One of the big stacks on the table opened for 10,000 and the player on the button moved all in for 13,500. The big blind then re-shoved for 40,000 and it was back on the original raiser.
He hemmed and hawed and folded his face up. The short stack showed and the big blind showed . The aces held up to deliver a double uo.
“Good fold. Ace king is not a hand. Not for me.”
A recurring theme is players here not liking ace king and losing with it if they play it. You have been warned.
Both players have more than double the average, Heimiller is likely the more well known name though with $4,155,746 in earnings according to the Hendon Mob.
"I should not be playing in this event because I am Young," Ji once said. "None of you are young. Only I am young because that is my name."
Ji is back in the house here today playing in his second consecutive Seniors Championship Day 2 in as many attempts, and while his stack sits a little below the average at the moment, the active and energetic player is sure to make some moves as the afternoon progresses.
Marcia Topp raised to 4,500 and one seat over, an opponent moved all in for more than 90,000. Topp tanked for a while and then folded. The opponent showed and Topp said she folded pocket tens.
Dennis Phillips had a miserable few last levels yesterday losing three flips close together to devastate his stack which was hard to take at the end of 11 hours of poker. Phillips seems much happier this afternoon though as he has managed to quadruple up and is now on 62,000 which is, as he told us, above the average stack of 57,717. “Now I’ve got to hang on to it.” he quipped.
Not having such a great start is Sammy Farha who has slid to 30,000, while Simon Trumper is stable on 48000.
Herbert Bennett has been using the MyStack app regularly to update his chip count and we just walked by after he won another massive pot. He should be up to 201,000 now and is most likely the current chip leader after Richard Munro lost a smaller pot not long ago.
There was a limp for 2,000 on the button and the gentleman in the small blind sitting in the one seat declared he was all in. Unfortunately the dealer had scooped his cards and his hand was dead.
The floor was called to explain to the player that he was responsible for protecting has cards and that he must forfeit 2,000 to match the call. The player wasn’t happy about it but he accepted the ruling.
On the next hand he was in the big blind and as he received his cards he placed a chip on them to protect them. He was all in on the flop this time and his two pair faded the fluch draw of this opponent to double up, so a happy ending for now.
Meanwhile at the same table looking on was Barny Boatman, who has added a decent amount toi his stack and is up to 70,000,
face up. The short stack showed 
and the big blind showed 
. The aces held up to deliver a double uo.
and Topp said she folded pocket tens.
