| Ted Forrest Wins PPT Event
Seeing the Forrest for the Trees. Teddy Poker Wins One Day Too Late.
-Hand 156
Ted makes it 120k and Randy goes all-in with A 8. Ted calls immediately with pocket 8's. 741k is the amount that Randy has all-in. Flop 7 5 4. Split possible. 6 on the turn. Ted has the only club for a runner runner flush draw. Jack of Clubs on the river. Miracle straight on the turn, re-Miracle flush on the river
A 10 7 two diamonds. Randy bets 75k. Ted calls. Turn Qh. River Jd. Both have 10's split pot.
Randy reraise to 150k over Ted,Randy's bet takes it.
David Levi can't wait much longer with 30k a hand. Ted calls. David calls. 9 5 5. Randy bets 100k. David folds. It's amazing.What could he be waiting for?
Jensen button. Levi is all-in for 26k of the big blind. Randy bets 100k to get heads up with the all-in David. Randy and David both have A 6. All hearts on the flop. David can win with any heart. Split.
Levi's in the small blind with only a little extra. Jensen wants Forrest to give him a sign that he won't raise. And Ted won't do it. Ted bets 100k to get heads up with Levi who's all-in for 46k. K 2 for Ted. 10 9 for David. Q 8 8 flop. Turn Ac. River 6s. David Levi is 3rd for $60,000.
Heads up it's 986k for Forrest, 781k for Jensen. For the second day in a row, Ted Forrest is in the final two for the title. This time second is worth only $100,000 not $500,000.
These blinds have to finish this off.
Back from the break.
Randy's bet is plenty,
Ted raises to 90k.
Another walk. These guys are only playing for $200,000 and a seat. What going on?
Ted reraises Randy's bet to get Jensen to fold.
Ted calls. J 3 2 with two diamonds. David folds when Ted reaches for his chips.
Ted makes it 80k and Randy reraises again to get Ted to fold. Jensen seems to have picked up something off Ted.
David Levi is all-in for 61k. 31k raise. Ted calls. Aces for Levi. 10 6 for Forrest.
The blinds finally go up to 5k 25k/50k blinds.
Another TV break.
Three way action. Q 10 9 with two spades. David bets 50k. Ted calls. Turn 3c. River 8s. Ted bets, no call.
Randy wins with a bet.
David's bet takes it.
Hand 135. And the blinds aren't rising. This isn't like a normal PPT structure. David Levi goes all-in for 120k and he gets no calls.
Randy calls, Ted calls. David checks. Family. A 10 5 with two hearts. Check check Randy makes it 30k. Ted checkraises to 90k. Randy raises and Ted folds before the chips go in. Nice read by Randy.
Thanks to Tommy Clark for the encouragment.
Ted wins with the best hand on the river.
Randy walks.
Levi finally pulls the trigger for 81k. Randy calls. Ted calls. Flop: 3 2 2 with two clubs. Ted bets out to give David protection. David has A 5 of Diamonds. Ted has pocket 4's. Turn Jd. River, runner runner diamonds to save David Levi and double him up.
Levi button. Ted's bet on flop ends it.
Ted opens for 80k.Over and out
Randy is pushing it. 100k and all fold
Jensen back with 60k. Ted calls. Flop heads up: Q 3 2 with two spades. Randy bets 100k Ted checkraises all-in for 448k. A K for Ted. Top pair for Randy. Jack on the turn. Any A K 10 or spade for Ted. River a 10 of Hearts. Forrest doubles up to over one million again.
Ted wins with 100k.
A J 9 with two hearts. Randy and Ted check to the river. Randy's bet takes it.
Q 5 4 rainbow between Ted and David. Turn Jh. Ted's bet ends it.
Randy wins. He's using his chips now.
Randy bets and goes all-in with 10 10. Randy has K 7 and calls the 94k. Flop: Q J 8 with two hearts. Turn 6c. David is still leading. Randy needs a King. River 5s. David Levi is back in it.
Randy wins with a bet. Jensen has just under a million in chips.
My thanks to Derek DeSantis for keeping me company. Yes, Ted must be tired. But he's such a machine. He doesn't feel it. It's an academic exercise for Ted. He doesn't need the money or fame. This is very much like a WSOP final table in pace.
Checked ot the river. David wins.
Randy bets and wins.
Ted raises Randy to 215k preflop. Randy lost the Ro Sham Po and folded.
Randy bets 100k to end it.
