Frankenberger Runs Into a Monster
Andy Frankenberger opened with a raise in early position, but the dealer had already pulled it in by the time we walked up. That's because David "Bakes" Baker had three-bet an additional 4,200 from middle position, and those were the only chips out in the betting area. Frankenberger took a long pause and then stacked the call into the pot.
The flop brought 
, and the action stalled on the deliberate Frankenberger. After a minute or more, he checked, and Bakes fired 7,700 at the pot. Neither us nor Bakes heard Frankenberger's announcement, but the dealer spoke up. "Player is all in." It was about 40,000 total, maybe a bit less.
"He's all in?" Bakes asked. "I call." He confidently tabled 
, and Frankenberger's inferior 
was in miserable shape. The turn and river 
and 
were both close but no cigar, and Frankenberger has been whisked away.
With that knockout, Bakes climbs to about 125,000.
and Frey hit the rail. Nguyen stacked up 95,000 chips after that pot.
, and Smith was all in for around 30,000. Cody cut out the chips for the call, and saw that he had about 41,000 behind. After about a minute of thought, he slid the chips in for the call, and saw that he was ahead when they tabled their cards.
, but the river came the 
, giving Cody two pair, but Smith an unbeatable straight. Smith doubled up to 70,000, while Cody dipped below the average stack in the room.
of Daniel Stern and the 
of Urs Kohler on a 
board.
