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There has been a lot of good-natured bantering over on Table 12, particularly between the two big stacks, Timothy Miles and Lou Esposito.
In a recent pot, Miles raises the action to 4,500 and Esposito makes the call from the button. The flop brings , and Miles keeps control by betting 6,500. Without much delay, Esposito matches the bet.
On the turn, the elicits a check from both players. The river card comes the , and both players again check. With no action, Esposito turns up the winning hand, .
As Esposito rakes in the pot, Miles prods, "Why didn't you bet it?"
"I didn't think you'd pay me anyway," replied Esposito.
"No. But I might have gotten you to fold," quips Miles.
Esposito nods knowingly, and reiterates, "That's why I didn't bet it," as the two share a chuckle.
At the moment, Esposito has about 112,000, while Miles is the big stack in the room, around 154,000.
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Herbie Montelbamo pushed all in preflop and was called in two spots by Jon Nathan and Chuck Kelley. Kelley and Nathan checked down the board of . Kelley flipped over for a set of jacks and Montelbamo slings his cards across the table and storms out of the tournament room.
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Darryll Fish
Chuck Kelley raises to 4,800 from early position. Darryll Fish places a chip on his card and then thinks for a moment before making the call from middle position.
Both players see the flop of . Kelley comes out with a bet of 8,000. Fish thinks more a minute before counting out eight orange chips to make the call. He places them in the middle.
Kelley checks the turn when the is placed on the felt. Fish decides to take action with a 16,000 chip bet. Kelley contemplates for a minute or two before Fish asks what he is thinking.
Kelley responds, "I think you got a big one, like queens or kings. Heck, maybe even aces. I can't beat queens, kings, or aces, but I'm thinking about putting you all in."
After a few more moments go by before Kelley declares that he is all in.
Fish is stunned and spikes a small stack of chips on the table in disgust. The minutes tick by as Fish contemplates the decision for his remaining 40,000 chips.
"If you hadn't have said you can't beat those hands and then moved in, I would've called five days ago," mumbles Fish.
Herbie Montalbano chimes in from his short stack with, "At this rate I might make the money."
Fish studies his opponent before looking at his hand one more time and then tossing it into the middle face up for the fold. "You're either the biggest idiot or the biggest idiot," he says. He shows . Kelley shows his hand as well and Fish is stunned to see the for the big bluff.
Fish has dropped down to just under 40,000 chips while Kelley has really made a push and is now around 150,000.
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Just before the break, Tim Vance was eliminated by Blake Purvis. According the Purvis, the hand went down as follows.
Purvis: "We both limped in and saw the flop. He bet 4500 on the turn and I put him all in on a straight draw. He called. I had an open ended straight draw and he had two pair,and I made my straight."
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Ed Jatho
Ed Jatho has just increased his chances of fulfilling his final table prophecy by doubling up through Ryan Lenaghan. On a board showing , Lenaghan led out with a continuation bet and Jatho made the call.
The fell on the turn and both players knuckled the table, opting to see a free river, which was the . Lenaghan checked once more, passing the action to Jatho who announced, "I'm all in."
The dealer counted down Jatho's remaining stack, which amounted to 23,100, and Lenaghan dove into the tank. When he emerged, Lenaghan made the call and Jatho tabled a pocket pair of sixes.
"You're good," said Lenaghan as he tossed his cards into the muck, left with just ~13,000 in chips.
After the hand, Matt Stout and others at the table were shaking their heads in apparent disbelief.
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, and Miles keeps control by betting 6,500. Without much delay, Esposito matches the bet.
elicits a check from both players. The river card comes the 
, and both players again check. With no action, Esposito turns up the winning hand, 
.
and is called by Dana Diephouse's set of deuces.
, but the river is the 
and he is out.
. Kelley flipped over 
for a set of jacks and Montelbamo slings his cards across the table and storms out of the tournament room.
. Kelley comes out with a bet of 8,000. Fish thinks more a minute before counting out eight orange chips to make the call. He places them in the middle.
is placed on the felt. Fish decides to take action with a 16,000 chip bet. Kelley contemplates for a minute or two before Fish asks what he is thinking.
. Kelley shows his hand as well and Fish is stunned to see the 
for the big bluff.
. Lenaghan checked once more, passing the action to Jatho who announced, "I'm all in." 
