After having lost half his chips just before the dinner break, Dunst found himself in another tough situation. He raised to 700 from middle position before another opponent moved all in for 3,275. Dunst asked for the count and called, once again putting half his stack at risk.
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The board ran out and the pot was shipped away from Dunst. "I'm playing your game now," he said to the player who had just beat him. Dunst is referring to the fact that he has about the same chip stack as his opponent just had with 3,425.
We came in as Liv Boeree was walking away from the table, but she got all of her 13,000 remaining chips into the pot preflop with against the of a player at her table. According to Lars Bonding, there was an in the door, and that was enough to send her packing.
Preflop, a player in early position raised to 575 and two players called including John Phan.
The flop came and the first player checked. The player in the big blind bet 1,025, Phan reraised it to 4,425, the player in first position folded, the big blind reraised all in for 7,925 total, and Phan called.
Phan showed for an open-ended straight draw and the player in the big blind showed for middle pair and the nut flush draw. The turn and river came and Phan fell from 20,000 to about 12,000
On a board, the player first to act bet 800 and the next player called. Jason Somerville, third to act, decided to raise to 2,800. Action folded around and the player who bet folded.
The last player in the hand called the 2,800 and the two players saw the hit the river. After some thought, the player first to act put in his remaining yellow (1,000) and blue (500) chips into the middle. They had Somerville's stack of 5,125 covered and effectively put him all in. Somerville took a couple of minutes to think and checked the tournament clock a few times before making the call.
"I think we're chopping," the opponent said. Indeed they were. Somerville's had a better kicker, which was counterfeited on the river by his opponents , but his call got him half the pot. He now has 9,300.
Over at the table of death, Liv Boeree just busted a player one hand and doubled one up the next.
The first hand, Liv raised under the gun to 500 and a player in late position reraised to 2,875 all in and Liv made the call. She showed and the all in player showed .
The flop came , leaving the all-in player only drawing to a nine. The turn and river came and the player hit the rail. After the hand, Boeree had about 15,000 in chips.
The very next hand however, a player on the button raised to 600 and Liv reraised him all in from the big blind. He quickly called for a total of 3,200 and flipped over . Liv showed her misstep, turning over The board ran out and she shipped 3,200 over to him, leaving her with 11,800
With a roughly 4,000 chips in the pot preflop, Dunst was in position against a sole opponent on a board. Both players checked and the turn was the . Dunst's opponent decided to move all in for his final 5,250 and was called immediately.
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Dunst was drawing to a ten or queen on the river but hit a brick with the . He lost over half his stack on the hand but still has some wiggle room with about 5,000 chips.
Usually in a tournament like this, the pros are very spread out amongst the rest of the field and very rarely do you see more than one big name at a single table. That being said, Table 50 in the Pavillion Room is the first official "table of death" for this $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament. Sitting there are Jonathan Little, John Phan, Lars Bonding, and Liv Boeree. That's no doubt the toughest table in the tournament right now.