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Bansi Folds to Seven-Bet Shove
Posted 22 hours 28 minutes ago by change100

The hand started innocently enough, but ended with Praz Bansi losing about 35% of his chips without even seeing a flop.

The action was folded around to Bansi in late position. He opened for 14,000 and Ryan Eriquezzo three-bet to 36,000. Both blinds folded and Bansi came back over the top for 88,000. Eriquezzo five-bet to 150,000, Bansi put in a sixth raise to 300,000 and Eriquezzo moved all-in for about 900,000 total. He had Bansi covered.

Bansi thought for an eternity before giving up his hand and saving his last 530,000 for a better spot.

"Weeeeeeee!" said Eriquezzo, rubbing salt in the wound as he showed the . He's up to 1.25 million.

Salles Making Straus Proud
Posted 22 hours 37 minutes ago by FerricRamsium

Former IRL and CART driver Gualter Salles was down to just one single, solitary, lonely yellow T1,000 chip moments ago. He won the first pot to move back into five figures, and the second double up got him back to 32,000 on the next hand.

On the third of his short-stacked hands, Salles found AKo and calls from two players. Jesse Steinberg and Robert Miller checked it down the whole way with 66 and KQs respectively as the dealer did his work. The board was in Salles' neighborhood as it came out . Suddenly, he has tripled back up to 105,000.

On the very next hand, Steinberg raised under the gun, and Salles shipped it in there again. He turned over the opposite hand this time, AKo! Steinberg had 77, and he was racing to try and finally rid the table of the pesky Salles.

But he could not. The board ran J84KT, and that's yet another double up for Salles. After being crippled down to a single chip, he has won the last four pots to rebound his stack all the way back to 225,000! That's 43,000 more than he started the day with, if you're scoring at home.

Incredible.

How he got to the low point:

We just received some details about the manner in which Gualter Salles was crippled down to just 1,000 chips. It's turning into quite a story.

Robert Miller had bet 106,000 on the turn of a 9dKc9c4d board, and Salles called off all but his last chip. Neither the dealer nor Miller realized Salles had a remainder after the call, and Miller tabled his 8s9h with action pending, technically. Salles' JcJs had been run down, and the river did nothing to help his cause. The chip mistake was finally realized, and, in much the same manner as Jack "Treetop" Strauss in 1982, Salles was left with a chip and a chair.

He's worked that into a remarkable 225,000 since then.

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Another Gem from Jason:

Robert Mizrachi Doubles Through Jason Mercier
Posted 22 hours 28 minutes ago by change100

Jason Mercier opened for 19,000 from middle position and Robert Mizrachi three-bet to 55,000 from the button. Mercier four-bet shoved and Mizrachi called all-in for 338,000.

Mizrachi
Mercier

Typically, the dealer holds up before dealing out the board while ESPN's crew gets into place. The cameras were still swarming when the dealer spread out the flop, and then burned and turned the , leaving Mercier drawing dead.

"Wait!!!" a producer screamed, trying to hold up the deal, but it was too late. A tortured Mercier had to endure the pomp and circumstance before the arrived on the river, giving Mizrachi a double-up to 690,000. Mercier was left with 133,000.

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Maybe Corkins can win the ME (folding to a 3bet???)

Clock Called on Corkins
Posted 21 hours 57 minutes ago by change100

Jerry Payne raised to 20,000 in the cutoff and Hoyt Corkins three-bet to 64,000 from the small blind. With the action back on Payne, he moved all-in for about 500,000 and Corkins went into a lengthy tank that went on so long the clock was called. Corkins finally made the fold, saving his 430,000 in chips for a better spot.