Leo Boxell called a short-stack's all-in reraise holding and found that he was dominated by his opponent's . A situation that was promptly remedied after the flop and when Boxell turned the the other player was left dead to a ten. The river brought the close-but-not-quite and Boxell is now back up to 38,000.
Brian Tanasi just sent a player home and picked up some much-needed chips in the process. The exact action is unclear, but come showdown, Tanasi's bested his opponent's on a board of . Tanasi is still below average with just about 19,000 in chips after the hand.
Martin Klasser is more interested in American history right now than playing poker. Apparently, Klasser is from Germany and doesn't fully understand today's holiday. The dealer sat there and educated Klasser about our holiday, and by the time the dealer was done, Klasser was up to speed and ready to buy some fireworks.
Sigurd Eskeland was all in on the flop of holding pocket kings. His opponent held . The turn came another king, the and then the river the to move Eskeland up to 70,000 after he came from behind on the turn.
Cero Zuccarello took a hit in a recent hand, but just came back in a big way. With 28,000 chips in the pot and the board showing , Zuccarello's opponent pushed all in for 14,000. Zuccarello made a snap-call with , which had his opponent's crushed. The river was a blank -- the . Zuccarello eliminated his opponent on the hand and increased his chip stack to 67,000.
The "one time" crowd has gotten out of control. The latest in poker jargon, one time, has become a catch-phrase for all of those people that feel the poker gods have slighted them over the years. It's the new "so sick" (as in, "that beat I took was so sick!"). A player on Blue #2 just stood up and shouted out, as loud as he could, "Please one time!" Of course an ESPN camera crew that was nearby came running over, causing the player to shout "one time!" again and then give a fist pump when he won the hand.