Scott Montgomery, who is looking tré sharp in a suit, tie, and fedora, raised to 250. Another player made it 800, and Montgomery flatted. The flop fell , and Montgomery checked. So did his opponent. The turn was the , and both players checked again. Finally after the river, Montgomery decided to bet. He made it 1,700, and his opponent tossed out a single 5k chip. "Is that a call?" Montgomery asked, hoping it wasn't. But it was.
Scott turned over for flopped quads. His opponent mucked black aces, which had cost him the minimum.
WIth two limps from the button and small blind, Martin Rowe bumped it up to 500 from the big blind.
The button passed, but the player in the small blind made the call before check-calling a 600-chip bet from Rowe on the flop.
The and on the turn and river were checked through to see Rowe table his - but play a flush on the board.
His opponent tabled his for a flopped set, and unluckily chopped the pot up.
For the 2009 APPT Sydney Champion, things could have turned sour for him if the turn and river were different. Luckily though he still has a comfortable 20,500 in chips.
With the flop reading , Michael Pedley fired 525 into opponent Bodo Sbrzesny. Sbrzesny made the call and the turn brought the to the board, completing some draws. Sbrzesny called another bet from Pedley, this time for 1,100.
The river completed the board with the and Pedley stayed on the gas with a bet of 1,525. Sbrzesny tossed in the call.
Pedley revealed the for two pair, but lost to Sbrzesny's flush with the . Sbrzesny increased to 30,000 while Pedley slipped back to 37,000.
On a flop of , Roy Vandersluis had an opponent at risk for his last 5,050 into a pot of roughly double that.
Vandersluis:
Opponent:
With Vandersluis in the lead and needing to fade a club or queen, the on the turn would send Vandersluis into a furious banter of annoyance as the completed the board.
As he headed on break, Vandersluis was left with just 11,400 in chips.
Much like yesterday's field had many Full Tilt Poker Red Pros and Team Members sitting side by side, today has more of the same.
Red Pros Annette Obrestad and Roland de Wolfe are seated beside each other on one part of the room while Andrew Feldman has joined the field and is sitting right next to David Oppenheim. Random seat draw much?