Famous poker writer David Sklansky is out. So are Jason Lester, Stuart Patterson, and Mark Newhouse.
Stuart "the Donator" Patterson's Big Slick lost to Gavin Griffin's pocket Queens. Mark Newhouse took a vicious beat when his Queens lost to Jacks. His opponent turned a set. Ouch.
With two limpers (1200) in front of him Vinnie Vinh raises to 2900. One caller.
The flop is . Check and Vinnie bets 8K--call.
Turn is , another check and Vinnie bets 15K--call again.
The river is check and Vinnie bets 30K--call again!
and Vinnie mucks his hand.
With the final board showing , Eric Kesselman checked, and Kido Pham moved all in. Kesselman agonized for several minutes, looking from the board to Pham (who was calmly looking back), and standing up before sitting right back down.
He finally let out a deep breath and said, "I call." Kido replied, "I don't have anything," and Kesselman proudly showed -- a busted flush draw that turned a lowly pair of sixes. But it was good enough to win the pot as Pham mucked his cards.
Kido Pham was stunned as he dropped down to 48,000 in chips. Eric Kesselman moved into the top 10 of the leaderboard with 233,000.
A fire alarm just went off in the Fontana Room. We suspect that someone set off an emergency exit door. Alas, play continues while Bellagio security investigates.
Jamie Gold and Phil Hellmuth started the day out in the poker room. After their tables broke, they are currently sitting in the Fontana Room. Stay tuned for any outrageous prop bets.
Mike Matusow flopped trips with on a board of . He moved all in and Lee Markholt called with and the nut flush draw. The turn filled in a flush for Markholt and the river did not help Matusow as he headed to the rail.