We came in as Humberto Brenes was standing up and his little toy shark was on top of his stack and in the middle. Erick Lindgren had made the call on the flop of with for Kings and a low draw. Humberto showed for a set of aces.
The turn was the gin card for Lindgren as he made a wheel and looked poised to take Humberto's stack, but Humberto yelled in his Humberto way, "Pairrrrr theeeee boarrdddddddd," and sure enough, the came on the river and Humberto said it again in a victorious way, "PAIRRR THEEEE BOARRRDDDDD." The two chopped up the pot and Brenes maintains about starting stack with 4,500.
An under-the-gun player limped and set the example for Phil "Unabomber" Laak in the hijack and the player on the button. The small blind got out of the way, while the big blind checked his option. It was four-way action to the flop, which everyone checked.
Action then checked to Laak on the turn, prompting him to bet 225. The button was the only player to fold as the was put out on the river. Again action checked to Laak, and this time he bet 825, nearly the size of the pot. This time the bet proved enough to clear the field, allowing Laak to take down the pot without a showdown.
Six players limped in to see the pot, among them the always-active Tom Dwan from under the gun. The flop came . It checked to the player in the hijack seat who bet the pot, everyone else folded back to Dwan who reraised to 1,500. "All right," said Dwan's opponent, accepting the "durrrr" challenge by calling with his remaining chips (he had both add-ons behind).
Dwan showed and his opponent . The turn was the and river the , meaning Dwan took the low and his opponent the high with his set of deuces.
Dwan presently sits with about 3,300 in play and one 1,500 add-on chip behind.
A player under the gun min-raised to 100, Sorel Mizzi called from middle position, and three more players called as well (hijack, button, and big blind). The flop came . It checked to Mizzi who bet 350, and the button called. Then it folded back to the preflop raiser who reraised to 1,825, Mizzi -- with one add-on chip left behind -- called with the rest of the chips he had left in play, and the button folded.
Mizzi showed for the super-mechagodzilla wrap and spade flush draw, while his opponent had for top set. "Run it twice?" said Mizzi's oppenent. "Three times," Mizzi answered with a chuckle.
The turn brought the , giving Mizzi his flush, but the river was the , filling up Mizzi's opponent. There's no running it twice here, but Mizzi does still have life with that one last add-on chip. He starts the next hand with 1,500.
We came in on a flop of when an early position player bet out 200. Two players folded to Kathy Liebert on the button and she made the call.
The turn came and the early position player bet out 600. Liebert instantly made the call and the two saw the river . The early position player put his last 300 in the pot and Liebert made the call.
Liebert showed for the nut-low and top pair with the eight. The early position player also had and got a quarter of the pot while Liebert took the rest and moved up to 5,000.
On our most recent pass through the tournament area, we discovered Blair Rodman has joined the same table as Erick Lindgren and Humberto Brenes. In a recent hand, an early-position (EP) player raised to 250 and was called by the button and Brenes in the small blind. Rodman was in the big blind and opted to move all in for his sack of 850.
The EP player then went all in for 2,325, the button moved all in, and Brenes folded from the small blind.
Rodman:
EP:
Button:
The flop was kind to the button, flopping him two pair; however, both EP and Rodman had plenty of outs. The turn gave Rodman the nut low, but the river quickly counterfeited him. The button's two pair was good enough to take the high, while he and Rodman chopped the low. In other words, Rodman got quartered.
The button collected the side pot and three-quarters of the main pot, while Rodman barely increased his stack to 975; although, he does have both rebuy chips remaining.
With the board showing , a player in middle position checked, Robert Mizrachi bet 500, and his opponent called. The came on the turn, and Mizrachi's opponent checked again. This time Mizrachi bet 1,500, more than what his opponent (who has yet to use the two add-ons) had left behind. He called with his remaining chips.
Mizrachi showed and his opponent -- both had aces and fours and no low as yet. The on the river didn't change things, and the pair chopped the pot.
Mizrachi, who did take the add-ons, has about 3,900 with which to play at the moment.
with 
for Kings and a low draw. Humberto showed 
for a set of aces.
was the gin card for Lindgren as he made a wheel and looked poised to take Humberto's stack, but Humberto yelled in his Humberto way, "Pairrrrr theeeee boarrdddddddd," and sure enough, the 
came on the river and Humberto said it again in a victorious way, "PAIRRR THEEEE BOARRRDDDDD." The two chopped up the pot and Brenes maintains about starting stack with 4,500.
flop, which everyone checked.
turn, prompting him to bet 225. The button was the only player to fold as the 
was put out on the river. Again action checked to Laak, and this time he bet 825, nearly the size of the pot. This time the bet proved enough to clear the field, allowing Laak to take down the pot without a showdown.
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. It checked to the player in the hijack seat who bet the pot, everyone else folded back to Dwan who reraised to 1,500. "All right," said Dwan's opponent, accepting the "durrrr" challenge by calling with his remaining chips (he had both add-ons behind).
and his opponent 
, meaning Dwan took the low and his opponent the high with his set of deuces.
. It checked to Mizzi who bet 350, and the button called. Then it folded back to the preflop raiser who reraised to 1,825, Mizzi -- with one add-on chip left behind -- called with the rest of the chips he had left in play, and the button folded.
for the super-mechagodzilla wrap and spade flush draw, while his opponent had 
for top set. "Run it twice?" said Mizzi's oppenent. "Three times," Mizzi answered with a chuckle.
, giving Mizzi his flush, but the river was the 
and the early position player bet out 600. Liebert instantly made the call and the two saw the river 
