Shamus
Mark Seif bet from under the gun, and Steve Zolotow called. Seif drew one, Zolotow two. Again Seif bet, and Zolotow called.
On the second draw, Seif drew one, and Zolotow two. Again, bet-call.
On the third draw, Seif drew one and Zolotow stood pat. Seif showed Q-8-7-6-3, having missed on the end. Zolotow showed 10-9-7-5-3, good enough to scoop the chips.
Shamus
Bit of controversy. After the third draw in which Mimi Tran and an opponent just drew one, Tran's opponent spread out his hand -- 9-8-7-4-2, and Tran mucked before realizing her opponent had five spades.
They called for a ruling, and it was determined that since Tran had mucked her hand her opponent gets the pot. Gavin Griffin pointed out that the hand probably would have turned out differently if we were playing in Los Angeles, where one must announce if one has made a flush. One isn't obligated to make such announcements here, though.
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Men "the Master" Nguyen has had a crazy first 90 minutes today. He has played almost every hand, often drawing three or even four cards. His starting stack of 5,000 chips dipped all the way down to 300, but in the last ten minutes he has doubled up twice to build his stack back up to 1,300. Is this all part of some "master" plan that only Nguyen can fathom? Or is he just a degenerate gambler like the rest of us?
Shamus
Allen Cunningham bet from middle position, James Van Alstyne raised from the button, and Cunningham called. Cunningham drew one, and Van Alstyne two, and both checked.
On the second draw, each took one card, and Cunningham check-called Van Alstyne's bet.
On the third draw, Cunningham took one and Van Alstyne stood pat. Again, Cunningham check-called. Van Alstyne showed 8-7-4-3-2, and Cunningham mucked. Van Alstyne is up to 6,900, and Cunningham down to 4,500.
Shamus
Two players limped, and Chip Jett checked his option in the big blind. All drew two. The middle-position player bet, and the other two called. On the second draw, all drew one card. This time Jett bet, the MP player raised, the other folded, and Jett called.
Both stood pat on the third round. This time Jett check-called his opponent's bet. The MP player showed a wheel -- 7-5-4-3-2 -- and took the pot.
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After her costly gaffe earlier, Mimi Tran has bounced back in a three-way pot against CK Hua and Gavin Griffin. Tran and Hua called a raise from Gavin Griffin before the first draw. Tran drew three cards; Griffin and Hua each drew one.
Tran had to call another raise on the second round of betting, this time from Hua, in order to get to the second draw. Each player drew one card on the second draw. Griffin took the betting lead and was called by both opponents.
On the final draw, Tran drew one, Griffin stood pat, and Hua drew one. After the draw, Tran was first to act and came out firing. Griffin and Hua both called to see the bad news: Tran made the nuts, "Number One," 7-5-4-3-2. She scooped a huge pot.
[user75032]
There was a little bit of controversy on Blue #2. A floor was called over to make a ruling on the final round of betting after one player checked. His opponent claimed that he then asked, "Did you check?" The original player only heard "check" and exposed his hand: 9-8. Allen Kessler, also seated at the table, said he only heard, "Check." No other player expressed an opinion. The floor ruled that the second player checked as well. Disgusted, he turned up his hand to show a wheel and said sarcastically, "Yeah, I definitely checked this hand."
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Howard Lederer and Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke have both entered the tournament late and have wound up seated at the same table. Given their history, we imagine that neither player is particularly comfortable or thrilled with the arrangement.
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Alexander Kravchenko stood pat from the deal against Keith Lehr. Lehr drew two, then one, then stood pat on the third draw himself. Kravchenko led out with a bet on the final street anyway, only to see Lehr raise him. Kravchenko's hand immediately hit the muck; Lehr graciously showed the wheel.
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