With Event #54 ($1,000 No-Limit Hold'em) recently coming to a close, we've spotted no less than eight players who made deep runs in that tournament trying to ride the wave of momentum here today.
With the reentry format of this tourney allowing runners a second lease on life if their starting stacks are stolen, several players have already stood to make their way to the registration desk.
With the board showing by fourth street, Amanda Musumeci tried a feeler bet of 125, and watched as an opponent raised it to 325. Another player flatted the raise, as did Musumeci, and the river fell .
Amanda Musumeci watched her opponent check after the flop fell , and with a pot of more than 15,000 waiting to be claimed, she fired out a bet of 7,100.
Amanda Musumeci opened to 2,600 from early position but folded when she saw Mark Defaria three-bet to 5,600 and then the small blind four-bet to 12,600. Once Musumeci was out of the way, Defaria moved all in and the small blind snap-called.
Amanda Musumeci raised to 650. Lauren Billings put out a re-raise, Musumeci four-bet all in, and Billings called. Musumeci: Billings: The board ran out , putting two high pair on the board and counterfeiting Billings's pocket threes.
On a | | board we saw Amanda Musumeci checking from the small blind. Her opponent bet out 500 by tossing in a single purple chip. Musumeci made the call and after her opponent said "Good call" she tabled .
Charlie Kassatly raised to 1,050 preflop, Amanda Musumeci called, and everyone else folded. The flop came , and Musumeci checked. Kassatly continued for 2,050, and Musumeci called again.
A player in late position moved all in for his final 3,725 with and Amanda Musumeci called from the cutoff with . The board ran out leaving Musumeci only 50. She would bust on the next hand.
Action folds to Amanda Musumeci on the button where she bumped it up to 450. The big blind called and checked dark as a flop was dealt. Musumeci checked behind. The big blind led for 750 when the turn came and Musumeci went all in.
Last year Amanda Musumeci just missed out on winning a bracelet in Event #9 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry when she finished runner-up for $481,643.
After David "ODB" Baker raised to 28,000 from middle position, Amanda Musumeci moved all in for 217,000 from the hijack.
A short-stacked Amanda Musumeci moved all in from early position for 109,000, which managed to swipe the blinds and antes, which adds up to a healthy 37,000.
Amanda Musumeci opened for 27,000 under the gun and was called by Huy Nguyen in middle position. The rest of the field got out of the way and it was heads-up to the flop.
Amanda Musumeci made a deep run in last year's Main Event, finishing in 62nd place. She won't be repeating that run this year as she has been eliminated shortly after the dinner break.
Amanda Musumeci raised from early position only to have Eugene Katchalov move all in from the small blind. Musumeci made the call and had her opponent dominated.
Amanda Musumeci opened for 21,000 and Justin Gardenhire raised to 53,000 from the cutoff. The blinds released and Musumeci took a while to think and then pushed out a tall stack of T5,000 chips - about 130,000.
Jonathan Sorscher was eliminated by Amanda Musumeci. Sorscher held pocket jacks and Musumeci held . The flop came and Sorscher never improved and hit the rail in 17th place.
Allen Kessler struck up a conversation with Amanda Musumeci over at Table 2 regarding her boyfriend. The latter quickly corrected Kessler and informed him that it was now her ex-boyfriend as the two had split on the fourth of July.
Action folded to a short-stacked Dominic Gabaldon on the button and he moved all in for 14,000. Amanda Musumeci was next to act in the small blind and isolated with a three-bet.
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