Kassela Keeps on Building
Niveau 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
With the pot having around 80,000 in the middle, the board read 
and Frank Kassela was heads up with an opponent. The action was checked to Kassela who bet 60,000. His opponent was in the tank for a couple minutes before sticking in his chips. Kassela tabled 
while his opponent showed 
before tossing it to the muck.
Kassela left his opponent with 3,500 in chips, barely enough for one big blind. "It was a value bet. I didn't want to bust you," Kassela said to his opponent.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 110,000 |
and the opponent in the cutoff check-folded after Timoshenko fired out a bet of 9,000. Timoshenko has seen a lot of fluctuation to his stack throughout the day but over the last three or four blind levels he has been steadily climbing.
and Clinkscales spiked his three-outer to get a huge double-up. As he was raking in the pot, he said to his opponent, "You always have it, hey," to which his opponent just shrugged his shoulders.
. Duhamel checked to his opponent in early position who bet 9,500. Duhamel raised to 33,000 getting his opponent to fold. Duhamel raked in the pot and now has over 100,000 sitting in front of him.
. Racener showed 
and both players checked to the turn which was the 
. The big blind led for 10,500 and Murthy snap-raised to 25,000. The player in the hijack then reraised to 41,500. The big blind moved all in for his remaining 32,000 roughly and Murthy moved all in, having both players covered. The hijack thought for a minute before folding his hand.
, locking up the hand for Murthy who seems unstoppable at the moment. He appears to be the chip leader but chips are moving around furiously.