Levi button with 160k left. David hope that Randy would self-destruct isn't working. Randy bets 75k. Too much.
Ted bets. No calls.
Family pot. Flop K 6 3 rainbow. Ted bets 40k. Randy calls. Turn Qh checked. River 10c. Ted has a pair of 6's.
Randy's bet is enough.
Ted first to act and mucks. Randy walks in the big blind.
David's button and first to act and calls as do the other two. K 7 2 with two clubs. Ted bets 60k. Randy raises and Ted mucks before the chips come in.
Ted makes it 60k. David calls the 40k in the big blind. K 7 6 with two clubs. Checked. Turn 7h, David makes it 60k after Ted checked. River 2d. Ted's A high is good.
Randy calls. Ted checks. Flop 7 3 3 rainbow. Checked. Kc on the turn. River Jh. Jensen bets 100k. Ted calls. Randy and Ted both have J 6 for a split.
Randy's button. Ted goes all-in for his case 317k. No call. All of Ted's former chips are in Randy's stack.
Q 8 7 with two clubs. Turn 6s. Randy steals on the turn.
David's button and first to act bets 60k to end it.
Randy folds. Ted bets 65k to raise the big blind. David calls then bets the flop.125k for Ted.
Randy goes all-in over Ted's bet.
Ted goes all-in again. Randy is looking for a count. 164k more. Call. 8 8 for Ted. Randy has 9 8 offsuit. Horrible call. Randy is drawing dead to a 9 on the river. Ted Forrest doubles up. Unbelievible.
This is torture. Do I have any readers left?
Back from the break.
J 10 5 two hearts. Randy bets 30k and David calls. Randy bets 50k on the turn of a Jack. David is on the clock and folds.
David makes it 85k.
On the flop of 8 7 6 rainbow, Randy makes it 80k and Ted calls. Turn Qh. Randy goes all-in. Call. Randy has 293k and flopped a straight with 5 4. Ted needs a 5 or a heart. Blank. Randy has doubles up.
Ted walks. Randy has 740k for the chip lead.
Randy opens for 50k. Ted calls. Flop K 10 9 two clubs. Ted bets 55k after Randy checks and calls. Turn 5d, Randy checks as does Ted. Ace of Spades on the river by Jensen. Forrest on the clock. He calls. A's and 10's for Randy. Ted mucks.
TV timeout.
David and Randy see the Q J J flop and check. The 10d gets a bet and call. Ks on river. David has two pair.
1 million for Forrest. 225k for Levi and 560k for Jensen. Ted goes all-in and gets no calls.
Levi goes over the top of a Jensen 60k bet all-in for 147k more. Jensen is on the clock. Call! K 5 of Clubs for Randy vs pocket 6's for David. Flop gives David a set of 6's. Randy gets two pair on the turn, Kings up. Levi doubles up.
Ted opens for 45k. Randy raises and takes it.
David wins with a bet.
Help! We're going to sleep here! Family pot. Flop K Q 5 with two spades. Ted bets 30k David calls. Turn 6c. 90k by Forrest on the turn. David Levi is on the 90 second clock. Fold.
A Jensen raise takes it.
3k ante, 10k/20k blinds. Levi has to make a move with 90k. Randy calls from the small blind,. Ted checks. Flop K 10 6 with two clubs. Checked. Turn 6d. Two diamonds as well. Jensen bets 40k.
K 8 4 with two diamonds. Checked by both David and Randy. A turn bet by Randy ends it.
Randy calls from the big blind. Randy and Ted check to the river with two Aces on board. Randy bets 35k and Ted calls. K 9 of Hearts for Aces full of 9's. Good hand says Forrest.
Ted and David see the flop of 9 9 5 with two spades. David has about 90k when Ted goes all-in on the flop.
David calls the all-in by Ted. A 9 for David, A 8 for Ted. Flop has an Ace. Turn is a 9. Hava Nagila breaks out in the stands. David Levi doubles up to about 200k.
Levi comes back with another all-in.
Family. A Q 3 with two clubs. Levi bets. That's it.
Family. K 5 2 two clubs. Randy is last to act and his 60k is all that's necessary.
The crowd, that's left after all the delays, applaudes the new dealer in hopes that he might bring some hands with him. Ted bets out 40k. David Levi on the clock and folds.
Randy calls the big blind from the small. J 8 3 with two spades. Checked. Turn Qd. Check check. River 10d. Randy's 20k is enough.
