The floor was just called over to Jonathan Aguiar's table. Apparently a hand had been dealt, and a player in early position had entered the pot before it was discovered one of the late position players had only been dealt a single card.
The floor came over and explained that unfortunately the player's hand was dead. "He can't play one card?" asked another player, eliciting a few chuckles. "No, you need two," was the response.
Another player in late position came in, and ultimately it was three to the flop, including Aguiar from the big blind. The flop came , and all three checked. The turn was the . Aguiar bet 50 and got one caller. The river was the . Aguiar checked, his opponent bet 100, and Aguiar let it go. Aguiar has about 2,700 at present.
"Your one card wasn't an ace was it?" asked the player who'd earlier queried the TD. "A deuce," was the reply.
Facing a raise to 75, Kenny Nguyen three-bet from the button to 300, only to have the original raiser four-ball it back; making it 1,375.
Nguyen made the call as the flop fell, and after a check, Nguyen moved all in for his last 875. Nguyen's opponent made the call and we were off to a showdown.
Nguyen:
Opponent:
The turn and river landed the and to see Nguyen hit the rail for an early exit.
Both Theo Tran and another opponent committed 200 preflop to see a flop.
Both players checked to see the land on the turn and Tran faced with a 300-chip bet.
Tran then bumped it up to 700 and his opponent made the call as the fell on the river.
Tran's 525-chip bet was check-called by his opponent as Tran tabled his for a flopped set to take down another pot and virtually double to 3,400 in chips.
Taking another stroll around the Pavilion Room we found Tommy Le's chair empty.
Approaching the table to ask some of his fellow ex-players, they informed us that one player had a full house and another trips as Le's cards hit the muck as his chips were pushed elsewhere.
Tommy Le was greeted on his arrival to the table with a preflop raise of 325 confronting him.
Le wasn't one to sit back and take it on the chin, and consequently raised the action to 825.
Unfortunately for Le it was bad timing as his opponent quickly fired 2,825 total to prompt a quick muck from Le as he slipped to 1,900 in the early goings.