It's only been 4 days since Athanasios Polychronopoulos won his second bracelet in Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, and he's already got his sights set on another one here today as he is accumulating a decent amount of chips.
Action in a recent hand began with Konstantin Puchkov opening to 750. He got one call before Polychronopoulos raised to 2150 from the small blind. The player in the big blind moved all in for only a bit more. Puchkov folded, and did the first caller after some thought. Polychronopoulos called and it was off to a showdown.
Polychronopoulos:
Big Blind:
The board ran out giving Polychronopoulos the winning set and the decently sized pot.
Kevin Saul led out for 1,175 on a flop of . Govert Metaal folded, and a third player raised to 2,600. Saul called. The turn was the , Saul flipped out 1,400, and the player called. Both players knuckled when the completed the board, and Saul scooped the pot with .
The first one he raised to 725 in middle position. A shorter stacked player with a bit over 4,000 pushed all in from the button. The blinds folded and Hoffman took sometime but made the call.
Hoffman:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Hoffman was given a major gift as his opponent's weak holding did not win.
The very next hand Hoffman raised it up again to 650. This time his opponent on the button called him. The two took a flop of . Hoffman bet out 1,125 and his opponent called. The turn came the and this time Hoffman checked. Hoffman's opponent bet out 1,900. Hoffman grabbed more than calling chips as he made a raise to 5,200. Hoffman's opponent made the call and they took a river of the . Both players checked and they flipped up their cards. Hoffman made two pair and that took down the nice pot.
When we arrived at the table, Calvin Anderson had sitting in front of him, and the board read . The dealer was counting down his stack, which came to 41,500, and Cylus Watson was pushing chips forward to mach Anderson's amount.
Faraz Jaka was kind enough to give us the details of the double up. According to him, Watson told the table that he was going to make a big bluff before three-betting Jaka. Anderson cold-called, Jaka called as well, and the rest of the money went in on the flop between Watson and Anderson. Watson held two aces, and couldn't make a better two pair or trips by the river.
Anderson now has 90,000 chips, while Watson dropped to 14,000.
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On a board of Erick Lindgren checked. The next player to act bet 1,300. The player to act after him moved all in. With action back on Lindgen, he moved all in with a covering stack as well. The player who originally opened the action folded and it was time to showdown.
Lindgren:
All in:
Lingren just needed to dodge a spade or a queen to earn the knock out and he did just that on the turn and river, which improved him to a full house.
We didn't catch the hand but Ryan Olisar and Simon Charette informed us of a massive chip exchange. Apparently Olisar was holding while Charette was holding suited. Charette had called a four bet preflop and ended up rivering a flush to scoop the massive pot.
Olisar is still alive but left with a short stack, while Charette has become one of the chip leaders in the room.
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giving Polychronopoulos the winning set and the decently sized pot.
. Govert Metaal folded, and a third player raised to 2,600. Saul called. The turn was the 
, Saul flipped out 1,400, and the player called. Both players knuckled when the 
completed the board, and Saul scooped the pot with 
.
and Hoffman was given a major gift as his opponent's weak holding did not win.
. Hoffman bet out 1,125 and his opponent called. The turn came the 
. Both players checked and they flipped up their cards. Hoffman 
made two pair and that took down the nice pot.