Ted Forrest is so disciplined. Even though he won over $500,000 yesterday and is playing for pocket change today, he doesn' t run over the table as he could with well over half the chips.
Levi wins. The Israeli section goes wild.
Ted walks. Randy and David are playing for the second place difference of $40,000.
On hand 65, or thereabouts, Randy opens for 40k. That's good.
David calls from the small blind. Flop Q 8 6 with two hearts. Randy bets 20k to take it.
Ted walks in the big blind.
This is scintillating. Randy Jensen button raise to 40k. Ted raise to 120k and Randy calls. Wow. Action. 9 8 8 rainbow. Ted goes all-in. Randy can't call with David so short.
Ted how has about 1.3 million. Ted's raise ends it.
K Q 6 with two spades. Ted keeps the pressure on with a 20k bet. Randy calls then they both check the turn. 100k on the river by Randy takes it down.
Norton Anti-Virus crashed me for ten minutes. During that time, Ted Forrest has run over the table. He has over 1.1 million. David Levi is down to 200k and Randy Jensen has 450k.
Randy calls. Ted calls. David checks. We Are Family. Jensen bets 20k on the flop of A J 9. David calls. Turn 3d. Checked. 9d. Randy bets 20k and David calls with the winning
Ace.
K 6 4 two clubs with David and Ted in the pot. A 70k bet on the turn takes it.
David calls on the button, Randy raises to 45k total. Ted says reraise another 90k. Randy folds.
Ted calls. David checks from the big blind. 5 3 2 two clubs. Ted bets 20k to take it.
Ted's button and first to act. David's 45k bet is too much.
Three way limps. J J 7. All check. Turn 2d. David is last and make it 20k, Ted calls. River Kd. Ted bets 35k. David shows 6 6 and mucks.
Tape swap which will take a few minutes. Next level is 2k ante, 8k/16k blinds.
J 6 5 A 5 Jensen bets 20k on the river. Levi check raised and Randy knew he was had.
Levi button first to act three handed. David Levi has awaken. He makes it 40k and wins it.
Randy and Ted call. Three handed, Randy's bet ends it on the flop.
Nobody bets to the river and Randy Jensen's trap fails. He flopped two pair.'
Forrest 915k
Levi 266k
Jensen 576k
Jensen calls and Franklin raises to 40k to take it.
Randy Jensen first to act and makes it 100k to go. Tom Franklin has the button and is on the 90 second clock. All fold.
Jensen checks from the big blind. Q 5 2 all hearts. Levi checks. Jensen checks. Turn, 3s. Jensen 10k. That's it.
Randy Jensen is the chip leader with about 600k. Ted Forrest opens for 27k. Tom raises another 60k. Ted calls Tom who is in the big blind. Tom bet out 100k and Ted goes all-in for 270k more. Forrest has pocket Aces and I have to give Mark Napolitano $10 because he said Forrest had pocket Aces and he did. Forrest doubles up to 900k.
Franklin is short.and goes all-in for 80k. Levi has Q J of Spades on a flop Q Q Q. David flops quad Queens. When he sees the flop, David Levi says "Seat open." Franklin is 4th for $45,000.
K 8 2 rainbow. Forrest bets 45k to end the first hand after the delay.
Jensen on the button makes it 30k to end it.
Franklin button fold. Forrest calls from the small blind. Check by Levi in the big. Q J 8 rainbow. Both check. Turn 2h checked again. River 10c. King high split.
Forrest button. Franklin makes it 30k to go. Forrest calls. Jensen in the big blind raises 90k more. No call.
Levi button. The blinds are Jensen and Franklin. Randy calls and Tom checks. Flop: Q 10 8 all spades. Checked. 7d on the turn. Randy bets 20k to end it. Shows the A 3 of Spades.
Camera fixed, we're back in business.
Forrest calls from the button. Levi checks from the big blind. A K 9 rainbow. Ted bets 15k. David Levi calls and goes all-in for 100k on the turn to get Teddy Poker to fold.
Franklin first to act Chris T bets 35k to go. Levi folds. 25k to Jensen who reraises 80k more. Chris T goes all-in for another 95k. Randy has Q Q to Chris Tsiprailidis' A 5 of Spades. The flop comes K K Q for a full boat. Turn is Jack. Chris Tsiprailidis is 5th for $30,000.
Franklin calls from the small blind. Forrest checks. 7 3 3 rainbow. Ted bets and wins. Shows a 7.
