Chan Takes One With Kings
The board was showing the and a player check-called a bet of 1,000 from Terrence Chan. Chan revealed his which was good enough to win the pot. He now has 5,000 and one add-on chip.
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The board was showing the and a player check-called a bet of 1,000 from Terrence Chan. Chan revealed his which was good enough to win the pot. He now has 5,000 and one add-on chip.
Carlos Mortensen raised to 250 from under the gun and was called by the player next to act. The flop came and Mortensen bet 400. The other player raised to 1,850 and Mortensen called. The turn brought the and Mortensen check-called his opponent's all-in bet of 800.
Mortensen:
Opponent:
Mortensen's pair of tens and gutshot straight draw was trailing to the other player's aces. Unfortunately for the other player the river brought the giving Mortensen two pair and the win.
Mortensen now has 6,000 in addition to his two add-on chips.
"Hey mate, how you going?" stated Joe Hachem.
"Not bad, how's life treating you?" I responded.
"Same old, same old" Hachem responded.
As you can see from the conversation above with this PokerNews blogger, Joe Hachem has arrived in today's tournament.
Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
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Joe Hachem
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3,000 |
Catching the action with five players all in, we found Steve Billirakis all in.
Billirakis:
Opponent:
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The board ran out to see Billirakis scoop the pot with a flopped full house as he moves to 4,850 while retaining no add-on chips.
With the board reading , Men "The Master" Nguyen and another player got all their chips in the middle and their hands were revealed.
Nguyen:
Opponent:
Nguyen's top two pair and straight draw was behind to the other player's straight. The on the turn and on the river were of no help to Nguyen and he was forced to use the first of his two add-on chips.
Two Australians have just been spotted in today's field with high-stakes cash game players Julian Powell and Matthew Kirk taking a seat just near the PokerNews blogging desk.
With Jeffrey Lisandro and Jamie Pickering already been spotted, these two, plus Jim Sachinidis and Oliver Gill are also waving our version of the stars and stripes proudly.
Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
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Julian Powell | 3,000 | |
Matthew Kirk | 3,000 |
Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
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Jorge Arias
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3,000 | |
Felipe Ramos | 3,000 | |
David Baker
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3,000 | |
Peter Jetten | 3,000 | |
Darryll Fish | 3,000 | |
Praz Bansi
|
3,000 | |
Erik Cajelais
|
3,000 |
Livello: 2
Bui: 50/100
Ante: 0
Mike Matusow has just seen his first add-on chip felted after getting his all in on a board.
Matusow:
Opponent:
With Matusow drawing dead to a gutshot, the river would fall the to see him left with just 350 and his two 3,000-chip add-on chips.
Four players including Yuval Bronshtein all put in 150 chips preflop and saw a flop of . Everyone checked and the came on the turn. Bronshtein checked, another player bet 400 and recieved calls from Bronshtein and one other player. after the came on the river Bronshtein checked again and the other two players did as well.
We're guessing Bronshtein was hoping to put in a check raise as he held the for quad jacks. The other players all mucked and Bronshtein took the pot upping his stack to 6,500.