Despite a miraculous comeback from the brink, tripling and doubling in succession after falling to just 2.5 big blinds, Sakip Shehu just went busto a moment ago.
Shehu's last hand was and he happened to run into the held by yet another player who refused to give his name.
Shehu caught up to crack aces when the flop came , making top two pair, and the turn bricked off coming to keep him in the lead.
River:
The river sunk Shehu as it completed his opponent's gutshot straight draw, and he hit the rail with a 7th place finish, as well as a story to tell his colleagues back at the job he played hooky from here today.
Moments after doubling through Danny Chang, the man playing hooky from work just sent nearly chip in his stack back to his neighbor.
Chang held the while the mystery man had the . Both players found premium pocket pairs, but Chang's aces held to cripple the other player when the board came down .
Mystery man tripled his microstack up on the next hand though, moving all in blind and winning with two pair. On the next deal, he made a flush on the river to double up again, storming back from under three big blinds to keep himself in contention.
Danny Chang just called a big all in bet before the flop, trying to bust the mystery man to his direct left.
The man who told us he'd rather not be named because he's "playing hooky" from work risked his last 90,000 or so before the flop, coming over the top of Chang's opening raise. Chang quickly called with , while the player with no name tabled .
The final board rolled out and Mr. Anonymous made two pair on the river to double through Chang.
A great deal of noise and commotion has suddenly surrounded the Big-Stack Pot-Limit Omaha final table, as a Survivor tournament that recently ended has sent upwards of a dozen players to collect their winnings.
The tournament staff has a desk about two feet from the final table, and that is where 12 or more boisterous players have just assembled to collect their payout tickets after cashing in the aforementioned Survivor tourney.
The players are having trouble hearing one another's verbalized bets, and at least one final table member (ironically, our mystery man in the eight seat who declined to give his name for such an "unimportant" event) has asked the floor for an explanation.
"This is the last table..." he said with frustration evident in his voice. "Why we can't we have quiet here?"
Nothing can be done though, and play rolls on with the raucous celebration continuing just a few feet away.
Danny Chang just doubled through Marc Goldsmith, after making two pair on the board.
The money went in on the flop, and Goldsmith's was second-best, despite his pocket queens and four-flush on the flop.
Chang had flopped a better flush draw with his , and he had Goldsmith's queen's crushed by pocket aces to boot. While both players missed the diamonds, Change rivered an unnecessary two pair to score the huge double.
You need more than two of these to play Pot-Limit Omaha
A humorous situation just occurred at the Borgata Spring Poker Open's $450 Big-Stack Pot-Limit Omaha Reentry final table, as the newly arrived dealer pitched two cards to each player, before stopping and staring forward.
The players were not so amused though, quickly directing the dealer to complete the deal, but for all of their adamantly administered direction, no full-fledged Omaha hands were forthcoming.
The dealer was quickly replaced after that deal, and play soon resumed at its regularly scheduled pace, with the eight remaining runners each receiving four hole cards per man.
On the first deal back from break, David Dambrosi managed to double his micro-stack to remain alive.
One of our anonymous players who would rather not provide their name limped into the pot from middle position, as did Emad Alabsi from the button. That's when Dambrosi shipped his last 25,000 forward. Only Mr. Anonymous called and the two showed down.
Dambrosi:
Mystery Man:
The final board rolled out and Dombrosi's pair of kings gave him the much needed double.
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and he happened to run into the 
held by yet another player who refused to give his name.
, making top two pair, and the turn bricked off coming 
to keep him in the lead.
. Both players found premium pocket pairs, but Chang's aces held to cripple the other player when the board came down 
, while the player with no name tabled 
.
and Mr. Anonymous made two pair on the river to double through Chang.
was second-best, despite his pocket queens and four-flush on the flop.
and Dambrosi completed his flush, but unfortunately for him Marc Goldsmith had him beat with the 
