It seems that Annette Obrestad will not be claiming her first bracelet in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event. Never managing to get above her starting stack to our knowledge, she has quietly and with the minimum of fuss hit the rail.
Michael Mizrachi found himself all in on fourth street while Michael Binger and two other players at the table duked it out all the way to seventh street where a bet from Opponent 1 was enough to get Binger and Opponent 2 to fold.
Mizrachi mucked upon seeing Opponent 1's set of kings.
Jean Gaspard: / his last down card
All-in player: / on seventh
"I'm gonna make the spade," warned Jean Gaspard as he and his all-in opponent prepared to turn over their last down cards. His opponent was in the lead with kings up.
The all-in player turned over the for two pair. Gaspard turned over the for a flush.
"I told you I'm gonna make the spade," said Gaspard cheerfully; some brief good-game type pleasantries were exchanged and Gaspard's opponent then took his leave.
After that, Gaspard is our chip daddy by a long way, on 21,000.
Jean Gaspard seems to have taken the chip lead after this hand in which he raised on fourth street, called a bet on fifth street, and bet on sixth street before both players checked through seventh street.
In the end, Gaspard's two pair were good for a win and a 14,800 chip count.
We recently reported that Jerry Buss had slipped to 3,200 chips. However he was recently involved in a hand that saw him climb back up to close to 5,000.
This hand kicked off when all three players called a raise from the player in Seat 6. On fourth street, action was checked to Seat 6 who once again placed a bet. The player in Seat 1 folded, but Buss and the player in Seat 4 made the call.
It was Buss who made a bet on fifth street, getting a call from Seat 4, but Seat 6 folded. Buss bet again on sixth and seventh street, with Seat 4 calling both times.
Buss tabled a full house and has some more chips to his name.
Four players were in the hand on fourth street, when Chau Giang bet out. Stuart Rutter was the only caller, meaning that there were only two players in by fifth.
Giang continued to bet on fifth and sixth, and on seventh he bet all in. Rutter called the whole way and turned over an ace-high flush, but Giang revealed a full house to double to around 3,000. Rutter, who took third place in the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout a few days ago, was left with just 800.
We arrived to this hand in time to see Dave Stann make a bet on sixth street. His opponent called and Stann checked seventh street. When his opponent bet, Stann looked disgusted, saying "You got a flush? You've got a flush or a straight?"
Stann threw a chip into the pot to make the call. While he was wrong about the flush or the straight, he was right that he was beat. Stann's opponent showed a set of fours, which beat Stann's two pair.