J.C. Tran had a rocky first level today, but had chipped back close to his starting stack by the time Level 2 began. He soon lost a couple of pots, however, and had slipped back to about 215,000 when the following hand took place.
Tran opened with a raise to 20,000 from under the gun, and only Dustin Dirksen called from the button. The flop came . Tran bet 22,000, and Dirksen called. The turn was the . Tran checked, and Dirksen checked behind.
The river brought the . Tran wasted little time grabbing chips and tossing out a bet of 56,000. Dirksen promptly raised to 115,000, and Tran called quickly. Dirksen flipped over for the rivered straight, and Tran showed his for a sadly beaten set of sixes.
Tran is now down to 55,000 and in suddenly dire straits. Dirksen, meanwhile, is challenging for the lead with about 650,000.
Brett Shaffer opened to 24,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Heinz Kamutzki who three-bet to 54,000 on the button. The blinds released and Shaffer moved all in for effectively 250,000. Kamutzki decided to put his tournament on the line and made the call.
Showdown
Shaffer:
Kamutzki:
The dealer wrapped the table then fanned , a fairly clean flop for Kamutzki. The moment the fell on the turn though, Kamutzki grimaced as if he'd been punched in the gut. The river brought a meaningless and Kamutzki was eliminated in 14th place.
Shaffer collected Kamutzki's stack pushing his own to 710,000 chips and Kamutzki will collect $6,940 for his efforts.
The table folded to Annette Obrestad in the cutoff. She took a look at her cards, riffled a stack of yellow (1,000) chips a few times, then dropped a bet of 16,000 in front of her. Michael Pesek deliberated for a moment, then called from the button, and both blinds got out.
The flop came , and both players again took their time before checking. The turn was the . This time Obrestad bet 26,000, and Pesek made the call.
The river was the . Obrestad paused, riffled, then bet 52,000. Pesek didn't take too long to call. Obrestad turned over for Broadway, Pesek showed for the same straight, and the pair split the pot.
Both are sitting right around 500,000 at the moment.
J.C. Tran opened with a raise to 20,000 from the cutoff, then Michael Cooper reraised to 70,000 from the button.
Justin Scott wasted no time bumping it up to 169,000 from the small blind. The big blind and Tran folded quickly, and Cooper tanked a bit before finally folding. "Ahhhhh," Cooper exhaled, a bit exasperated as he pushed his cards dealerward.
Cooper has struggled to get things going here early on, slipping to 285,000. Scott meanwhile adds to his chip-leading stack of 585,000.
Johnny Kitchens has gotten off to a slow start thus far on Day 3, but he recently gained some chips back through tablemate Michael Pesek.
Kitchens opened to 22,000 from the hijack seat and the action folded to Pesek in the big blind. Pesek eyed Kitchens' semi-short stack for a minute or two then made the call.
Both players checked the flop, and Pesek led for 17,000 after the turned. Kitchens called.
The fell on the river and Pesek checked to Kitchens who immediately bet 75,000. Pesek removed his glasses and mulled the decision over for a minute or two before finally folding.
Kitchens is up to 239,000 chips and Pesek slipped a bit to 460,000.
After stumbling out of the gate, J.C. Tran has chipped back to close to his starting stack as we begin level 2. Meanwhile, Reagan Leman and Annette Obrestad have jumped out to an early lead.
And if you put in a sixth bet, I was seven-bet shoving.
Steven Kelly and Annette Obrestad were just in a raising war over on Table 375.
It started with Obrestad opening to 15,000 from the cutoff. Kelly three-bet to 41,000 from the small blind, Obrestad returned with a four-bet to 79,000 and Kelly came over the top once again with a five-bet to 141,000.
The dealer had some troubling pulling in the last raise, but Obrestad folded fairly quickly making his job a little easier. He simply had to push the pot to Kelly who now sits with 520,000 chips.
With about 70,000 in the middle and the board showing , Justin Scott paused about a half-minute then bet 44,000, then Heinz Kamutzki promptly raised to 144,000. Scott quickly called, tabling for the straight. Kamutzki also had the same king-high straight with , and they chopped it up.
button in Safari
. Tran bet 22,000, and Dirksen called. The turn was the 
. Tran checked, and Dirksen checked behind.
. Tran wasted little time grabbing chips and tossing out a bet of 56,000. Dirksen promptly raised to 115,000, and Tran called quickly. Dirksen flipped over 
for the rivered straight, and Tran showed his 
for a sadly beaten set of sixes.
, a fairly clean flop for Kamutzki. The moment the 
fell on the turn though, Kamutzki grimaced as if he'd been punched in the gut. The river brought a meaningless 
and Kamutzki was eliminated in 14th place.
, and both players again took their time before checking. The turn was the 
. This time Obrestad bet 26,000, and Pesek made the call.
. Obrestad paused, riffled, then bet 52,000. Pesek didn't take too long to call. Obrestad turned over 
for Broadway, Pesek showed 
turned. Kitchens called.
