"Set of kings, straight," announced the dealer and shipped the pot to Harkin, who bumped his stack up to 120,000; the dejected youngster, now busted, trudged off.
"What are you doing?" said tablemate Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, alarmed. The dealer explained.
"Oh, I didn't see the straight," Devilfish admitted to Harkin. "I just heard him say set of kings, I thought what the f*** have you got?"
At this stage of the tournament, double the starting stack is not a whole ot of chips. Senovio Ramirez got just less than that -- 26,400, to be precise -- into the middle pre-flop with . He was called by a player with . The board gave Ramirez a king-high straight and the scoop, . He's up to 60,000.
Brian Rast limped into the pot pre-flop from late position before the small blind raise to 8,800. Rast called to a flop of . When his opponent checked, Rast took the bait and bet 16,000. That bet produced a fold and the winner for Rast. He's up to about 111,000.
"You're f***ing lucky, Mike," said a laughing Bruno Fitoussi. Matusow, however, was not in a laughing mood.
"I'm f***ing lucky? Go f*** yourself."
The source of Matusow's grumpiness was a pot in which a player opened for 6,000 and Matusow re-raised all in for 11,300. The player called with and was up against Matusow's single-suited aces, . The board developed about as badly as it could for Matusow by the turn, . His opponent already made the nut low and was drawing at two separate flush draws. The board bricked out , prompting Fitoussi to make his quip about Matusow's luck.
As long as Mike Matusow has chips left in this event, it seems, he's going to tell his table what's on his mind. Right now it's the quality of his opponents.
"Damn, Allen," said Matusow to Allen Kessler, "I thought Heimiller was bad. But you're the worst."
Leif Force opened for 6,400 and Annie Duke, recently moved to the table, called in the big blind. They saw a flop and Duke announced all in (although her chips remained in front of her); Force made the call. They flipped their cards over, and the rest of the board was dealt, as is the custom.
Duke:
Force:
Turn:
River:
They had sat for barely a moment when Duke told the dealer to ship the pot to her - without waiting for the size of her double up to be assessed. She was duly asked how much she had behind.
"69," she announced, then, "No, 79... No, 89."
She did indeed have 8,900 behind and Force counted out the call. Duke doubled, eventually, to 34,000.
Dan Heimiller seemed to be playing possum in a recent hand against Vladimir Schemelev. Heimiller check-called 6,000 on a flop of and another 14,000 on the turn. When the river came , Heimiller checked a third time. He induced a third bet of 25,000 from Schemelev. It was then that Heimiller pounced with a check-raise to 50,000. Schemelev quickly folded.
Heimiller is cruising along right now, with about 190,000. Schemelev has work to do. He's down to 74,000.
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. The board gave Ramirez a king-high straight and the scoop, 
. He's up to 60,000.
. When his opponent checked, Rast took the bait and bet 16,000. That bet produced a fold and the winner for Rast. He's up to about 111,000.
and was up against Matusow's single-suited aces, 
face up.
flop and Duke announced all in (although her chips remained in front of her); Force made the call. They flipped their cards over, and the rest of the board was dealt, as is the custom.
turn. When the river came