We only just managed to find Japanese high stakes player Masa Kagawa in the field, but no sooner had we approached him over at his table, he was already up out of his chair and heading to the exits.
As it turns out, it was Blake Kelso that was responsible for Kagawa's demise. Kagawa got the last of his money into the middle with , but found himself trailing Kelso's .
Kelso kept the lead after the (one club) flop, but Kagawa picked up the flush draw with the on the turn. However, the on the river was not a club and it gave Kelso the wheel and Kagawa his marching orders.
The tables have been breaking in the Pavillion Room at ludicrous speed, with hundreds of players still either lined up for registration or still waiting for their tables to start. And yes, that was a Spaceballs reference. Watch that movie if you haven't yet. You'll laugh, you'll cry, it'll change your life.
Certainly one of the most interesting things about poker is the amount of random situations that arise in which it is necessary to go deep into the rule book to figure out how to proceed. At least once a day, sometimes once a level, we hear a dealer cry, "Floooorrrr!"
Just now, we heard a floor call for Table 19. From what we can gather, Player A and Player B were heads up and reached a river showdown for a pot worth around 1,500 chips. Player A told Player B that he had ace-high to which Player B responded, "That's good." Player A then threw his cards to the dealer face down, expecting to be shipped the pot. However, he never showed his cards and Player B still had his. The rule is that the winning hand must be shown at a showdown and Player A could no longer do that.
The first floor man that was called over was unsure of what to do so a second floor man was called over. He ruled that since the cards had not yet hit the muck (one was in the rack while the other was sitting next to a random players chips), the hand was not dead. He also ruled that the dealer was not allowed to table a hand. Player A looked confused for a second before taking the hint, reached across the table and flipped over his cards. Player B mucked his hand and the pot was shipped to ace-high.
Jean-Robert Bellande was down to just over 2,000 chips but got his money in three ways preflop and covered the two all in players. Bellande held and was in great shape against and . The flop was clean but the turn was a six. The river bricked off and Bellande was forced to give almost three-quarters of his stack to his opponent. All he could do is stare at the board and shake his head as the chips were slid the other way.
A player in late position came in for a raise for 350, Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the small blind, and Brian Hawkins called after already entering the pot. The flop came and all players checked. The turn came and it checked around again. The river came , Timoshenko checked, Hawkins bet 525 and the original raiser and Timoshenko folded.
2010 Aussie Millions Main Event runner-up Frederik Jensen has doubled up through Aussie online phenom Steve "StevOL" Leonard to move up to 8,000 in chips.
The action folded to a player in middle position who raised before Jensen shoved for 3,850 from the cutoff; Leonard iso-shoved from the button and the others got out of the way before the cards were tabled:
Jensen:
Leonard:
Neither hand improved on the board and Jensen doubled up, leaving Leonard with less than 3,500 in chips.
A player opened from under the gun for 1,100 and Christina Lindley shoved for 4,750. Action folded back around to the UTG player and after a moment he called. Lindley tabled and the UTG player had .
The board ran and Lindley doubled to just over 10,000 with her set of aces.
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, but found himself trailing Kelso's 
.
(one club) flop, but Kagawa picked up the flush draw with the 
on the turn. However, the 
on the river was not a club and it gave Kelso the wheel and Kagawa his marching orders.
and was in great shape against 
. The flop was clean but the turn was a six. The river bricked off and Bellande was forced to give almost three-quarters of his stack to his opponent. All he could do is stare at the board and shake his head as the chips were slid the other way.
and all players checked. The turn came 
and it checked around again. The river came 
, Timoshenko checked, Hawkins bet 525 and the original raiser and Timoshenko folded.
board and Jensen doubled up, leaving Leonard with less than 3,500 in chips.
