[user75032]
It's a double-up for Lisa Hamilton straight out of the "Poker is Easy" handbook: flop a set, then get paid by top pair, top kicker. Hamilton, in the big blind, was the only caller of Carter King's pre-flop raise to 4,100. Both players checked an flop.
Hamilton checked again when the turn fell , inducing King to bet 5,400. She raised that bet to 15,200, then called when King moved all in. Hamilton was the one at risk of elimination with approximately 41,000 chips in the middle, but she had the best hand. Her made a set of fours against her opponent's , top pair.
Once the dealer put the out as the river, a pot worth 95,000 chips slid Hamilton's way. She took the last 8,000 of Carter's chips a few hands later. His flopped two pair, but she runner-runnered a flush to end his day.
[user75032]
Scotty Nguyen
To understand the demise of Scotty Nguyen, we need to rewind the action on his final hand to the river of the previous hand. He was facing Dan Shak, with Shak playing from the small blind. Nguyen either bet or raised to 20,000 on the river, leaving himself about 18,500 behind. Shak raised all in, forcing Nguyen to muck his hand in disgust.
The very next hand, Nguyen opened for 5,000. Shak, now seated with the button, called the raise before the big blind moved all in.
"Alright, baby," said Nguyen, tossing his last 13,000 into the pot. Shak, however, needed a count on the big blind. The number: 61,300. 56,300 more to call.
While Shak was considering a call, a Russian player in the 10-seat popped out of his chair, opened up a video camera and started filming. "Is that allowed?" Shak asked. "I don't mind. I just wonder if it's allowed to play and be a photographer at the same time."
"The question is, 'Will I go on tilt if I lose this hand?'" Shak asked himself. "I don't think I will, but it's not worth it." He open-folded .
"I wanted to play with you, baby!" said Nguyen, opening . The big blind showed down a dominating .
"Ace-jack of spades wins this hand for sure," predicted Shak. He certainly seemed correct after a flop of . "There you go," he said with a laugh.
"Thanks for the fold," quipped the big blind. The rest of the board rolled out and to complete Nguyen's elimination from the tournament.
donpeters
Lauren Kling picked up a nice pot worth 20,000 chips after she fired 16,000 on the flop of with one player to act behind her. Her opponent folded and Kling moved to 65,000 chips.
donpeters
That's right players, you're all going to stay hungry until the end of the day. That or grab something quick to eat on one of the shorter breaks because the one-hour dinner break has been removed. The players will still be taking a break after every level.
donpeters
Giggity
From under the gun, Christina Lindley raised to 3,800 before Josh Arieh reraised from the next seat to 8,000. Action folded back around to Lindley and she made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn card was the and both players checked again. After the on the river, Lindley fired 10,000. Arieh tanked, but eventually made the call, only to muck his holding when he saw Lindley turn over the .
Lindley is up to 120,000 and Arieh down to 88,000.
[user140525]
Miami John manages his stack.
Miami John Cernuto, now the biggest stack at his table, is collecting as many brown 10k chips as he can. He's one of the few people in the room with an actual stack of them as supposed to three or four sitting off to the side. One of his tablemates complained. "It makes your stack look too small, John. We don't feel how many chips you have."
Cernuto picked up a two more brown chips when a player in early position open shoved for 22,500. Cernuto called, and everyone else folded.
donpeters
Ryan D'Angelo opened from middle position to 3,600. The player in the hijack seat flatted the raise and then action moved to Brett Richey on the button. He reraised to 12,500. Play moved back over to D'Angelo and after getting a count on Richey's remaining stack, he moved all in. The flat-caller folded and then Richey tabled the and announced a call.
The dealer didn't hear Richey say call and thought he was mucking his two kings. The dealer grabbed the kings and turned them back over and slid them under the bottom of the deck, which he began to spread across the table as they do when the hand is over, but Richey abruptly stopped him and complained. Meanwhile, D'Angelo tabled the .
Richey pleaded his case and the floorman was called over. The majority of the players at the table heard Richey verbally announce a call and the two black kings were retrieved and turned back over.
The board then ran out and Richey doubled up. He was all in for 81,800 and now has about 170,000 chips.
[user75032]
Just-information, please
Justin Smith found himself at the river on a board. Smith was the first player to act, but his lone opponent bet 11,100 out of turn. A floor supervisor was summoned to the table to handle the situation.
"What happens to that bet?" Smith asked the floor.
"Just make your action as if that bet isn't out there," replied the floor, "and then we'll handle that."
This refusal to divulge information flummoxed Smith and drew protests from at least two other players at the table. Neither was involved in the hand but felt that Smith was entitled to the information as to what would happen to the bet whether he checked or bet.
After a few minutes, the floor changed his ruling and decided to divulge the information. He told Smith that if he checked, the bet would stand. If he bet more than 11,100, the bet would come back. Ultimately, Smith decided to check-fold.
In discussions after the hand with one of the aggrieved players, the floor laid out his position. "We're not going to make a ruling so that a player can figure out how to angle-shoot the situation." This begs the question of whether the angle-shoot already occurred when Smith's opponent bet out of turn.
And as for Smith's opponent, he too had a beef after the hand. His complaint was that the floor made a ruling, then changed it two minutes later (without any assistance from other supervisors) solely because several players disagreed.
All in all an odd hand, but Smith didn't win the pot.
[user140525]
Time for the third break of the day. Grab a snack. Players will be back in 15 minutes. A dinner break was originally scheduled after the next level, but it has since been removed. The field will play three more levels and call it a night.
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flop. 
, inducing King to bet 5,400. She raised that bet to 15,200, then called when King moved all in. Hamilton was the one at risk of elimination with approximately 41,000 chips in the middle, but she had the best hand. Her 
made a set of fours against her opponent's 
, top pair. 
out as the river, a pot worth 95,000 chips slid Hamilton's way. She took the last 8,000 of Carter's chips a few hands later. His 
flopped two pair, but she runner-runnered a flush to end his day.
.
. The big blind showed down a dominating 
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and 
to complete Nguyen's elimination from the tournament.
with one player to act behind her. Her opponent folded and Kling moved to 65,000 chips.
and both players checked again. After the 
on the river, Lindley fired 10,000. Arieh tanked, but eventually made the call, only to muck his holding when he saw Lindley turn over the 
and announced a call.
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