 2:50pm: Shi busto
Vinson Shi, crippled just before the last break, found himself out-kicked on a 6-7-6-Q-4 board. His opponent showed 10-6 for trip sixes, with a better kicker than Shi. Shi's now out.
2:46pm: Everything's aces for Gray
Jonathon Karamalikis and Jason Gray are two of...
2:50pm: Shi busto
Vinson Shi, crippled just before the last break, found himself out-kicked on a 6-7-6-Q-4 board. His opponent showed 10-6 for trip sixes, with a better kicker than Shi. Shi's now out.
2:46pm: Everything's aces for Gray
Jonathon Karamalikis and Jason Gray are two of the players in today's field who have experienced the most previous success. They're sitting next to each other at Table 4 now and found themselves involved in a heads-up pot on the turn, [5d][8d][10s][6c]. With 2,500 in the pot, Karamalikis bet 1,400. Gray called that bet, then quickly called another 2,300 when the river paired the board [6s]. Karamalikis showed top pair, [kh][10h], for tens and sixes, but was second-best to Gray's aces and sixes, [ah][ad].
2:34pm: Play resumes after extended break
The players are back in their seats after a slightly extended break. There was a hand at Table 5 between Chris Levick and Vinson Shi that went about five minutes into the break. Shi had three-bet pre-flop, putting Levick on his guard. Levick check-called a king-high flop, check-called 2,600 on the turn when an ace hit, and then led out for 6,000 when the board paired on the river with a second king. Shi raised that bet to 13,000, putting Levick to a big decision.
"I probably should have called quicker," said Levick afterwards, but he was worried that Shi held pocket aces for aces full of kings. Levick did eventually make the call with ace-king, kings full of aces, and took down the pot. He now has about 42,000, while Shi is down to just
Posted originally: 2010-07-22 05:33:42
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