An unknown player opened to 2,500 from the button, and Carter Phillips called in the small blind.
They were the only two players to see a flop of , and Phillips checked. The raiser continued out with 3,500 chips, and Phillips popped it up to 8,500 straight. His opponent called the check-raise, and Phillips fired 14,000 on the turn. The call came once again, and the filled out the board on fifth street.
"How much you got?" Phillips asked, craning his neck. "About forty?" His opponent nodded, and Phillips pushed in a big tower of covering high-denomination chips. The man with the decision tanked for maybe 90 seconds and finally folded.
The two players and Greg Mueller had a quick chat about the hand afterwards, and the folding player said that he'd held pocket kings.
"You had pocket kings?!" Phillips said, the look on his face suddenly souring. "I had aces." More discussion followed, and Phillips was growing more and more frustrated. Mueller eventually said, "Wow, all you had to do was reraise preflop."
Phillips finished the conversation: "You really had kings? I f***ing suck at poker."
He must be doing something right; Phillips is back up to about 142,000.
Facing a limp and raise to 2,000, Sam Farha made the call from the hi-jack before the limper moved all in for roughly 8,000 as both the raiser and Farha called.
The flop of was checked through to see the land on the turn and checks follow from both players.
The river landed the and Farha chased away the active player with a 6,000-chip bet.
Farha:
Opponent:
With Farha rivering a set, he not only sent the all in player to the rail, but also into a bout of rage as he slammed the table with two fists before storming off.
Farha collected the pot in his normal jovial appearance to move to 85,000 in chips.
Table 49 has drawn quite the crowd along the rail here in the Pavilion. The reason? Camera crews have put up a special camera, called the 360 cam, that gives viewers a special 360 degree look at all the action. The feed is currently being recorded and will be aired over the internet.
It also helps that Maria Ho, who was the last woman standing in the 2007 Main Event and appeared on the hit television show Amazing Race, is sitting at the table.
Holding pocket queens, Gary Benson got the rest of his chips in the middle on a flop and was called by an opponent who had hit two pair with . The turn was the and the river was the , Benson's queens and threes counterfeiting his opponent's hand. Benson is now up to 54,000.
PokerStars Team Pro USA member Dennis Phillips started the day as one of the short stacks but seems to have changed things around. He doubled up within the first hour and has done so again.
This time, Phillips got his 21,425 all in preflop with against the of his opponent in Seat 7. The board ran out and Phillips brought his chip stack up to around 44,000.
Of course Phillips' supporters blared the signature truck horn in celebration.
Alas, Dutch Boyd's optimism couldn't overcome that chip deficit. Down to 4,000, he open-raised all in from under the gun with and had one caller go to battle against him with .
The flop was , giving his opponent a set. The turn was the , and the river (for the record) was the . The two-time WSOP bracelet winner, whose previous best finish in the Main Event was 12th in 2003, hits the rail.
Scotty Nguyen saw an flop three ways, and the first player to act bet 2,500. Scotty flatted, and the player behind him raised to 7,500. That folded out the first bettor, and Nguyen took the opportunity to move all in for another 18,650. His opponent tanked for a solid five minutes before making the call. Nguyen showed for a flopped boat, while the other guy turned up for trip aces. The board filled in , and Nguyen doubled up to 62,000.
Ted Lawson was all in preflop for his last 13,300 with and was racing against his opponent's .
The flop was disaster for Lawson and he was in bad shape. The on the turn was no help and the on the river sealed his fate. He has been eliminated from the tournament.
Johnny Chan opened for 1,300 and got three callers including the button and the big blind. The flop was and the action checked to Chan, who bet 5,000. Only the button called. The turn was the and Chan made it another 8,000 to go. The button called again and they went to the river which fell the . Chan bet 10,000 and the button called.
Chan turned over for top pair, top kicker, but the button flopped two pair with to take it down. Chan is still flush with chips, however and currently sits on 149,000.
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, and Phillips checked. The raiser continued out with 3,500 chips, and Phillips popped it up to 8,500 straight. His opponent called the check-raise, and Phillips fired 14,000 on the 
turn. The call came once again, and the 
filled out the board on fifth street.
was checked through to see the 
land on the turn and checks follow from both players.
and Farha chased away the active player with a 6,000-chip bet.
flop and was called by an opponent who had hit two pair with 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, Benson's queens and threes counterfeiting his opponent's hand. Benson is now up to 54,000.
of his opponent in Seat 7. The board ran out 
and Phillips brought his chip stack up to around 44,000.
and had one caller go to battle against him with 
, and the river (for the record) was the 
for trip aces. The board filled in 
, and Nguyen doubled up to 62,000.
against an opponent's 
.
and Devonshire hit the rail when he was unable to improve against his opponent's treys.
and was racing against his opponent's 
.
flop was disaster for Lawson and he was in bad shape. The 
