We came upon the action as Eric Baldwin, in the big blind, called an unknown bet amount from the player under the gun. Baldwin led for 4,500 on a flop and the UTG player called.
On the turn, Baldwin led for 7,200 and a call by his opponent followed.
Baldwin continued to lead the action with a 18,700 bet on the river. After some thought, his opponent called. Baldwin immediately showed for the straight and his opponent's cards went into the muck.
The pace for eliminations is face and furious here in the Purple Section of the Amazon Room. While we're catching many elimination hands and doubles, it's inevitable that some will escape us. Fortunately we'll still be able to tell you who went home and in what place.
We happened upon the action as the player under the gun announced all in from under the gun. Changjae Lee, excitedly, called quickly turning over . The player UTG was not happy to see Lee's aces as she tabled . The board ran out and she was eliminated.
A short-stacked Cesar Flores got his stack of 8,000 all in preflop and was up against two tough players in Paul Wasicka and Matt Waxman. Both of them checked it down as the board ran out and Flores tabled the .
Waxman flashed the inferior while Wasicka flipped over the . "I knew you were bluffing," Waxman joked with Wasicka. Both men held decent hands, but not good enough to win as Flores' aces and jacks with a queen kicker earned him a triple.
Despite losing that hand, both Waxman and Wasicka are up considerably since the last time we checked in on them.
A preflop raising war just broke out between Steven Kelly and Cole Jackson that resulted in the former being all in for roughly 65,000, which meant there was a monster 130,000 pot on the line!
Kelly:
Jackson:
The table was in awe of the two hands and at the size of the pot. As a few players from other tables surrounded the table the dealer burned and put out the flop. Kelly was way out in front and looking to dodge an ace. The dealer burned and turned the . The table reacted in disbelief as Jackson spiked his card to leave Kelly drawing to the case king. The dealer burned one last time and put out the on the river, the last card a clearly upset Kelly would see in Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
We lost 68 players in the first two levels of the day and the remaining 80 players are on their first break. See you back here when we pick up the action in about 20 minutes.
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Cole Jackson opened to 4,000 in the cutoff and found one caller, the big blind. The big blind led out for 5,000 on the flop and this time it was Jackson that did the calling.
After the big blind checked, Jackson bet 8,600 on the turn. The big blind raised to 20,000 and Jackson took the opportunity to shove all in which forced the blind to fold.
flop and the UTG player called.
turn, Baldwin led for 7,200 and a call by his opponent followed.
river. After some thought, his opponent called. Baldwin immediately showed 
for the straight and his opponent's cards went into the muck.
. The player UTG was not happy to see Lee's aces as she tabled 
. The board ran out 
and she was eliminated.
and Flores tabled the 
while Wasicka flipped over the 
. "I knew you were bluffing," Waxman joked with Wasicka. Both men held decent hands, but not good enough to win as Flores' aces and jacks with a queen kicker earned him a triple.
flop. Kelly was way out in front and looking to dodge an ace. The dealer burned and turned the 
on the river, the last card a clearly upset Kelly would see in Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
