[user25067]
On a flop of Aaron Keay moved all in from the small blind and Dean Hamrick made the call. Keay had the nut flush draw and a straight draw with while Hamrick held top pair with . The turn was the , though, making Keay's flush and the river was the . He doulbed up to 700,000.
[user40108]
Lou Esposito - Eliminated
Shawn Sheikhan opened for a raise to 30,000 from middle position. Action folded to Lou Esposito in the big blind and he pushed all in for roughly 150,000. Sheikhan made the call and the players showed:
Sheikhan:
Esposito:
Esposito got no help from the board as it ran out . He was eliminated while Sheikhan surged to approximately 1,700,000 chips.
[user75032]
Phil Hellmuth was recently standing up, away from his table, as is his penchant. At a nearby table, Mark Vos asked his opponents whether they thought it would be better to eliminate Hellmuth from the tournament holding the best hand and having it hold up, or holding the worst hand and sucking out. One of the players responded that it would be better to suck out. That player's rationale? "For the rest of your career, every time you see Hellmuth, he'll say, 'Do you remember that hand from the 2008 Main Event...'"
[user75032]
Helge Pedersen's Main Event is over. After Geert Jans raised preflop to 42,000, Pedersen reraised to 112,000 from the button. Action folded back to Jans, who moved all in. He had Pedersen covered. Pedersen tanked for several minutes before making the call.
Jans:
Pedersen:
Pedersen couldn't find an ace on the , but with three spades on board he made Jans sweat by flopping the nut flush draw. It was "no harm, no foul" to Jans when the board bricked out .
Shamus
Well, William Purle won't be emulating Jack Straus' famous "chip and a chair" comeback to win the 1982 WSOP Main Event.
Jamal Sawaqdeh raised from late position, and Purle called with the last of his chips from the button. Joshua Freeman called as well from the small blind.
The flop came . Freeman bet 30,000, and Sawaqdeh called. The turn was the . This time Freeman bet 50,000, and Sawaqdeh called again.
The river was the . Freeman fired out 100,000, and Sawaqdeh let it go. Freeman showed for the rivered straight, better than Purle's .
Freeman now has 650,000. Sawaqdeh still has 1.3 million.
[user67765]
Cristian Dragomir = Chip Leader
Three players took a flop of . It was checked to Cristian Dragomir, who fired out a bet of 65,000. Chino Rheem was the lone caller from the small blind.
The turn brought the and again Rheem checked to Dragomir, who fired out 165,000. Rheem called once again. The river was a repeat and Rheem checked to Dragomir, who fired for the third time for 250,000. Rheem stood up from his chair and made the call.
Dragomir showed for quads. Rheem flashed pocket eights as Dragomir rakes in a huge pot to extend his chip lead to roughly 2.8 million chips.
[user37786]
With 130,000 in the pot already and the flop having come , Robert Betts checked and Craig Stein did the same. Reggie Lyons bet 80,000 and Betts min-raised to 180,000. That's when Stein stepped in and raised all in for 617,000, and that was enough to get Betts and Lyons to surrender their hands and give the pot to Stein.
[user25067]
Now, who the hell would steal my scooter?
About a week ago it was reported that Doyle Brunson's infamous Blue Maxima scooter was stolen from outside the V.I.P. lounge. Doyle had parked it outside the room during a tournament break, but left the keys in the ignition and came back outside only to discover that someone had made away with it!
Doyle's daughter Pam Brunson just let us know that her father's scooter was turned in to Rio Security this afternoon, complete with the keys still in it. Doyle is reportedly on his way down here to reclaim his vehicle.
[user37786]
From under the gun Gus Hansen raised to 38,000 and Suresh Prabhu, Jeremy Joseph and Mauro Lupo all called. The four saw a flop of and after Lupo called from the big blind Hansen bet out 77,000. Prabhu moved all in for 975,000 and the other players in the hand promptly got out of his way. Prabhu is now up to 1.42 million and Gus is down to 1.12 million.
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Aaron Keay moved all in from the small blind and Dean Hamrick made the call. Keay had the nut flush draw and a straight draw with 
while Hamrick held top pair with 
. The turn was the 
, though, making Keay's flush and the river was the 
. He doulbed up to 700,000.
. He was eliminated while Sheikhan surged to approximately 1,700,000 chips.
, but with three spades on board he made Jans sweat by flopping the nut flush draw. It was "no harm, no foul" to Jans when the board bricked out 
. Freeman bet 30,000, and Sawaqdeh called. The turn was the 
. This time Freeman bet 50,000, and Sawaqdeh called again.
. Freeman fired out 100,000, and Sawaqdeh let it go. Freeman showed 
for the rivered straight, better than Purle's 
for quads. Rheem flashed pocket eights as Dragomir rakes in a huge pot to extend his chip lead to roughly 2.8 million chips.
, Robert Betts checked and Craig Stein did the same. Reggie Lyons bet 80,000 and Betts min-raised to 180,000. That's when Stein stepped in and raised all in for 617,000, and that was enough to get Betts and Lyons to surrender their hands and give the pot to Stein.
, and Kennedy doubles to 550,000. Pham is down to about 215,000.
