There were two piles of chips in the middle. One in front of a player holding . The other in front of a player holding . The board showed that both players had big hands as it read . According to players at the table, the player with nines had made a grand speech on the river, which is when the money went all in. He said "If I lose this hand, I'm retiring from poker".
The stunned player stood up and whispered "Wow" under his breath. No idea if he re-entered or not but if he is true to his word, he's going home. Of course, he's a poker player so there's a good chance he was bluffing with that statement.
The winner of the pot, declined to give his name, is now sitting on 50,000 in chips.
A player limped in middle position, Paul Spitzberg raised to 750 on the button, and a third player re-raised to 1,150 from the small blind. The re-raise looked to be accidental, because when the action folded back to Spitzberg and he four-bet to 7,725, the player didn't look pleased.
Nonetheless, he made the call.
The flop fell , both players checked, and the turn was the . The player led out for 8,000, Spitzberg moved all in for 18,500, and the player folded.
To the immediate right of the PokerNews Live Reporting desk, a round of "ooohhhhs" and "aaaahhhhs" came rolling off of players tongues. One player was not so happy. He stood up, threw his chair down to the ground, and stormed off. Rushing over to see what caused the pandemonium, we find a board of . In front of the toppled chair is for a flopped set of tens.
At the other end of the table with a grin on his face is Jeff Chan. He's sitting with laying in front of him for a rivered set of Kings. All the money went in on the flop and it's Chan who emerges with the big stack and is among the early chip leaders with 72,500.
Faced with a bet of 7,700 on a board of , Eric Patrick moved all in for 21,800. His opponent called.
Patrick:
Opponent:
Patrick needed a club or a six to survive, and fortunately for him the spiked on the felt to give him a straight. He doubled through, and now sits with nearly 60,000 chips.
Steve Dannenmann opened to 800 from middle position, and the action folded to Robin Cantone, who re-raised to 2,200 on the button. Both blinds released.
"You better be ready to push," Dannenmann said with a grin, calling.
The flop fell , Dannenmann checked, and Cantone continued for 2,000.
"I know you missed," Dannenmann said, folding. "With your queens..."
Cantone simply smiled, dragging in the pot. She's back to the starting stack of 25,000 chips, Dannenmann's down to 25,000, and their tablemate, Eric Siegel, is up to 44,000.
The player under the gun limped in. He was joined by... every one else at the table. That's right, all ten players limped in. No raises. No folds. Just good old family fun.
The flop came . A fairly nondescript flop that surely had to hit at least a few players. A player in middle position was the first to take a stab at the pot, placing a bet of 750 in the middle. That weeded out most of the crowd as only two would call. The turn was the . The flop bettor made it 2,000 this time. That was enough to win the pot, which was at 4,500 before a flop was even put out.
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. The other in front of a player holding 
. The board showed that both players had big hands as it read 
. According to players at the table, the player with nines had made a grand speech on the river, which is when the money went all in. He said "If I lose this hand, I'm retiring from poker".
, both players checked, and the turn was the 
. The player led out for 8,000, Spitzberg moved all in for 18,500, and the player folded.
for a flopped full house.
. In front of the toppled chair is 
, Eric Patrick moved all in for 21,800. His opponent called.
spiked on the felt to give him a straight. He doubled through, and now sits with nearly 60,000 chips.
. A fairly nondescript flop that surely had to hit at least a few players. A player in middle position was the first to take a stab at the pot, placing a bet of 750 in the middle. That weeded out most of the crowd as only two would call. The turn was the 
