We picked up the action just as the dealer was putting out a flop of . Christopher Vitch put out a bet for most of his chips, and Albert Minnullin raised to put his opponent all in for just a few thousand extra.
Minnullin tabled , and Vitch was in good shape to double after out-flopping him with .
"Don't wanna see that nine now," Al Barbieri said foreshadowing-ly.
The turn gave Minnullin another four outs for the knockout, and that nine Barbieri hinted at peeled off on the river. The was a bad sight for the at-risk Vitch, his two pair no good to Minnullin's straight.
Christopher Vitch is our 10th-place finisher, and he'll walk away with $16,303 for his work over the past three days.
Domenico Denotaristefani? raised from the small blind, and JJ Liu made the call. The two saw a flop, and Denotaristefani? bet getting a quick call from Liu.
The turn was the and both players checked, as they did when the hit on the river.
Denotaristefani? flipped over pocket eights, and said he thought he got the maximum there, insinuating he was hoping to check-raise a river bet from Liu.
Liu said she had a big pair also, but the ace scared her.
Chris Vitch raised it up from the cut-off, and Brian Meinders made the call in the small blind. The flop came and Meinders check-raised a bet from Vitch.
Vitch made the call, and the the on the turn brought about bet from Meinders. Vitch made the call, and the two went to the river which dropped the .
Meinders led out, and after about a minute, Vitch finally made the call only to muck his hand when he saw Meinders' rivered straight, holding the .
After the hand Meinders was at about 600,000, while Vitch was crippled with only about 60,000
Jeff Norman raised from middle position, and JJ Liu three-bet him from the small blind. Norman did some quick eyeballing of Liu's remaining short stack before making the call. "I might not like the flop," he announced.
It came out , and Liu bet 10,000 of her 19,000-chip stack. That sent Norman deep into the tank as he counted out the pot bet-by-bet. Finally, he conceded that the chips were going in, and he raised to put Liu to the test. She tabled , and she was ahead but still needed to sweat the of Norman.
The on the turn made things a little interesting, but a blank on the river gave Liu another timely double up. She's back to right at 100,000 now, and still in the proverbial ball game.
We picked up a three-way pot on a flop of . Dutch Boyd led out with a bet from the small blind, and Christopher Vitch folded from the big. Brian Meinders called in position, and it was heads up to the on the turn.
Boyd fired again, and Meinders made it two bets this time. Boyd called there, and he check-called one last bet on the river.
"Top two," said Meinders, tabling his .
Boyd let out a little noise of disgust and said, "Nice three-outer, holding his cards over the muck."
"Oh yeah?" asked Meinders, and Boyd said, "Of course," flashing his rivered king-jack as he dropped them into the muck. After a moment, he added, "I owe you one for that."
Al Barbieri just took down a relatively decent pot with pocket deuces, and Dutch Boyd said, "Nice hand, Sugar."
That caught the ear of table mate Brian Meinders, who was apparently unfamiliar with Barbieri's nickname. "What'd you call him?" he asked. "Is there something I should know?"
Boyd chuckled, answering, "Yeah. You should know he's Sugar Bear!"
"Oh..." Meinders said, still a bit confused. "I wasn't sure if there was something going on between you two or what..."
"Sugar Bear" just sat quietly with a wry smirk on his face during the exchange.
Anh Le opened with a small-blind raise, and Julian Parmann quickly called from the big. Le fired bets on every street of a board, with Parmann calling every step of the way. When he made the final call, Le knocked the table to acknowledge she was probably beaten.
Parmann's was good for bottom pair and the pot as Le sent her cards back to the dealer.
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. Christopher Vitch put out a bet for most of his chips, and Albert Minnullin raised to put his opponent all in for just a few thousand extra.
, and Vitch was in good shape to double after out-flopping him with 
.
gave Minnullin another four outs for the knockout, and that nine Barbieri hinted at peeled off on the river. The 
was a bad sight for the at-risk Vitch, his two pair no good to Minnullin's straight.
flop, and Denotaristefani? bet getting a quick call from Liu.
and both players checked, as they did when the 
hit on the river.
on the turn brought about bet from Meinders. Vitch made the call, and the two went to the river which dropped the 
.
flop.
hit on the turn.
, and Liu bet 10,000 of her 19,000-chip stack. That sent Norman deep into the tank as he counted out the pot bet-by-bet. Finally, he conceded that the chips were going in, and he raised to put Liu to the test. She tabled 
, and she was ahead but still needed to sweat the 
on the turn made things a little interesting, but a blank 
on the river gave Liu another timely double up. She's back to right at 100,000 now, and still in the proverbial ball game.
on the turn.
river.
.
board, with Parmann calling every step of the way. When he made the final call, Le knocked the table to acknowledge she was probably beaten.
was good for bottom pair and the pot as Le sent her cards back to the dealer.