt for bracelets.
Priyan de Mel explained to us where he picked up most of his chips, mainly from one Swedish player where he made a good call with against and finally having his same opponent bluff off his stack on a board when Priyan de Mel had .
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flop with his neighbour.
turn. Lichtenberger, as ice cool and stoic as ever, mulled over his options momentarily before announcing all-in. His opponent made the call and LuckyChewy scooped the pot.
. With a baby fist pump and a, "Good game, man," Nitsche tallies the knockout to chip his way up further. He's at about 34,500 now, and in contention for the Day 1b chip lead again.
flop. The other player showed 
but Lövgren had flopped the straight with a straight flush redraw holding of 
. The turn paired but it was the 
while the river was the 
and the Swede picked up a huge pot to put her up to 37,000.
, up against his opponent's 
. The board came 
, and Pantling had called a bet of 1,300 on the turn, and 1,500 on the river.
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against 
and finally having his same opponent bluff off his stack on a 
board when Priyan de Mel had 
