Michael Carroll got into a battle of the blinds with his neighbor to the left, and it didn't go so well. He bet 3,500 at an flop, and the big blind raised it to 8,300. Carroll flatted to see the turn, then checked the action to his opponent. The big blind bet 12,500, and after a minute, Carroll called, meaning he now had half of his stack in the middle. The river was the , and Carroll quickly checked. His opponent didn't notice, however, and sat silently for three or four minutes before someone pointed out that the action was on him. He embarrassedly checked behind and turned over . Carroll shook his head but didn't release his cards. And still didn't. And looked at them again and put them back down in front of him. Finally, with his opponent fearing a super slow roll, Carroll looked one more time and surrendered them to the muck. He is down to 19,500.
We're not sure when the money got into the middle, but we are sure that Matt Graham is up to 220,000 after his stayed ahead of an opponent's on a board of .
Graham had his opponent well covered and there's now an empty chair at his table.
Matt Savage raised to 3,000 from early position. A player in middle position called and the small blind called. The big blind three-bet to 9,500. Savage made the call while the other two players folded.
The flop came down with Savage having position. The big blind moved all in, having over 100,000 in chips. He was effectively putting Savage all in for his 26,500. Savage made the call after tanking for a few minutes.
Savage held the for a pair and a gutshot while his opponent held the for two overcards.
The turn brought the and kept Savage in the lead. The river completed the board with the to give Savage a straight and win him the pot. He's now up to nearly 80,000 in chips.
We just caught the tail end of another pot that was pushed to Johnny Chan's corner.
The board showed , and Chan had laid out a big bet to put about 100,000 in the pot. His opponent eventually called as the ESPN cameras huddled around, and Chan tabled for the full house. That was good enough to earn him another large pot, chipping him up all the way to 495,000 and once again challenging for the chip lead.
There was about 10,000 in the pot and a flop of when Michael Mizrachi checked. His sole opponent in Seat 8 bet 9,000 and Mizrachi called. The turn was the and Mizrachi led out for a bet of 11,000. Seat 8 wasted little time in moving all in for 36,000 more.
Mizrachi began to think about the situation as the ESPN cameras surrounded the table. "I don't think your bluffing," he said. After thinking it through for a couple minutes, Mizrachi made the call.
Seat 8 turned over . "I'm in bad shape," Mizrachi stated as he revealed . The river was the and Mizrachi slipped back down to around 260,000.
"I've had a really bad level," JP Kelly told us at the break. "I didn't make a single mistake the first two days, and now I've made three today already."
Nevertheless the British Team PokerStars Pro is nowhere near out of contention for his third bracelet - he just now enjoyed a full double up and is sitting on a very respectable 130,000.
The board read when we found Kelly's opponent betting out 5,000. Kelly raised, and his opponent thought about it for a long time before announcing all in to cover Kelly. Kelly snap-called, and his opponent immediately asked, "Set?"
We had just finished writing about a player's elimination at the hands of Matt Graham when he knocked out yet another on of his tablemates.
A series of preflop raising had seen Graham calling an all-in bet from another player at his table.
Graham:
Opponent:
Graham didn't look too good heading into the flop, and didn't really catch any help when it came . However, the on the river gave Graham a straight-draw and a flush-draw, the later of which he hit with the on the river.
With the chips he won in that hand, Graham is now up to 280,000.
With about 17,000 in the pot and a board reading , Daniel Negreanu checked under the gun and his opponent bet 6,000. Negreanu made the call and showed but was behind his opponent's rivered pair of aces with .
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flop, and the big blind raised it to 8,300. Carroll flatted to see the 
turn, then checked the action to his opponent. The big blind bet 12,500, and after a minute, Carroll called, meaning he now had half of his stack in the middle. The river was the 
. Carroll shook his head but didn't release his cards. And still didn't. And looked at them again and put them back down in front of him. Finally, with his opponent fearing a super slow roll, Carroll looked one more time and surrendered them to the muck. He is down to 19,500.
for a straight as his opponent shook his head in disgust as he revealed 
. The river was the 
and Arias doubles up to around 100,000.
stayed ahead of an opponent's 
.
with Savage having position. The big blind moved all in, having over 100,000 in chips. He was effectively putting Savage all in for his 26,500. Savage made the call after tanking for a few minutes.
for a pair and a gutshot while his opponent held the 
for two overcards.
to give Savage a straight and win him the pot. He's now up to nearly 80,000 in chips.
, and Chan had laid out a big bet to put about 100,000 in the pot. His opponent eventually called as the ESPN cameras huddled around, and Chan tabled 
for the full house. That was good enough to earn him another large pot, chipping him up all the way to 495,000 and once again challenging for the chip lead.
when Michael Mizrachi checked. His sole opponent in Seat 8 bet 9,000 and Mizrachi called. The turn was the 
and Mizrachi led out for a bet of 11,000. Seat 8 wasted little time in moving all in for 36,000 more.
. The river was the 
when we found Kelly's opponent betting out 5,000. Kelly raised, and his opponent thought about it for a long time before announcing all in to cover Kelly. Kelly snap-called, and his opponent immediately asked, "Set?"