Three way limps. J 4 4 with two clubs. Ted checks and Chris bets 17k. Randy Jensen calls. Ted folds. Turn-7h. Chris bets 50k. Randy raises to 100k. No call.
Chris checks from the big blind. A 9 5. Chris bets. Tom calls heads up. 9 on the turn. Chris bets 16k. Tom calls. River-A of Diamonds. Three diamonds. Chris 40k and Tom calls. Split pot. Aces full of 9's for both. Chris was rivered by the Ace as he had the best kicker.
Forrest button raise takes it.
Chris T button. Forrest bets 16k, Chris T calls. Flop: A K 6 with two hearts. Forrest goes all-in for about 450k. Chris Tsiprailidis is on the 90 second clock and he folds.
Levi button. Chris T calls. Jensen calls from the small blind. Franklin raises 30k more. Chris calls. Flop: K 7 3 with two diamonds. Checked flop. Turn-6c. Chris T makes it 50k after a check to win the pot.
Chip counts:
Forrest 465k
Tsiprailidis 187k
Levi 157k
Jensen 276k
Franklin 672k
Ted calls the big blind of Chris T. Chris bet 50k on the turn to end the hand.
Jansen bets 100k all fold.
Franklin first to act and folds. Rodman, 24k. Jensen raises all-in for 114k. Rodman calls with 4 4. Randy has 8 8. A Q 9 rainbow flop. Turn-2. Two outs for Rodman. River-10. Randy Jensen doubles up.
Levi button. Jensen calls from the small blind. Franklin checks from the big. 6 6 3 flop, two hearts. Checked. 5 of Hearts. Franklin bets to take it.
Jensen button. Rodman all-in for 17k. Franklin and Forrest calls. 9 5 4 with two diamonds. Checked. 3 of Diamonds on the turn. Franklin bets 15k. Forrest calls. River is A of Clubs. Franklin bets 60k. A 10 of Diamonds for Franklin for the nuts, as Forrest folds. Rodman is 6th for $25,000. Q 9 of Hearts for Blair's all-in.
Franklin is running over the table with another 26k and the pot. Shows the A Q of Spades.
Forrest first to act and opens with 24k. Levi goes all-in for about 115k. No call.
Jenson all-in to win.
Levi calls to 8k, the big blind from middle position. Forrest makes it 150k. No call.
Levi wins his first.
Franklin gets a pot with a bet under the gun with a bet.
Rodman raises Forrest limp 35k to take it.
Jensen is all-in from middle position for about 100k.No call.
Ted Forrest makes it 26k to go. Blair Rodman calls. 9 4 2 on the flop. Forrest bets and Rodman folds.
Forrest button. Jensen goes all-in again. 96k raise takes it.
Franklin bets to win again.
Forrest opens for 24k. Chris Tsiprailidis goes all-in for 65k. 41k more to call for Forrest as all fold. Ted calls.
First flop is an all-in. Chris has 9 9. Q 9 for Ted. Flop: 8 6 2 with two clubs. 5 on the turn. Gut shot straight draw for a split. Blank. Syracuse Chris doubles up.
Rodman opens for 24k. All fold.
Franklin button. Ted Forrest is keeping his shades on today and he just took off his sports jacket. Something he didn't do all day yesterday. Captain Tom Franklin from the button makes it 24k and Blair Rodman moves all-in from the big blind. About 120k says the excellent Jan Fisher announcing. 116k is the raise. The 90 second clock ran out on Franklin. His hand is dead.
Again Chris Tsiprailidis goes all-in and Ted Forrest mucks his 24k.
Antes 1k, Blinds 4k/8k Franklin button. Jensen bets 23k from the cutoff seat. Ted Forrest who played six hours yesterday in the WPT, folds. Jensen wins the first pot.
Forrest button. Franklin makes it 24k to go to take it.
Rodman button. Forrest bets 20k. No callers.
It's tight early, no callers yet. Tsiprailidis button. Franklin first to act and bets 24k. Randy Jensen is in the big blind and he is last to fold.
-HE'S BAAACK!
Ted Forrest takes another shot at a title. He only made $579,386 yesterday and he needs a trophy.
Ted Forrest 1st-$200,000 plus $25,000 seat
Randy Jensen 2nd-$100,000
David Levi 3rd-$60,000
Tom Franklin 4th-$45,000
Chris Tsiprailidis 5th-$30,000
Blair Rodman 6th-$25,000
eat 6 Tom Franklin 597k
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