Dewey Tomko was all in on an board against two opponents. One player tabled for trips, and the other guy mucked. Tomko asked them not to show his hand as he left the table, but all in players don't have a choice. After he was gone, the dealer turned up .
The numbers are in, and the 476 total runners built a prize pool of $866,320. The top 45 will walk away with a piece of the cash, and the last player standing takes home $203,578. Here's how it breaks down:
Alexander Kravchenko and John Phan were sitting at the same table earlier, and after it was broken, they found themselves sitting down together again. They went four-handed to a flop. Kravchenko checked out of the small blind, the big blind and a player in late position both checked, and Phan bet on the button. Turns out everyone was trapping. Kravchenko raised, the big blind three-bet, and the next player capped it. Phan got out of there asap, Kravchenko called, and the next player called all in.
The turn brought the . Kravchenko bet into the dry side pot, and his one opponent with chips behind called. After the on the river, Kravchenko bet one more time and got one more call. The Russian showed for a ten-high straight. The all-in man tossed his cards and left the table, and the third player disgustedly showed his cracked . Kravchenko took down the healthy pot and climbed to 11,500.
Limit Hold'em tournaments may not be for Tom "durrrr" Dwan.
In a recent hand he straddled from under the gun (in tournaments it is not recognized as a straddle rather it is a blind raise). Joe Serock three-bet from middle position, Dwan four-bet and Serock called.
The flop came . Dwan bet, Serock raised and Dwan called.
Dwan check-raised Serock after the turned and Serock called.
Both players checked the on the river, and Dwan rolled over for air. Serock opened for ace-high, and took the pot down chipping up to 13,000.
Dwan was left with just 2,000 chips and got them in few hands later.
There were a series of raises preflop, some from Dwan who was raising in the dark from the small blind. There was betting after the flop and the turn, where Dwan's entire stack finally was in heads up:
Dwan:
Opponent:
The on the river did not improve Dwan's hand and he was eliminated.
On a flop, the small blind bet out, and a player in middle position called. Jimmy Fricke raised all in, and both opponents looked him up. The turn brought the , and a bet from the small blind was enough to push the other guy out of the pot and get to showdown with Fricke. Jimmy's led his opponent's . The came on the river, and Fricke doubled to a still pretty small 3,200.
Man down for Team PokerStars Netherlands. Noah Boeken is no more. And team down for Team PokerStars Argentina now that lone representative Jose Ignacio Barbero has taken his leave. But no worries. Daniel Negreanu and Gavin Griffin are both representing the Stars patch well. Alexander Kravchenko, who arrived near the end of the second level to represent Team Russia, is also going strong. And Lex Veldhuis is leading his fellow teammates and close to leading the whole field with 15,000.