On a board of , Kristy Gazes bet 1,900 on the river and before her late-position opponent could act, a player not in the hand cited Gazes for a string bet. Though she had the entire amount of her bet in one hand, she flicked it into the pot in two separate motions-- a common practice for limit players like Gazes, but apparently a no-no at the Crown. The floor was called over and the objection was overruled, but Gazes apologized to the table anyway.
Oh... she won the hand too, turning over the for trips and increasing her stack to 26,500.
With the board showing , BoDog Ari Engel led out with a 1,200 bet, which was raised to 3,000 by an unknown opponent. The action then fell to the PokerRoad's Joe Sebok who came over the top for a total of (approx.) 11,000. BoDog Ari made the call and the third player in the hand got out of the way.
BoDog Ari:
Sebok:
With two cards to come, Sebok needed to catch a heart to win the hand, but the turn and river blanked out sending Joe to the rail midway through the third level of play.
BoDog Ari increased his stack to 35,000 with the win.
A short-stacked Paul Wasicka got it all in pre-flop holding pocket kings against the A-Q of John Kolb and survived when the board filled out 7-9-4-J-3.
Wasicka stacked up 11,800 in chips after the hand.
Getting pocket Aces snapped off is tough to stomach, but getting them cracked by pocket Kings is brutal. Bergren held and flopped a set to topple Michael Pedley's . Bergren increased his stack to 34,200 while Pedley slipped to 7,000.
One player opened for a 600 raise in middle position. Annie Duke called from the button. Vincent Chua raised to 2,000 from the big blind. The first player folded. Annie Duke moved all in for 11,000. Chua called.
Duke:
Chua:
The board ran out . Chua's aces held up and Annie Duke was eliminated.
On a board of , Jordan Morgan moved all in for 9,700. Barny Boatman called.
Boatman:
Morgan:
Boatman was ahead with a straight, but Morgan had outs to a bigger flush and a bigger straight. The river was the , which gave Morgan an 9-high straight to win the pot. Morgan increased his stack to 23,000 while Boatman slipped to 500.
Holding , and with the board showing , 2006 WSOP Main Event runner-up Paul Wasicka fired a bet that he hoped would chase Team PokerNews player Michael Wolf out of the pot. Instead of folding, however, Wolf moved all in on the strength of a set of fours and Wasicka, pot-committed, made the call.
The river blanked (), and Wolf scooped up the 34,000 pot. Wasicka was left with 7,600 after the hand.