Daniels Still In

Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Cody Daniels is still around during the bubble phase of the tournament. He was short-stacked all day but had begun to chip up as Day 3 started to wrap up. Then, he played two back-to-back hands against Shang Dai.

In the first hand, the pair had arrived on the turn on Q?2?8?J?. Daniels checked from middle position and Dai bet 25,000 into a pot of 50,0000 from the button. Daniels made the call and the 5? river appeared.

Daniels then checked again and Dai put out another 25,000. This time, Daniels quickly folded.

One hand later, the two tangled again as the flop read 3?9?3? and a pot of 45,000 was gathered. Daniels bet out 12,000 from early position and Dai responded with a raise to 28,000 from the cutoff.

Another quick fold followed from Daniels. Dai chipped up to over one million and the touching story of the terminally ill but ever-positive Daniels also continued.