Blake "shampainpopn" Whittington raised to 99,999 from early position leaving himself just 11,007 behind and Christian "0V0X0" Harder called from middle position to see a flop appear.
Whittington checked to Harder who fired out 12,000 and Whittington called off his stack.
Christian "0V0X0" Harder:
Blake "shampainpopn" Whittington:
Whittington needed running cards but the turn was no help as it left him drawing dead to the river.
Over the course of two days on July 9th and 10th, the poker world witnessed New Jersey’s Ryan “im.sorry” Torgersen accomplish a truly incredible feat. First, he navigated his way through a 1,026-entry field in Event #9: $1,000 NLH 6-Max only to finish runner-up to Ron “MacDaddy15” McMillen, good for $116,379 prize money.
A day later in Event #10: $600 Monster Stack, Torgersen was back at it and topped a 2,074-entry field to win that tournament for $172,362 and a gold bracelet. In a 24-hour period, he won a $288,741 in prize money. He didn't stop there as he also finished in third place in Event #23: $500 NLH Knockout for $41,243.
Little was known about poker’s latest breakout star, who was awarded Performance of the Week right here on PokerNews. Fortunately, he found time in between his online grind to chat with PokerNews.
Action folded around to Andrew "randylerch" Kelsall on the button and he moved all in for 133,056. Chen "8konvict" Zong called from the big blind and it was off to the races.
Andrew "randylerch" Kelsall:
Chen "8konvict" Zong:
It was a big flip and Kelsall needed to improve to stay alive. That didn't happen though as the board ran out a lowly to send Kelsall out in 144th place for $907.92.
Kyle "Gman88x" Goodman raised all in for 127,142 from early position and action folded around to Satoshi "Godzillla" Tanaka who snap-called from the big blind.