A player opened to 2,800 in the cutoff position and James Dempsey three-bet to 6,800 from the button. Undeterred, Benjamin Robinson over-called from the big blind, prompting a fold from the original raiser.
The flop came and Robinson bet the pot. Dempsey thought it over for a few minutes and eventually said, "Good bet," and mucked his hand.
Robinson has chipped up to 40,000 while Dempsey's stack has slid to 47,000.
James Carroll raised to 2,800 from late position and was called by Dajuan Whorley from the button. Christian Harder re raised from the small blind to 8,400. Carroll then re raised the pot and Whorley folded. Harder then moved all in for 31,200. Carroll called.
Carroll:
Harder:
The board ran out .
Harder now sits with 68,000 and Carroll is down to 50,000.
We caught action on the turn with 20,000 already in the pot between Kelvin Lee and John Gordon. Gordon had bet 16,400 on the turn and was raised to 33,000 by Lee. Gordon re raised all in for 22,400 and was called by Lee.
The board had already ran out .
Gordon flipped up and Lee showed . The fell on the river.
Gordon sits with 68,000 and Lee was crippled to 2,000.
The very next hand Lee moved all in from the big blind for his remaining 2,000 after a raise from Gordon in middle postion. Allen Kessler called from the big blind and Balazs Botond called from the button.
The flop ran out . All players checked. The fell on the turn and and Kessler led out with a 4,000 bet. The remaining players folded which left Kessler and Lee heads up to the river.
Kessler showed and Lee flipped up . The fell on the river.
Simon Charette opened for 4,200 on the button and Bradley Craig re-raised enough from the big blind to put Charette all-in. Charette called and found himself in a race situation for his tournament life.
Charette:
Craig:
The board came and Charette doubled to approximately 23,000. Craig's stack has slid to 56,000.
Mikhail Lakhitov raised from the button to 2,700. Joe Sebok re raised from the small blind to 9,300. Lakhitov immediately bet the pot and Sebok moved all in for 15,600. Lakhitov called.
Sebok:
Lakhitov:
The board ran out .
Sebok sits with 33,000 in front of him and Lakhitov is down to 8,000.
"Any structure complaints?" asked Christopher DeMaci in the direction of Allen Kessler.
Kessler - known for his many complaints regarding structure - went on to mumble for sixty or seconds or so before DeMaci asked, "You must be happy with the new 25-25 then?"
It was hard to decipher the many mumbles that Kessler was producing, but when his rant finished, DeMaci added, "I always look to you for all that info!"