"You know, I keep calling short stacks with the worse hand and win." That was the reply from Khien Nguyen after my puzzled look when noticing his stack.
Steven Watts was not as fortunate and he has been eliminated. We already seen him move all in twice before on a short stack though.
George Danzer was all in preflop for his last 10,700 and was called by Darwin Giles one seat over. Matt Jarvis raised another 12,800 on top and Giles called that to see the . He instantly moved all in and Jarvis called on the button for just under 20,000 with . Danzer turned over and Giles had .
Turn:
River:
Giles knocks out two of the big names and is up to a very healthy stack now.
Jason Wheeler raised and got two callers with one opponent in the blinds defending . Wheeler spiked the flop where he cbet for 5,000 with about as much behind. On the turn the opponent in the blinds put him all in and Wheeler happily called with for trips. The meaningless river completed the board and Wheeler raked in the chips.
Bart Lybaert and Loni Harwood are sitting next to each other in the Amazon Tan section. The Belgian was already up to more than 100,000 but then lost pocket queens versus preflop to fall back a bit.
Khiem Nguyen opened the action with a min raise and then called the all in of an opponent for about 10,000. It was a coin flip with versus and the provided the necessary help. We also caught some bigger stacks and three more notables in the purple and orange section.
The tournament clock shows 1,158 players remaining meaning we've lost nearly 300 players in the first level of play today. At this rate we'll be in the money at the end of the next level (probably not).
. He instantly moved all in and Jarvis called on the button for just under 20,000 with 
. Danzer turned over 
and Giles had 
.
. Wheeler spiked the 
flop where he cbet for 5,000 with about as much behind. On the 
turn the opponent in the blinds put him all in and Wheeler happily called with 
river completed the board and Wheeler raked in the chips.
preflop to fall back a bit.
versus 
and the 
provided the necessary help. We also caught some bigger stacks and three more notables in the purple and orange section.
