News from the Outer Table
There hasn't been an awful lot to report on the outer table so far this level - with the stacks so deep, and the money jumps now so big, the prevailing atmosphere seems to be one of wariness. The five-big-blind raises of yesteryear have now been replaced by a standard minimum-plus-5k raise.
One player who has profited slightly so far, though, is Thor Stang. He raised to the aforementioned 105,000 from the small blind, and got a call from Francisco Notaro in the big. Both players checked the flop and they saw a turn, on which Stang bet out 125,000. Notaro gave it some thought and made the call; but when Stang bet out what looked like another 125,000 on the river, Notaro snap-folded.
Stang - 1.3 million
Notaro - 2.5 million
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In other outer table news, Jesus Cortes Lizano shoved from the small blind for around 800,000 when it folded around to him, but big blind Candido Goncalves wasn't interested and folded.