HomeJessie Leonarez and Kevin Nettles were engaged in a pot with 1700 already in the middle. The board showed 4♦ 6♦ 9♠. Nettles checked to Leonarez who dropped in 1250 only to get popped to 22k. This sent Leonarez tanking but eventually folded as Nettles won the hand.
Most of the time, chipping up means grinding your way up. In a hand at table two, Pan Zhan Kun raised t0 300 and was called by four players. At the flop of Q♥ 3♣ K♥, action checked to Kun who bet 550. He was called by two players and the dealer felted 9♥ on fourth street. Kun was given the go ahead to bet again and he checked along with the others. On the river of 5♥, Kun bet 1200 and that was all it took as he won the pot without any more callers.
Edilberto Gopez has just climbed to 50k chips after eliminating a player in this hand. Action kicked off with the utg player raising to 600, three-bet to 1800 by Gopez, four-bet by the utg, a shove by Gopez, then called by the utg for his tournament life. Gopez had A♥ K♦ against the utg’s Q♥ Q♣. The coin toss would favor Gopez as the board ran 3♦ A♣ 4♠ 2♠ J♠. Gopez scoops the pot and eliminates on in the process.
Arvin Palmero earned himself a nice pot in a hand that began with a raise by an early position player to 300, called by the cutoff man, then three-bet by Palmero on the button to 1025. Both players called and the board ran J♠ 9♥ 3♥. Action checked to Palmero who continued with a 2500 bet, and found himself one caller to join to the turn of 8♦. Checked to Palmero again, he decided to just slide out all his chips and took it back once his challenger folded.
Gerald Casey is on fire! He has just scooped another sizable pot, and this time it was up againt Japan’s poker pro Tetsuya Tsuchikawa. During the hand, Casey and two other players called a raise to 550 by Tsuchikawa. At the flop of Q♣ A♦ 5♦, Casey checked to Tsuchikawa who bet 425. The next two players folded but Casey stayed on with a check-raise to 1400. Tsuchikawa called and it was off to the turn of 8♦. both players checked. On the river of 5♥, Casey bet 5300 which Tsuchikawa matched. Casey won the hand with his A♠ 5♠ two pairs.
More tables have opened up which means more players ready to get in the Main Event action. Among those now at the felt are Jessie Leonarez, Linh Tran, Soo Jo Kim, Tommy Lee, and Iori Yogo.
Intense betting at table one with Gerald Casey deep in the action against Kunal Patni. On a board of J♣ 7♥ 5♦ Q♣, both players engaged in a series of raises until Casey decided to end it with an all in. Patni called and it was a showdown with Patni holding 5♣ 5♥ set but was sorely behind Casey’s 7♣ 7♦. The river of J♦ was no help to Patni and he busted out while Casey escalated to around 47K.
Sometimes muscling with all your chips is the way to end the hand and take the pot. In a hand that we caught at A♣ 4♠ 2♠ 6♥, the pot had already swelled to 4000 and Gerald Casey was looking to pump it up by betting 2600. His opponent at the cutoff seat called him and the river of A♦ was dealt. Casey checked, his opponent bet 5100, Casey check-raised, something we saw from him earlier, and was awarded the pot after the cutoff folded.
Edilberto Gopez claimed himself a pot of around 5000 when his A♥ 10♠ landed a straight on a board of A♣ 7♠ 8♥ 9♦ 6♥. He now has around 25k.