Tom Dwan finally showed up to play a hand in this event. The first hand after dinner break his unmanned stack was on the button. He had been blinded down to around 4,000 in chips as he got to his stack he took what Eric Baldwin described as a runner's stance.
He moved all in on the button was called by the player on his right.
Dwan:
Other Player:
The board ran and Dwan bolted from the Pavilion Room before the dealer even finished spreading the deck. He's currently eighth in chips in the $5,000 PLO 6 Max event and we believe he's going to play in the $10,000 HORSE Championship.
Jonathan Duhamel moved all in from the small blind after the player on the button raised to 1,050. Action folded all the way around back to the player on the button and he called.
Duhamel:
Small Blind:
The board ran and the 2010 Main Event Champ was sent to the rail.
We caught this hand going to the flop with Nam Le and an unknown player. They had about 4,000 in the pot when the flop rolled . The unknown player bet 1,700 and Le called. The turn came and both players checked. The river was the and the unknown player bet out 2,225, Le called and tabled . The other player had and Le took the pot and bumped his count to 24,000.
We caught this hand taking place on the river with a big pile of chips in the pot. The board was at the river reading . Dan O'Brien moved all in for 15,825 after his opponent bet 4,500. His opponent called and O'Brien turned over for a full house.
His opponent complained, "What a sick river. Just sick." And then he counted out the 15,825 and shipped it over to O'Brien.
We missed the betting action on the flop, but we know all three players in the pot put 2,200 in there heading to the turn. A gentleman we don't recognize checked from the big blind, and Amanda Baker checked too. Dwyte Pilgrim knocked the table in position, and everyone got a free river. It checked to Pilgrim, and he made it 6,000 to call. The big blind called, Baker folded, and Pilgrim showed to win the pot. Easy game.
We found this hand after the flop of and the under the gun player bet 1,200. John "The Razor" Phan raised to 3,000 in the cutoff and the UTG player shoved all in. Phan called and tabled the UTG player showed .
The turn came and the river ended Phan's day when it gave his opponent two pair.