We caught up to find Amarith Keo bet enough to put his lone opponent in the hand all in before the flop. His opponent called and showed . Keo tabled and walked away from the table.
"I don't want to have my aces cracked again," said Keo.
The deck, however, did not oblige to Keo's request, as the was the door card. The and finished the flop and suddenly Keo was rooting to come from behind. Unfortunately for him, the turn and river were the and the , ensuring his opponent's victory.
All the while, Keo's opponent put on his coat, grabbed his bag and started for the exit.
"Hey, you won, buddy!" said someone from the table and he promptly returned and took his coat right back off.
We missed the hand, but Sandra Wong and her table mates attempted to recap the action for us. From what we can gather, Wong was all in and at risk with against a bigger stacks . Another player that was shorter than the other two was also all in holding pocket eights.
Wong was able to overcome her opponents to scoop the pot and double up. She's currently sitting on about 72,000.
Wong recently took third in a ring event here at River Rock Casino.
WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #6 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo
We recently wrote about Amarith Keo having his aces cracked for the second time today. It seems that Lady Luck is not smiling upon Keo this level, as we found him calling the all in of a shorter stack player only to find that he was behind.
Keo:
Opponent:
The board fell and Keo was unable to improve to crack the queens. He's currently fallen to about 22,000.
Soon after we found Huy Nguyen all in for his tournament life holding against an opponent's . The board fell , giving Nguyen's opponent a set and the best hand. Nguyen will surely return to the felt tomorrow to fire a third bullet.
On a board that read and with about 16,000 already in the pot a player checked to Kelly Kellner who fired out a bet of 10,000. Kellner's opponent thought for a while before finally making the call.
"You've got it," said Kellner, showing for merely king-high. His opponent tabled for a pair of nines which was enough to take down the pot.
With several events yet to be determined, the race for the WSOP Circuit River RockCasino Champion is undetermined. Whoever captures that title, along with the eventual winner of the Main Event, will automatically qualify for the Second Annual $1 Million National Championship. Here's a look at the players who have qualified:
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and walked away from the table.
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finished the flop and suddenly Keo was rooting to come from behind. Unfortunately for him, the turn and river were the 
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, ensuring his opponent's victory.
against a bigger stacks 
. Another player that was shorter than the other two was also all in holding pocket eights.
and Keo was unable to improve to crack the queens. He's currently fallen to about 22,000.
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. The board fell 
for a pair of nines which was enough to take down the pot.