We caught the action on the flop that was being contested heads up by Andy Black and a player out of position. Black's opponent fired out 350 and Black raised to 1,000. After some thought, the opponent threw all of his blue 500 and yellow 1000 chips into the middle and Black immediately tossed in his entire stack.
Black:
Opponent:
The turn and river bricked off and Black earned himself a double. After the dealer counted it out, Black had 5,375 behind.
His opponent seemed less than pleased about Black's holding's and Black tried to comfort him. "I could have had a lot there. It's one of those days that if I connected in any way with that flop I was ok getting it in." He now has 11,000.
Scott Montgomery opened to 175 preflop and was called by two players, including Alexander Kostritsyn. It was checked to Montgomery who potted (550) on the and Kostritsyn made the call. The turn was the and Kostritsyn check-raised all in against another Montgomery pot bet for a total of 5,350 (Montgomery's bet was 1,650). The Canadian called and it was showdown time.
Kostritsyn:
Montgomery:
Montgomery needed a jack, queen or six that wasn't a heart to win the pot and his salvation came in the form of the river. He covered the Russian, who was knocked out as a result
Already littered with PokerStars Sponsored Pro's, Event #39 just got a whole new crew of Team Pro's with late registration. David Williams representing the USA, Liv Boeree representing the UK, Humberto Brenes representing Costa Rica and Jorge Arias representing their Online Team have all sat down to test their PLH/PLO skills.
So far there are already 515 players registered for the tournament today. This has already beat registration from this tournament last year which topped out at 482 players. With late registration open through the end of level four, we'll surely see numbers continue to rise over the next couple of hours.
Pot-Limit Omaha has been gaining popularity in America over the past few years and this tournament is undoubtedly proof of that fact.
As level 2 began, a new wave of players were allowed to take their seats and start play. Among those players was Eli Elezra who might be difficult to recognize based on the fact that between yesterday and today he shaved his head.
Apparently he and Mike Matusow had a last longer bet in the $10,000 HORSE event and the loser had to shave their head. Elezra lost the bet and is now sporting the "Sinead O'Connor look."