All through the first half of Level 9 -- the LHE half -- Phil Laak has been making various side bets, e.g., on whether the next card out will be red or black, etc.
David Williams raises under the gun and Noah Boeken reraises in the big blind. Williams calls and the flop is K-K-3. Boeken bets all in and WIlliams calls, showing Q-Q to Boeken's 5-5. The turn and river are 6 and 9, and Boeken is out. Williams is up to 85,000.
Matt Graham, Phil Tom, and a third player capped the betting before the flop. The flop came all babies: . Tom bet, and only Graham stuck around. The turn brought the . Tom again bet, and Graham folded.
Tom has more than doubled the stack with which he started today. He's now up to 35,000. Graham sits at 47,000.
The Poker Pixie has busted out. Preflop, Anna Wroblewski raises on the button. David Grey reraises in the small blind. Wroblewski goes all in and Grey calls. Wroblewski shows K-Q, but Grey has A-Q. The board runs out Q-5-9-10-8, and Wroblewski is out.
We picked up the action after the flop came . George Abdallah bet from the small blind, and Anna Wroblewski called from late position. The turn was the . Abdallah bet, and Wroblewski called. The river brought the , and again Wroblewski called Abdallah's bet.
Abdallah showed A-K for flopped trips, and Wroblewski mucked. Abdallah is up to 27,000, while Wroblewski has fallen to 13,000.
Preflop, David Williams raises in late position and Jason Dewitt calls. The flop is . Dewitt bets and Williams raises. Dewitt calls. The turn is . Dewitt bets and Williams raises. Dewitt calls. The river is . Dewitt bets and Williams calls. Williams shows 6-6 and takes it down. He's up to 74,000.
John Pires raised from the hijack seat, Ariel Schneller reraised from the big blind, and Pires called. The flop came . Schneller bet, Pires raised, and Schneller called. The turn was the . This time Schneller checked, Pires bet, and Schneller called.
Both players checked the on the river. Schneller showed and Pires mucked. Schneller is now right around 100,000 in chips and near the chip lead.