Gal Yifrach Scores A Knockout
May 25, '13
Gal Yifrach raised to 4,000 from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position and the small blind before the big blind moved all in for his last 14,400.
Yifrach opted to move all in to isolate and the other two players folded. Yifrach’s pocket nines then held against his opponent’s pocket sixes when the board ran out 9
8
7
K 7
.
He now has 95,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Gal Yifrach
Stanley Buffett Gets There On The River
May 24, '13
Gal Yifrach raised to 2,100 and was called by three players, including Stanley Buffett in the cutoff.
The flop came down J 6 5 and everyone checked. The turn was the Q and Yifrach bet 4,000. Buffett raised all in for 12,500 and everyone folded to Yifrach, who made the call.
Buffett showed K 10 and Yifrach revealed A K, surprised he was ahead in the hand. The river was the 9, however, and Buffett doubled up.
Yifrach is still one of the tournament’s chip leaders with 135,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Stanley Buffett, Gal Yifrach
Gal Yifrach Eliminated in 19th Place
May 28, '13
Nichoel Jurgens raised to 35,000 and Gal Yifrach called from the big blind. The flop fell 10 8 6 and Jurgens continued with a bet of 51,000.
Yifrach moved all in for about 100,00 more and Jurgens immediately called, tabling pocket queens. Yifrach showed 8 7 and failed to improve when the turn and river came 3 6.
The remaining 18 players are now combining to the final two tables.
Player Tags: Nichoel Jurgens, Gal Yifrach
Gal Yifrach Doubles Through Nichoel Jurgens
May 28, '13
On a flop of K J 9, Nichoel Jurgens bets 36,000 and Gal Yifrach moves all in for 216,000 more.
Jurgens thinks it over before saying she wants to gamble and calls with A 3. Yifrach is ahead having flopped the straight with Q 10 and his hand holds as the turn and river brick.
Jurgens is now down to 550,000.
Player Tags: Nichoel Jurgens, Gal Yifrach
A Roller Coaster Ride For Stan Hackett
May 28, '13
It folded around to Stan Hackett in the small blind and he moved all in. Gal Yifrach made the call with pocket queens for his last 158,000 and Hackett had him covered with A K.
The board came out jack high and Yifrach doubled up. Hackett was left with just 75,000 but it got all in on the next hand with A J against Yifrach’s KQ.
The flop gave him the remaining three jacks and his quads gave him the much needed double up. A couple hands later, Hackett was all in once again with pocket aces for his last 176,000 against Lyle Wong’s pocket tens.
The board came out fairly and Hackett all of a sudden found himself with 365,000. Wong is now back to 250,000.
Player Tags: Stan Hackett, Gal Yifrach, Lyle Wong
World Series of Poker bracelet winner Gal Yifrach called the all-in of a shorter opponent with A
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