Matt Waxman joins the PokerNews Podcast at the top of the show to talk about winning a bracelet in 2013, debate whether or not the National Championship is a closed event, and tell the story of his first big heater in poker. The crew then gives play-by-play of a spat between Nick Schulman and the phone vendors outside of the Amazon Room, breaks down the recent bracelet winners, and more.
Nam Le opened to 3,200 from under the gun, Gino Levrini called all in for less from the hijack, Kevin Eyster called from the small blind and Bryn Kenney three-bet to 9,900 from the big blind. Le folded, Eyster called, and the flop came down .
Eyster check-folded to a bet from Kenney, who tabled . Levrini trailed with and failed to catch up as the turn and river locked up the pot for Kenney.
Jeff Rossiter just woke up with the prettiest of cards and he ended up all in for his tournament life against Brandon Steven. Rossiter held aces against Steven's jacks and his stack worth 67,700 was doubled up.
Rossiter now sits on a pretty 138,000-chip stack as we slowly enter bubble-play territory.
Calvin Anderson checked to Hunter Frey on a flop of . Frey fired out 4,000 and Anderson called. The turn was the , Anderson check-called another 6,500 and the completed the board.
Anderson checked a third and final time, and Frey bet what looked like 17,000. Anderson quickly folded, and Frey picked up the pot.
Tommy Miller opened to 3,500 from under the gun, Bassil Karam three-bet to 7,000 on the button and Ariel Celestino four-bet to 16,700 in the small blind. Miller folded, Karam five-bet all in for 40, 500 and Celestino called.
Karam:
Celestino:
The board ran out , no help to Celestino, giving Karam the double up.
On a board Hunter Frey checked to Calvin Anderson who bet 30,000. There was quite a lot already in the pot and Frey tanked for a bit before moving all in.
Anderson wanted a count on Frey's stack and said he was likely to make the call. Frey was all in for an additional 44,400 and Anderson ultimately put in the call showing . Frey slammed onto the table and got up from his chair immediately.
"Tha's how we do it son!" Frey yelled as he paced around the room for a bit.
All Anderson did was smile, and the man who made the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. final table yesterday was left behind with 50,000 chips.
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. Levrini trailed with 
and failed to catch up as the 
turn and 
river locked up the pot for Kenney.
, giving Danchev queens and jacks to double up.
and Seiver took down this pot to send home another world-class player.
. Frey fired out 4,000 and Anderson called. The turn was the 
. Frey slammed 