Dominik Nitsche is up to 20,000 chips and looking a lot more comfortable at his table now he has a stack to go into battle with. Moments ago, Nitsche check-raised to 4,550 from the big blind when facing a 1,900 bet on a flop. The initial aggressor folded, leaving Nitsche to add to his stack.
Nitsche won a $1,000 buy-in event at last year's WSOP, bagging himself a WSOP bracelet and a bankroll-boosting $654,797 in prize money.
We came up to the board . A player in early position led for 4,500 and after some thought, Ivey made the call.
Ivey's opponent checked the river. Ivey did what Ivey does best: a little staring, a little chip playing and some more staring. Ivey picked up a stack of chips and threw them in the middle. His opponent, of course, folded.
We are back from break. We will play one level and take a break while the staff races off the green and then back at for two more levels. We have about 400 players left in the field and the money starts at 216.
Tony Dunst and his opponent were all in preflop with Dunst in the lead holding against . The flop came and Dunst eliminates his opponent with two pair.
Maria Ho raises from under the gun to 1,100. Action folded to the big blind who reraised to 2,400 and Ho called. The big blind check called Ho's bet of 1,600 on a flop. Both players checked the turn. The big blind led for 2,200 on the river and put Ho to the test. After thinking it through Ho made the tough call with to beat her opponent's .