Near the end of the limit round, Ted Forrest raised from middle position, Jay Rosenkrantz reraised from the button, and Forrest called. The flop came 9-6-9 and Forrest checked.
Rosenkrantz then asked Forrest how much he had, to which Forrest leaned back and held up both hands, revealing his chips. Rosenkrantz then surprisingly bet 6,000, obviously a bit more than is allowed here in the 600/1,200 round of LHE. The table laughed, Rosenkrantz's bet was corrected to 1,200, and Forrest folded.
The fun continues over at Hellmuth's table. After the verbal sparring between him and another player had gone on for a while longer, Marcel Luske had an idea.
Luske got up and went over to ask the security guard if he had a gun with which he could shoot them both. Not sure what the guard responded, but it seems to have quieted down over there.
Phil Laak and Berry Johnston were just involved in a sizable pot. On a board of , Johnston put in a bet that was large enough to make the decision difficult for Laak. "Well," Laak concluded, "I can beat one hand," and made the call.
Both players turned over A-A, and chopped the pot.
A bit of a hubbub over at Table 9 when a new table draw brought Barry Schulman and his son, Nick, to the same table. While some mildly objected, at this point that's just the luck of the draw.
Gabe Kapler raises to 1,200 and Adam Westell reraises to 3,500. Kapler calls. The flop is . Kapler checks. Westell bets 12,000 and Kapler goes into the tank for about five minutes, finally going all in for 15,575. Westell calls with to Kapler's . The turn and river are and Kapler is out. Westell is up to 86,000.
A late position player raised to 1,125, Berry Johnston called from the small blind, and Anna Wroblewski called as well from the big blind. The flop came . Johnston and Wroblewski checked, the LP player bet 2,200, Johnston check-raised to 5,000, Wroblewski called, and the LP player folded.
The turn came and both checked. The river was the . Johnston checked, Wroblewski bet 10,000, and Johnston folded.
After the hand, Wroblewski had 30,000 and Johnston 29,000.