At the ungodly hour of 10:00 this morning, we wandered into the Kennel Club to see a final table under way. It was the $1,000 buy-in Event #9, and the only player we recognized at the table was Lee Childs, the 2007 WSOP Main Event finalist.
Childs ended up finishing in sixth place in that prelim before taking his seat in the Day 1a flight. He was relieved of his first bullet in short order, and it looks like the second go-round hasn't gone well either. Returning from the break, we just saw Childs giving handshakes and well wishes to his friends still left in the tournament, then heading out toward the exit. It appears his long day has come to an end.
We saw Matt Brady kneeling on his chair and looking a bit puzzled, so we hustled over to his table to see what was going on. When we arrived, the board was out on the table, and there was some good natured banter going back and forth. "Uh oh," someone at the table said when he saw us approach. "They're gonna write about you in the blog now."
Brady took a step out of the tank to smirk and say, "It's just what I've always wanted. I flew all the way down here just so this goofball could put my name in the blog." Congratulations, Matt. You've made it.
In any event, there was just less than 20,000 in the middle already, and Brady's opponent had shoved for his last 10,900 on the river. "You're supposed to have kings here," he finally verbalized his read. "But things are not always what they seem," he said a bit more quietly, more to himself. After a long few minutes, Brady surrendered his cards into the muck.
Mr. Opponent flashed , and Brady seemed satisfied by the winning straight. "Barrel, barrel, barrel, and just get there," he said, still smirking. That clues us into how the pre-river betting action went, and it's taken a chunk out of Brady's stack, knocking him back down to about 31,000 again.
Jeff Banghart opened with a raise to 750 under the gun and was called by the next player to act. Ilya Lekach called on the button, too, and a flop followed.
Action checked to Lekach who went all in for 2,175. Banghart called, the other player folded, and the hands were revealed.
Banghart:
Lekach:
Banghart's king kicker was best and he took it down following the turn and river when he improved to a straight.
Kevin Calenzo is one of the nicest guys you'll meet on this tour, but his run in Palm Beach has come to an end.
Calenzo was very short on chips when he got the last of them in with , and he was drawing live but suit dominated as the player to his left called him down with . "Augh, you got diamonds too?!" Calenzo asked with mock frustration. The flop was just about all she wrote, and the gregarious pro wished his table nice hands and good lucks for the rest of the day as he headed out to the paddock.
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board was out on the table, and there was some good natured banter going back and forth. "Uh oh," someone at the table said when he saw us approach. "They're gonna write about you in the blog now."
, and Brady seemed satisfied by the winning straight. "Barrel, barrel, barrel, and just get there," he said, still smirking. That clues us into how the pre-river betting action went, and it's taken a chunk out of Brady's stack, knocking him back down to about 31,000 again.
flop followed.
turn and 
river when he improved to a straight.
board, Huy Nguyen check-called 3,900 from Ebony Kenny to see the 
for a flush.
, and he was drawing live but suit dominated as the player to his left called him down with 
flop was just about all she wrote, and the gregarious pro wished his table nice hands and good lucks for the rest of the day as he headed out to the paddock.
