Ross Boatman didn't get his chips into the pot in the worst spot. He bet the turn of board, then called all in after his opponent raised. Boatman showed for the second nut-low and two pair, sevens and fives. His opponent opened for the nut low and a partial wrap draw. The that hit the river filled one of those straight draws, giving Boatman's opponent a scoop. Boatman dutifully reported to the rail.
We don't know what Allen Kessler did to deserve a snippy comment from Annie Duke, but he definitely got one in a recent heads-up pot they played. Kessler had raised to 2,200 pre-flop. Duke called in position and after the blinds folded the flop came . Kessler put six orange (T1,000) chips into the pot.
"Allen, really?" Duke asked. "Can you count?"
Duke quickly realized her error. "Oh, sorry. I thought you put out eight. It's 5,600."
Duke called the bet and went to the turn, where the board paired with the . Kessler checked to Duke. She fired out 12,000, then silently folded when Kessler check-raised her all in for about 44,000.
By the by, our overnight chip leader Colin Burton has done nothing but improve today, and his stack has leapt from 91,700 at the start of the day to almost double that in less than an hour.
Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler is up to a very healthy 55,000, around double what he started the day with, after three-quartering another player. We didn't catch the action, but the cards looked like so by the end of the hand:
Kessler:
Other Player:
Board: giving Kessler a straight as well as the nut low
Phil Hellmuth has had a good start, after Vladimir Schemelev bet out 2,000 on a flop. Hellmuth raised pot, and eleicited an insta-fold from Schemelev. Hellmuth flashed a third .
Hellmuth - up tp 37,000
Schemelev - down to 43,500
Seated together at another table are another pair of siblings - Howard Lederer and Annie Duke. We'll be sure to keep a close eye on them and fully document any sibling rivalry shenanigans that may occur.