Here is a summary of the action from the past twenty-minutes (minus the walks and raise/folds).
Joey Weissman raised to 60,000 in the cutoff, Joshua Pedraza three-bet to 135,000 from the big blind and Weissman laid it down.
Then Joey Weissman raised to 60,000 in the hijack and Pedraza called in the small blind. The flop was and Weissman won the pot with a 90,000 bet.
Next it was Bradley Lipsey in action. He raised it to 60,000 in the small blind and then Joey Weissman kicked sand in his face with a 120,000 three-bet from the large. Back to Lipsey and he decided he wanted to see a flop. The flop was and the action checked to Weissman who bet 120,000 and Lipsey folded.
The action folded around to Joey Weissman in the small blind and he raised to 75,000. Jeremy Quehen was in the big blind and he made the call. The action checked through to the turn on a board of and Weissman was first to bet when he made it 90,000 and Quehen called. The final card was the and Weissman fired his second barrel worth 100,000. Quehen checked his cards before raising to 275,000 and then stared into the temple of the chip leader. Weissman just looked straight ahead, then down, then up and then called. Quehen quickly turned over for trips and Weissman mucked his hand.
Joshua Pedranza raised to 70,000 in early position and Bradley Lipsey made the call. We were heads-up to the flop and Timmy the Dealer landed ; Pedranza check-calling a 125,000 Lipsey bet. The turn was checked through, before Pedranza bet 225,000 to take down the pot on a river.
The pace has slowed right down since the elimination of Konstantin Puchkov. We have had more walks than my Grandma's twenty-one year old dog. Here are some snippets of nothingness.
Michael Gagliano raised to 65,000 in mid-position and Joey Weissman three-bet to 135,000 from position. All eyes averted to Gagliano and he laid it down.
The action folded around to Philip Meulyzer in the small blind and he raised to 75,000. The stetson wearing Joe Gualtieri was seated in the big blind and he laid it down.
Next the action folded around to Michael Gagliano in the small blind who made it 70,000 and Bradley Lipsey folded in the big blind.
The table folded around to Joey Weissman in the big blind and he raised it up to 60,000. Jeremy Quehen in the small blind made the call and we had two to the flop.
The flop came and both players knuckled the felt for checks.
The on the turn saw another check from Quehen and a bet of 80,000 from Weissman. Quehen then made the call.
The on the river saw a repeat of action from Quehen checking and Weissman betting out 155,000. Quehen then raised it to 400,000, and after a few moments Weissman threw it away.
The action folded around to Joey Weissman in mid-position who raised to 50,000 and Joe Gualtieri defended his big blind. The flop was , Gualtieri checked, Weissman bet 50,000 and Gualtieri called. Fourth street was the and pot control was the order of the day as both players checked. Finally we saw the and once again both players checked. At the final reveal it was Gualtieri who took down the pot with for trip queens.
Joe Gualtieri started the action off in this recent hand by raising it up to 48,000 from middle position. Konstantin Puchkov in the cut off made the call and both players were allowed to see the flop.
The flop came and Gualtieri continued for 102,000. Puchkov responded by putting out 500,000. Gualtieri then moved all in and Puchkov made the call and was all in and at risk.
PuchKov:
Gualtieri:
Puchkov was going to need a queen to stay alive in this tournament, he received no such luck as the fell on the turn and the landed on the river.
The action folded around to Bradley Lipsey in the cutoff and he raised to 49,000. Our chip leader was seated in the small blind and he made the call but Jeremy Quehen moved all-in from the big blind. Lipsey folded, Joey Weissman called and we had a showdown with Quehen at risk of elimination.
Quehen
Weissman
Board:
Quehen doubled up to 1,350,000 and Weissman is down to 3,624,000. Not a great start for Weissman since moving to the feature table.