Spencer saw his stack dwindle as play progressed this afternoon and he moved all-in with , only to run into Taylor Douglas' . The flop gave Douglas top pair and Spencer a gutshot draw, but the and on the turn and river didn't bring the Queen he needed. Ray Spencer takes home $79,270 for his seventh-place finish.
Poker can be a cruel game, and this is one of those hands that reminds you of that fact. From the cutoff Mueller raised with and Ray Spencer called in the small blind with . Taylor Douglas decided to call from the big blind as well, and they saw a flop of .
After Spencer checked Douglas bet 210K. Mueller raised to 420,000, Spencer folded, and Douglas thought over his move. He hasn't been showing his hole cards clearly during some of the broadcast and no one knew exactly what he had as he announced he was all-in. Mueller quickly called with his trips...and Douglas turned over for trips with a higher kicker.
Mueller needed help to take the lead or chop the pot, but the and on the turn and river weren't enough, and he wins $55,914 for what must be a disappointing 8th place finish.
Perhaps stinging a bit after losing that last hand, Mueller raised with and was called by Cort Kibler-Melby with . Mueller led out on the and Kibler-Melby called, as he did when Mueller bet after the fell on the turn. In serious trouble now Mueller caught the on the river and tossed in a small bet that left him with very few chips behind.
Kibler-Melby hung his head and seemed to know that he'd either been dead all along or that Mueller had hit that Jack, but he made the call and paid Mueller off.
With the blinds raised to 30-60K Greg "FBT" Mueller raised to 240K with pocket Jacks. And Leandro Pimentel woke up with pocket Queens. He moved all-in, and although Mueller took his time thinking it through, perhaps smelling that he was beat, he was getting too good a price on the call and moved his chips forward.
The board ran out and Pimentel doubled up to 1,430,000. Mueller's stack fell to 600K.
Leandro Pimentel decided wasn't good enough to gamble his tournament life on a few hands ago, but when Cort Kibler-Melby raised Pimentel wasn't afraid to move in his entire stack with . It turned out to be the right move, as Kibler-Melby held and decided THAT wasn't a good enough hand to risk his life with.
After Pimentel raised with , Chandrasekhar Billavara moved all-in with pocket Jacks. Perhaps thinking back to the first hand of the day, where Billavara moved in and turned over Aces. Pimentel chose to wait for a better spot to play for all his chips, and folded.
After Leandro Pimentel raised with both Ray Spencer with and John Hunt with chose to call. The flop of promised a confrontation, and that's exactly what happened. Pimentel bet 320K, Spencer folded, and Hunt moved all-in. Pimentel called and after the turned he looked primed to take Hunt out. But the spiked on the river to save Hunt from elimination and boost his stack to 1,425,000. Instead of challenging for the chip lead, Pimentel fell to 825K.
Running low on chips, Titterton moved all-in with . Leandro Pimentel moved all-in himself with , and when the action was folded around found that he was in the lead.
The flop gave Pimentel two pair and Titterton a gutshot draw, but the and on the turn and river didn't save Titterton and he was eliminated in 9th place, winning 45,162.
After surrendering his hand to the all-in bet of Cort KIbler-Melby, the very next deal Ray Spencer looked down at . He raised to 135,000 and Taylor Douglas looked down at . He chose to call, and the flop may have kept Douglas out of serious trouble. Spencer led out for 350K with top set and Douglas tossed his hand away.