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Well, it's not that bad, but Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron has taken a bit of a hit.
The flop read 
when we caught up with the action; the action comprised one Steve Gordon in mid position going all in for a roughly pot-sized 2,000. Isaac Baron, his sole opponent in the hand, made some brief mental calculations, and then called.
Baron: 
Gordon: just pipping him with 
Turn: 
River: 
Baron dropped to a still respectable 6,000, while Gordon is now his chip equal on also 6,000.
Alex Kravchenko was just now all in for his last 1,500 with 
against Tracey Nguyen’s 
. The flop came 
, giving Nguyen a lesser pair. The 
turn brought her a flush draw, which came in with the 
river, knocking out Kravchencko.
Nguyen is up to 6,500.
Cory Dowd just hit a little bit of a rush over on Table 37 in the Pavilion. On the first hand of his two-hand rush, a player moved all in for 1,100 before Dowd was to act on the flop of 
. Dowd made the call and then the other opponent left to act folded his hand. Dowd held the and was up against the all-in player's 
. The turn and river blanked off with the 
and to give Dowd the pot and elimination.
Two hands later, a player in middle position raised to 150 before the cutoff seat flat-called. Dowd was in the big blind and reraised to 500. The original raiser folded and then the cutoff hemmed and hawed over his decision. After a minute or so, he tossed in the call, leaving himself with only 400 chips remaining.
The flop came down 
and Dowd bet 400 in order to put his opponent all in. The player mulled over the decision again, looking like he just didn't want to go bust. He did toss the chips in though and actually held the best hand with his pocket deuces. Dowd held the 
for a boatload of outs, any ace, king, ten or nine would do it.
The turn gave Dowd more outs when the his and now any card above an eight would give him the pot. The river was the 
and did it for Dowd, counterfeiting the all-in player's hand and giving Dowd a better two pair with an ace kicker.
After those two hands, Dowd is now up to 14,500 chips.
Phil Hellmuth had a difficult hour of play here today, having slipped down to 1,750 when the following hand took place.
The table had folded to Hellmuth who raised to 350 from the button. The small blind folded, then the BB pushed all in. Hellmuth instantly called, turning over 
, but his opponent had him in bad shape with 
.
The board came 
, and Hellmuth's brief sojourn here at Event No. 3 had ended.
Players have been expelled from the Pavilion Room for 20 minutes.
Back shortly.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Sorel Mizzi opened with a raise to 450 from late position, and the player on the button reraised all in for 1,200 total. Mizzi quickly called, showing while his opponent tabled 
.
The community cards came 
, and another player has hit the rail. Mizzi now has 5,800.
Overheard at the tables:
"...So the dealer says, hey, where are you going with that pig? And the guy says, it's a duck. And the dealer says, no, I'm talking to the pig. I mean duck."
It's all in the delivery.
There was 1,000 in the middle and three players still with cards -- one in the big blind, one UTG, and Eric "Basebaldy" Baldwin in middle position. The flop had come 
, the BB checked, and there was a pause while the table waited for the next player to act.
Finally he pushed out a bet of 650. Baldwin studied for a moment, then raised to 1,300. The BB folded, and Baldwin's opponent announced he was all in. Baldwin immediately called, flipping over 
for a set of fives. His opponent turned over 
.
The turn was the and the river the , and Baldwin was best. After a counting out of chips it was determined Baldwin had his opponent covered, and so while Basebaldy gathered up the chips, his opponent gathered his belongings and headed toward the exit.
Baldwin is pushing up close to 13,000 now.
Everyone has their own shoving line - the point at which your options are all in or fold. For some it is 10 big blinds, for others it's a little more or perhaps a little less.
Not for Chad "lilholdem954" Batista!
Currently sitting on around 6,000 - or 30 big blinds - Batista was spotted doing a most unlikely thing and open-shoving. Naturally everyone folded and he picked up the blinds. Maybe he's got a date later or something.
