Action was picked up after there was a loud reaction heard from the table, with Rocco Lazazzaro versus one other player all in and at risk with the board showing 4♥K♣3♥10♦7♥.
Lazazzaro's opponent had 7♠7♣ for a set of sevens, but he had K♠K♥ for a set of kings, to get the double up.
There were around 10,000 chips in the pot on a board of 2♦4♥Q♥2♥ when John Goodell shoved all in for 10,700 from early position. The player in middle position thought for a while before he made the call, which put Goodell at risk.
John Goodell: 4♠4♣
Middle Position: A♥7♥
Goodell was never at risk as his full house had no chance at losing to the flush of his opponent. An inconsequential K♦ fell on the river and Goodwell was pushed the pot.
Action picked up on the flop, between two players with 2,800 in the pot on a board showing A♥K♠K♥.
A player from middle position check-called a bet from John Lohmann for 1,000 on the button.
Both players checked after the 10♥ on the turn.
Once the Q♠ completed the board on the river, the player in middle position checked to Lohmann, who bet out 2,000. His opponent thought about the decision for a few seconds before making the call.
Lohamann tabled Q♥Q♦ for a rivered full house. His opponent mucked his hand, giving the pot to Lohmann.
The occupants of the table announced that this was the terminator table as five consecutive people have been knocked out already. Ken Stacy was the latest benefactor of this phenomenon.
The player under the gun raised to 400 which was his last few chips and Stacy called. The player in the hijack raised to 2,500 and both the cutoff and Stacy called.
The flop came out with 3♣8♥6♦ and Stacy checked and the hijack checked.
On the turn 8♦, Stacy checked and the hijack made a delayed continuation-bet of 2,500. Stacy called.
The river 9♦ saw Stacy take the lead with a bet of 2,500 and the hijack folded.
Under the gun: 6♣5♥
Ken Stacy: 7♣5♣
Stacy held a straight for the win and the knockout.
Earlier this year on an ordinary Monday afternoon, a bespectacled man walked into the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on Las Vegas Blvd. Tucked under his arm was an uninteresting box that only he knew contained something rather interesting – a pair of gold watches dating back more than 40 years.
These were not your run-of-the-mill wristwear, but rather evidence of a unique and often overlooked time of poker history, a year when the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, now the game’s highest accolade, was replaced in favor of watches.
The man holding the box was David Sklansky, who in 1978 forever changed poker by advocating a mathematical approach to the game in his groundbreaking book The Theory of Poker. Nicknamed “The Mathematician,” he proved his prowess just four years later when he won two WSOP tournaments in five days.
First, he won the 1982 WSOP Event #7: $800 Mixed Doubles Limit Seven Card Stud, a tournament that paired one man with one woman, alongside Dani Kelly, and followed that up by taking down Event #12: $1,000 Limit 5-Card Draw High. A year later, the Binions reverted back to the beloved bracelets players know today, and Sklansky captured his third piece of WSOP hardware by winning Event #11: $1,000 Limit Omaha.
It was a remarkable accomplishment, and for more than four decades he’s kept safe the evidence of his victories, both of which still worked. So, why was Sklansky carrying his 1982 WSOP gold watches, two of only 15 ever awarded, into a pawn shop? Well, he was looking to sell them of course, but not to just any of the dozens of pawn shops spread across Las Vegas. Oh no, he was walking into arguably the most famous pawn shop in the world, the home to the wildly popular television show Pawn Stars, and he was there to do it with cameras rolling.
Action was picked up with 10,200 in the pot on a board showing 6♣A♦4♠10♦Q♦ with three players in the pot.
Mikael Gronvik went all in for 3,200 and was called by two players.
Gronvik tabled 7♦6♦ for a flush, while his opponents showed A♣10♣ and A♥Q♠, both having two pair, but it was Gronvik's flush that was the best hand, securing him a triple up.