Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante A short stacked Jhonny Ortiz got his last 55,000 all in pre-flop holding ace nine but was outflopped by the queen nine of Brian Rodriguez. Ortiz is our 10th place finisher and will take home $250 for his efforts. Brian Rodriguez- 215,000
Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante The final table is now set and it’s Eddie Holt leading the way with 730,000. Ronnie Smith sits in second with 590,000 and David Charbonneau rounds out the top three chip stacks with 580,000. The players will battle it out until a winner is crowned and one of these players will […]
Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante Eddie Holt raised from late position and a short stacked player moved all in. It folded back to Holt who snapped called turning over AA and his opponent showed AQ. The board ran out clean for Holt and his pocket rockets held up to earn him the knockout. Eddie Holt- 235,000
Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante Thomas Drozewski moved all in from late position for about 175,000. The player in the hijack put her last 152,000 in the pot and the rest of the table quickly folded. Thomas Drozewski: A♦K♠ Opponent: J♦J♥ “Please don’t let me bust out on the bubble” Drozewski said as he stood up. […]
Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante Ronnie Smith was the first player to cross the half a million chip mark and he is showing no signs of slowing down. Smith just scored a knockout and he is now playing about 775,000 with just three tables remaining.
Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante Ronnie Smith was just involved in the biggest pot of the day. Smith got his stack all in pre-flop holding A♣Q♥ against the 10♣10♥ of his opponent. There was an ace on the river and the massive pot was shipped Smith’s way. Smith is now sitting behind a mountain of about […]
Blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000 Gary Lifton and his opponent were heads up on the 6526 board and there was already over 100,000 in the main pot. Lifton checked and his opponent slid out a bet of 70,000. Lifton check-raised all in for 129,000 and his opponent quickly fired his hand into the muck. “I’ll take it” said […]
Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante The action folded to the player in the cutoff who limped in. The button and small blind got out of the way and Gualberto Arruda moved all in for 43,000 from the big blind. The player called putting Arruda at risk and the hands were shown. Gualberto Arruda: A♦J♣ Opponent: A♠9♥ […]
Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante In one of the first hands back from break Justin Franco got his stack all in pre-flop holding A♣K♠ against A♦Q♦ and 10♥9♥. The board ran out clean for Franco and the king on the river was enough to earn him more than the double up. Justin Franco- 125,000
Blinds 2,000/4,000/4,000 The players are falling fast and with the field thinning down the big stacks are starting to emerge. Hervin Barrientos is picking up steam as we approach the break. Barrientos just dragged in another sizeable pot and he is now near the top of the chip counts with 140,000.
