We picked up the action on a board of in a hand between Govert Metaal and Tom Dwan. Metaal fired a bet of 8,100, and Dwan tank-called to see the land on the river. Metaal checked, and Dwan checked behind.
Metaal tabled the for an overpair, and Dwan mucked his hand.
Jean-Guy Dubois opened in late position, a player called, and JC Alvarado three-bet to 4,800. Dubois four-bet to 12,700, the player in the middle folded, and Alvarado studied Dubois before moving all in for effectively 50,000 or so. Dubois tank-called.
Out of #PCA main, Mp opens 1100, LP calls, me 3800 bb with AA (24k eff), mp folds LP calls. Flop 23Tr me 3100 he jams 68o comes 45 #riggedJanuary 08 2013
We noticed that Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker, who finished 11th in this event back in 2011, was no longer in the field, and we made our way to his old table to find out what happened.
One of the players at the table informed us that Moneymaker held while an unknown opponent had . There was a little action on the flop, which included an and along with a spade, but it wasn't until the turn that the money went in. The river failed to help Moneymaker, and he failed to duplicate his 2011 success and took his leave here on Day 1b.