Today Glyn Banks had his aces cracked by a J-10 that made a straight on the river. Yesterday, I walked by his table just as his kings were cracked by a J-8 offsuit that made a second pair on the river. Banks is still holding on to a good stack today, but he doesn't like his run of cards lately.
All the money went in on the J-9-2 flop. Lynette Chan had A-J, but it wasn't good enough to top her opponent's pocket kings. The turn and river didn't change matters for Chan.
Joe Hachem limped in from the cutoff, the button limped, the small blind completed, and Greg Raymer checked from the big blind. The flop was . The small blind checked, Raymer checked, Hachem bet 300, the button folded, the small blind folded, Raymer raised to 1,000, and Hachem called. The turn was the and Raymer bet 1,500. Hachem counted out a stack of chips looking like he was about to make a raise, but ultimately folded.
After the hand, the button asked Raymer, "Could you beat a deuce?"
Mark Gregorich raised it to 300 pre-flop and was call by 3 players. On a flop of , Gregorich bets out 500 and finds one caller. Gregorich bets out 1000 on a turn of , gets reraised all-in and calls. Gregorich flips over for a set and his opponent turns over for a flush. The river is a and Gregorich is out.
Hoyt Corkins limped under the gun and Liz Lieu made it 650 from the small blind. Corkins re-raised it to 1,100 and Lieu pushed all in. Hoyt had and Lieu had . The flop and turn of gave Hoyt the nut flush. The on the river was just salt in Lieu's wound and she was eliminated on the hand.
"Hollywood" Dave is off to a good start and has already doubled up thanks to quads. Not only did Dave flop a set of queens but after both players got their money all in on the turn (his opponent with pocket Aces) the river brought an additional queen for the quads.