Michael Schwartz opened for 5,000 under the gun and a player in middle-position moved all in for 9,700. Young Ji responded by making it 24,400 from the big blind, Schwartz called and it was heads-up action for the side pot headed to the flop, which came down .
Both Ji and Schwartz checked, the turned and Schwartz folded to a bet of 30,000. Ji then tabled the and chopped with the all-in player, who held the , after the completed the board on the river.
It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us a good opportunity to update you in the stacks of both Ji and Schwartz.
A player in early position opened for 6,000, and Marco Johnson called, but a third player decided to make things more interesting, reraising to 27,5000. The original bettor folded, but Johnson wanted to take a look at the flop, which came .
After making a pot-sized lead out bet, Johnson heard his opponent quietly announce himself all-in. Holding the , the flop gave Johnson every draw in the world, so he decided to make the call.
His opponent turned over for the big overpair, but he was dodging half of the deck, and althiugh the on the turn gave him trips, the on the river completed Johnson's straight.
Level 14 is in the books, and that means it's time for another 20-minute break. During this time the tournament staff will be racing off the black T100 chips.
The documentary, Bet Raise Fold: the Story of Online Poker, premiered last night at Palms in Las Vegas. Kristy attended the pre-party to speak to a few of the most important people in the making of this film.
In a big hand just before the last break, a preflop raising war between Hoyt Corkins, who was on the button, and KT Park in the big blind resulted in the latter being all in and at risk for 57,100.
Corkins:
Park:
As is often the case, it was aces versus kings that inspired all the action. In this case those would be the hands that held as the board ran out an uneventful . Ship the double to Park.
With the flop reading , a player in the big blind led out for 12,000, and Noah Schwartz raised the pot. The big blind player liked his hand enough to make an all-in move, and Schwartz made the call with for multiple straight draws.
His opponent tabled the for top pair, and a plethora of straight draws as well.
When the turn came , one of those draws was delivered, and Schwartz was left hoping for a diamond on the river to come from behind.
River:
The brick missed Schwartz completely, and with that, he was forced to ship a sizable portion of his stack across the table.
We caught a major pot developing between three players, as KT Park, Tanya Kirk, and Henri Koivisto were engaged in a three-way contest on the board.
Kirk led out for 33,000 on the turn, Park made the call, and Koivisto decided to pump it up to 57,500, putting the last of his stack at risk. The all-in bet was called by Kirk and Park, and the completed the board on the river.
Kirk then checked to Park, who announced his intention to bet the pot. This put Kirk all-in if she wanted to continue, and she made the call with for a set of jacks on the turn.
Unfortunately for her, Park rolled over the for a rivered flush, which was best over Kirk's holding, as well as Koivisto's .
With the double elimination, Park moved our field one step close to the next pay jump, while padding his stack to more than double the current average.
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turned and Schwartz folded to a bet of 30,000. Ji then tabled the 
and chopped with the all-in player, who held the 
, after the 
completed the board on the river.
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, the flop gave Johnson every draw in the world, so he decided to make the call.
on the river completed Johnson's straight.
. Ship the double to Park.
, a player in the big blind led out for 12,000, and Noah Schwartz raised the pot. The big blind player liked his hand enough to make an all-in move, and Schwartz made the call with 
for top pair, and a plethora of straight draws as well.
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