It's been a tough event so far for Erica Schoenberg, as she has been below her starting stack for the entirety of her stay so far. However, she may be turning things around, as we just caught her taking down a pot shortly after the restart.
There was about 3,000 in the middle with the board reading . Schoenberg's opponent checked to her, and she fired out 2,300. She was called, and the river was the . Her opponent checked again, and Schoenberg thought for about 15 seconds before tossing out an orange T5,000 chip. Her opponent immediately folded, giving the pot to Erick Lindgren's better half.
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Mike Matusow was in the hijack seat and flicked in a call. The remaining players then folded until it was on the player in the big blind. A tap on the table and a flop was dealt.
The big blind led for 1,600 here and Matusow raised it up to 3,350. A call would see an hit the turn. This time the big blind player opted to check-call a bet of 4,500 from Matusow and the completed the board on the river. The big blind would change it up again here, leading out for 10,000. Matusow only had 10,500 behind and pushed out his entire stack. His opponent put in the extra chips and then mucked when Matusow tabled for a turned straight.
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Steve Ryan, who is one of the competitors in the Onnit Last Sticker standing contest, raised it up to 600 in early position, and Taylor Paur was the only caller out of the big blind. The flop came down , and both players checked. The hit the turn, and Paur fired out 900. Rice came along to see the river, which was the . Paur fired out another bet, 2,250 this time, and after 20 seconds of thought, Ryan tossed in the call.
Paur tabled for top pair, but it was no good, as Ryan held for a better ace. He took the pot to get back up to 17,000, and while Paur lost that hand, he's still sitting on a healthy 49,000.
Ray Romano has just taken down a small pot, but still sits with well below the starting stack. The hand he won started with a middle position player opening it up to 700. A player a couple of spots to his left splashed out the call and it was on to Romano in the small blind. He made the call and a flop was dealt.
As soon as the dealer had finished sliding the three cards across the felt, Roman had grabbed 1,500 worth of chips and flicked them into the middle. Both of his opponents didn't want to play with Romano and he raked in the chips. Before Romano had even begun stacking his new chips, he bounded out of his seat and left the tournament area.
. Schoenberg's opponent checked to her, and she fired out 2,300. She was called, and the river was the 
. Her opponent checked again, and Schoenberg thought for about 15 seconds before tossing out an orange T5,000 chip. Her opponent immediately folded, giving the pot to Erick Lindgren's better half.
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flop was dealt.
hit the turn. This time the big blind player opted to check-call a bet of 4,500 from Matusow and the 
completed the board on the river. The big blind would change it up again here, leading out for 10,000. Matusow only had 10,500 behind and pushed out his entire stack. His opponent put in the extra chips and then mucked when Matusow tabled 
for a turned straight.
hit the turn, and Paur fired out 900. Rice came along to see the river, which was the 
. Paur fired out another bet, 2,250 this time, and after 20 seconds of thought, Ryan tossed in the call.
for top pair, but it was no good, as Ryan held 
for a better ace. He took the pot to get back up to 17,000, and while Paur lost that hand, he's still sitting on a healthy 49,000.
