Chris Oliver Scores Double Knockout
Jul 17, '16
Shannon Shorr was all in holding pocket nines, Scott Clements was all in holding A-Q and Chris Oliver had both players covered and the best hand with pocket kings.
The board rolled out A-Q-X-J-10 and Oliver made a Broadway straight. Shorr and Clements were both eliminated and Oliver increased his stack to 105,000.
Player Tags: Scott Clements, Shannon Shorr, Chris Oliver
Chris Oliver Doubles Up
Jul 17, '16
Chris Oliver raised to 1,000 in early position and was called by Steve Sung in the hijack and William Vo in the big blind. The flop fell A52 and Vo checked.
Oliver bet 1,700 and both Sung and Vo called. The turn was the 7 and Vo checked again. Oliver moved all in for 7,300 and Sung called. Vo folded and Sung showed AQ, but Oliver held AK for a better kicker.
The river was the 8 and Oliver doubled up to 23,000. Sung was left with 20,000.
Player Tags: Steve Sung, Chris Oliver
Chris Oliver Gets Value
Jul 17, '16
With a board of A4Q2 Chris Oliver bet 2,375.
William Vo quickly made the call, only to much when Oliver showed him the QQ for a set of queens.
Oliver now sits with 17,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: Chris Oliver
Chris Oliver and Thomas Kearney Join The Field
Jul 17, '16
2011 EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure runner up Chris Oliver and 2015 WSOP main event 15th-place finisher Thomas “Butters” Kearney have joined the field early in level 4.
Player Tags: Chris Oliver, Thomas Kearney
Steve Gross Eliminated by Chris Oliver
Jul 21, '16
Chris Oliver raised to 11,000 from under the gun, Dan Heimiller called from middle position, and Steve Gross moved all in for around 75,000 from late position. Oliver reraised all in for 129,000 and Heimiller declared he was all-in as well. Here is what everyone had:
Gross: AQ
Oliver: KK
Heimiller: QQ
The kings held on the 96527 runout and Oliver won the main and side pots, sending Gross to the rail.
Chris Oliver – 330,000
Dan Heimiller – 160,000
Steve Gross – Eliminated
Player Tags: Chris Oliver
Chris Oliver Wins One On The Flop
Jul 20, '16
From the cutoff Chance Kornuth raised to 4,500 and Erick Lindgren made the call from the button.
Chris Oliver made it 18,500 to go from the small blind. The big blind folded and Kornuth made the call. Lindgren gave it some thought but folded.
The flop came down AK3 and Oliver bet out 17,500.
Kornuth mulled it over before folding and Oliver took down the sizable pot without showdown, chipping up to over 140,000.
Kornuth is still one of the largest stacks in the room with 270,000.
Player Tags: Chris Oliver