After a raise to 675 from the player in the cutoff, Matt Stout jammed all in over the top from the button for 9,575 chips. Anthony Spinella in the big blind then dropped in a stack of yellow chips, representing a call.
The player who originally raised from the cutoff folded and the two players turned up their hands.
Stout:
Spinella:
The flop came out safe for Spinella, offering no extra outs to Stout when it came down . The on the turn was also safe, and Spinella notched the knockout when it was the that fell on the river.
With that Spinella made his way up the chip leader board, as stout made his exit from the tournament.
Anytime three players stand up in anticipation of an all-in encounter, the chances for fireworks are high, and a recent hand demonstrated this fact perfectly.
Ira Basil moved his short stack into the middle holding against two opponents, but he found himself needed a miracle against and .
Looking for three more diamonds, Basil was disappointed when the flop came all black, but the did offer a glimmer of hope.
Turn:
When the dealer burned and turned, Basil's tablemates gasped at his good fortune, and when the river fell , many congratulated him on staving off elimination in such an unlikely fashion.
Cherish Andrew's last level was a complete nightmare for her. After Tyler Patterson moved to her table, she lost a bunch of chips to him where Patterson got lucky to scoop a monster pot. Here's his tweet about it:
By dinner break she was left with just 4,000 chips when she had started the level with around 14,000. Just after dinner break Andrews tweeted about her bust from the tournament:
With the World Series of Poker Circuit offering players from around the country an accessible venue through which to launch their poker careers, many aspiring pros have used the momentum from winning a Circuit ring to springboard onto the WSOP's bracelet ceremony stage.
Of course, other players take the opposite route, scoring the gold for their wrist first, before adding a ring to finish off their jewelry collection.
Although the $33,284 he earned for winning the $365 No-Limit Hold'em event at the Circuit's Black Hawk stop paled in comparison to his six figure score from two years ago, the validation that comes from holding both a bracelet and a ring was priceless.
Schock is in the house tonight, and he currently sits on an above average stack of around 15,000, putting him in position to make yet another deep run.
We caught up to Paul Lieu at an all in cross roads. Lieu was holding against an opponents . The board was dealt out giving the player with the a full house and knocking Lieu down quite a few notches.
He was very visibly upset after the hand and was talking to himself about how he always loses races as the one he just lost. He was so frustrated that he ended up cutting out way too many chips to give to the other player and was given a refund.
Lieu pitched his cards into the muck after the hand and angrily restacked his chips which he had knocked over.