What a terrible joke. Anyway, with the board reading , Jamie Gold and his opponent got all the money in the middle. Gold turned over for the flush draw, but the other player had middle set with . "That's the last hand I wanted to see," Gold said...and that's when the dealer peeled the . "Yes!" Gold said, then beseeched, "don't pair the board, don't pair the board...."
The on the river indeed did not pair the board. Gold said, "Yes!", and he is now up over 15,000.
On a three-way all in, the board read . All the money had gone in on the turn and the river left two players at the table very unhappy. The first player turned over 5-3 for a flopped two pair turned boat, another player showed 2-4 for a flopped open-ended straight draw turned wheel, and the last player showed pocket aces for a full house, aces full.
The player with the 5-3 was quite upset over having the under-full and let out a few expletives toward his opponent that cost him an early time out. Things seemed a little heated, but died down after the floor tournament staff showed up to lay down the law. The penalty's over now, though the player is still visibly heated about the situation.
He lost with aces against . The flop came , and the came on the turn. When the hit on the river, Saul moved all in and was called, only to discover that the turn had given his opponent two pair.
Andy Black and Roland de Wolfe have already been eliminated, the latter when his KK was beaten by A-K when an ace hit on the turn and the money went in.
Gavin Smith, another late arrival to today's event, managed to pick up pocket kings against an unknown player who had shoved all in with pocket queens. Gavin's kings held up and he's up to 7,500 after the hand.
A player from under the gun made it 125 to go preflop and David Levi, from early position, raised to 525. The big blind pushed all-in for his remaining 2,150 and the under the gun player got out of the way while Levi called. Levi was ahead, turning over pocket eights to his opponents A-K. The board came , his opponent turning broadway, and left Levi dead to the river.
After the hand, Levi is down under 2,000 in chips.
2002 World Champion Robert Varkonyi is playing today, as is Peter Gould, who finished third in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuy's event. Sorel Mizzi is in today's field, as are Young Phan, Paul Wolfe, Bryan Micon, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.
Our last count had the entries for today's event at 1,357 and we're already up to 1,375. Along with the rising attendance, we've seen several more players arriving late, including Jonathan Little, Lee Watkinson, JC Tran, and Jerry Yang.
Dutch Boyd limped in from early position to find a raise coming from a late position player. Dutch made the call and saw a flop of . Dutch checked-raised the player on the flop, then led out on the turn when the fell. Dutch's opponent called and when the river brought the , Dutch checked. His opponent fired 1,000 into the pot, putting Dutch into the tank. After much thought, Dutch decided to call only to see his opponent turn over pocket rockets. Dutch nodded and tossed his cards into the muck. Dutch is still alive in the tournament, but with around 2,300 chips left.