We caught up with the action just as Gregory Meredith was getting up out of his seat. It appeared that Meredith lost a race situation with against his opponent's ,
Leo Whitt raised to 52,000 holding the button and was simply trying to steal the blinds with his . Unfortunately for him, Iry Taylor woke up with and shoved all-in over the top for 73,000 more. Whitt reluctantly made the call and said "Hey, at least I'm live."
After the turn the board read and Taylor was one card away from the double-up.
River:
Taylor gasped in astonishment upon seeing the dagger queen fall on the river, and he hit the rail in 14th place, pocketing $26,710 for his efforts.
With our remaining 12 players so close to their goal of making the final table, the play has slowed down considerably. Most pots are being decided with a preflop raise by the button or cutoff positions, and even when we see flop, one bet is usually all it takes to drag the chips.
With last year's Senior Champion Harld Angle on hand to rail the proceedings, and show off his shiny gold bracelet, we expect this slowdown to continue as nobody wants to be the final table bubble boy.
After Brett Tannenbaum raised all-in with his short stack of about 250,000, Leo Whitt looked down to find . For many players in this situation, this would be an automatic call, but Whitt evaluated his options and even got Tannenbaum talking by asking him "Will you show if I fold?"
Tannenbaum's relaxed answer gave Whitt all the tells he would need and he mucked his hand face up. Tannenbaum rewarded him by keeping his word and showing his hand: .
Whitt's fellow players whistled in approval, saying "That right there is a professional fold."
Craig Koch opened to 75,000 from the cutoff and Kenneth Russell went all-in on the button. Action folded back around to Koch who calmly announced, "Call."
Koch:
Russell:
Koch had a bit of a sweat when the flop came , which gave Russell a flush draw. However, the turn and river bricked respectively and Koch dragged the pot.