Aaron Massey was on the wrong end of a cooler, as his trips lost to a full house. We came to the table during the showdown. Massey had in front of him, and his opponent held , while the board showed . Massey, who had started the day with over 36,000, just barely had his opponent covered and is now left with only 1200 in chips.
We caught up with Dan Kelly in a hand on the turn. With about 12,000 in the pot and board that read , Kelly led out for 9,500. His lone opponent thought for a few moments before folding, and Kelly took the pot. He has been steadily adding to his stack and is now up to about 70,000 in chips.
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After a multiway limped pot brought a flop of to the felt, William Prieto checkraised all-in for his last 12,500 chips, and was called by one player.
Showdown:
Prieto:
Opponent:
Prieto had flopped bottom two pair in a rags to riches story, but as is often the danger with bottom two, his opponent had him crushed with top two. Prieto stood and walked away from the table, perhaps anticipating his imminent exit.
Turn:
Just like that, Prieto's gin card had arrived, and his full house took an unlikely lead in the hand. With a harmless on the river, Prieto reclaimed his seat with a replenished stack of over 30,000 chips to play with.
We caught the action with the flop reading and Kane Kalas in the small blind. After leading out for 3,700, an opponent in the big blind came along.
The turn brought the to the table, inducing Kalas to fire away once again, this time with a 17,900 bet. His opponent called once more, and we were off to the river.
When the fell to the felt, Kalas fired a third barrel for 18,400 and sent his opponent deep into the tank. Three minutes of silent concentration passed before the clock was finally called, but before the floorman could arrive and begin counting down, the player quickly decided to call.
Kalas tabled the and his opponent could not produce a superior holding. With the win, Kalas has stormed to the top of Day 2's chip counts with an enormous stack of almost 150,000 chips.
With a number of short stacks in the field, and a lot of larger stacks looking to bust them, pre-flop action is often fast and wild. At a recent hand in Amazon Orange, we saw an under-the-gun raise, followed by two flat calls, then a reraise all-in by the small blind for 10,300. The big blind called for less, and the original raiser, who had both all-in players covered, called as well. Both other players folded, and the live players turned up their cards. The small blind held , the under-the-gun raiser showed , and the big blind tabled . The board failed to improve any hand. The small blind's pocket king's held up, and the big blind made his way to the exit.
Living Legend T.J. Cloutier was just bested by , and his tournament has come to an end. The six-time WSOP bracelet winner was short stacked all day, and was never able to get any traction as the blinds escalated.
in front of him, and his opponent held 
. Massey, who had started the day with over 36,000, just barely had his opponent covered and is now left with only 1200 in chips.
, Kelly led out for 9,500. His lone opponent thought for a few moments before folding, and Kelly took the pot. He has been steadily adding to his stack and is now up to about 70,000 in chips.
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to the felt, William Prieto checkraised all-in for his last 12,500 chips, and was called by one player.
on the river, Prieto reclaimed his seat with a replenished stack of over 30,000 chips to play with.
fell to the felt, Kalas fired a third barrel for 18,400 and sent his opponent deep into the tank. Three minutes of silent concentration passed before the clock was finally called, but before the floorman could arrive and begin counting down, the player quickly decided to call.
and his opponent could not produce a superior holding. With the win, Kalas has stormed to the top of Day 2's chip counts with an enormous stack of almost 150,000 chips.
, and the big blind tabled 
