Blinds – 4000/8000 Being small stacked this late in the tournament, the small stacks have to shove to double and triple up. That just what Patrick Benyanime did. Patrick goes all-in for 18,000 and gets two callers also putting one other player with less than Patrick at risk. Patrick shows pocket Aces while Player A […]
During lunch, we see seven tables left with seven empty seats. Right now we are going with 63 players left with the blinds going up to 4000/8000
On the last hand before lunch, John gets involved in a big hand that paid off dividends. In late position, John bets 18,000 preflop. He gets two callers. Flop goes A♥ 4♦ 4♣. Both of those checked….so John checked. The turn is the J♦. Player A checked, Player B made a big bet, John then […]
Blinds – 3000/6000 Just after the last post about Keri, Paul Giroux, Season 25 Winner, posing for a photo thinking he was the chip leader. Well, he is a very very very close 2nd to Keri.
Blinds – 3000/6000 Rich Waddell, in the big blind, uses his option after three people called 6000. He goes all in for 22.1. Chuck McGaughey folds his 6000, Player A calls the all-in and Keri Whalen folds her 6000. Rich – K♠ Q♣ Player A – K♦ 10♦ Chuck hits the rail softly knowing that […]
Blinds – 3000/6000 No one even near the stack that Keri Whalen has. She is close to 200,000 in chips and is looking to coast not only into the Top 16, but the Top 8.
Blinds – 2000/4000 With over 200 entries, we are down to eleven tables. Lunch break is in 30 minutes.
Blinds – 1000/2000 Just a few more levels and players will be having their lunch break.
Blinds – 1000/2000 “Hey Blogger” take a picture of this”, says Jake. Jake takes his citrine crystal to every tournament for good luck. Right now he has 45,000. Just a tad under average. Best of luck today Jake!
Blinds – 800/1600 Our defending Monthly champ, Sam Ho, is here trying to be the first back to back Monthly champ. Currently Sam has 45,000 and looking for the marathon to capture the title today!