When we reached the table, the flop had fallen , and David "Doc" Sands was heads up with an opponent in the blinds. Sands' opponent checked-raised him to 750 after David tossed out 275, and Sands called.
The turn was the , and Sands called 1,250 from his opponent. Sands' opponent led again after the came on the river - this time for 2,250 - and Sands tank-called. His opponent opened up for eight-high , and Sands rolled over for a wired pair of eights.
They were good, and Sands now has close to double the starting stack.
On a flop of Vanessa Selbst checked to her opponent who fired out a bet of 900. Selbst called and the two saw a turn of . Both players checked the turn and the river came .
Selbst checked once again and her opponent quickly shot out a bet of 1,800. Selbst went into the tank for a while before finally announcing that she was all in. Her opponent let out an annoyed sigh and tossed his hand into the muck. Selbst scooped the pot, bringing to her about 15,000 in chips.
A player in middle position opened, and Vicky Coren called from the button. Both blinds came along as well, and the quartet together saw a flop of . The small blind led with a bet of 800 -- a bit over half the pot -- and it folded around to Coren. "Okay," she exhaled, tossing out the calling chips.
"I have quite a good hand, do you?" asked Coren of her opponent as the brought the . Her opponent wordlessly responded by tapping the table, and Coren quickly checked as well.
The river brought the and another check from the small blind. This time Coren bet 1,200, and her opponent took some time to consider. Coren continued talking to him, including delivering premature congratulations for folding. Finally he called, and Coren flipped over for the flush.
With a sheepish look her opponent mucked. "Can't you tell her good pose from her bad pose?" asked another player of him from across the table. "I've never been good at that," came the grinning reply.
The author of For Richer, For Poorer sits with about 16,000 at present.
We lost Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis just before the break. However, more players continue to arrive. The big board is showing that 654 have entered thus far, and that number should continue to climb over the next two hours until registration closes after Level 4.
Chino Rheem, Freddy Deeb, Daniel Negreanu, John Hennigan, Eugene Katchalov, Carlos Mortensen, Tommy Vedes, Layne Flack, and Men Nguyen have all just sat down in the Yellow Section of the Pavilion Room. Rheem, Deeb and Flack are all on Table 102, and were held up because they didn't have a button.
"FLOOR!" Flack shouted at the top of his lungs. "WE NEED A BUTTON!!!"
"We should just use a golf ball," Deeb joked.
A floorperson eventually provided them with a dealer button, and the cards were finally in the air.
Dan O'Brien was down to just 3,000 in chips but is now slowly building his stack back up. O'Brien limped under the gun with three other players in the pot.
The flop ran out and the player in the big blind checked. O'Brien bet 200 and the action folded around back to the player in the big blind who called. The hit on the turn and the player in the big blind checked. O'Brien bet 550 and his opponent called.
The river brought the and after it was checked to him, O'Brien bet 2,000. His opponent called and O'Brien turned over to take down the pot.
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, and David "Doc" Sands was heads up with an opponent in the blinds. Sands' opponent checked-raised him to 750 after David tossed out 275, and Sands called.
, and Sands called 1,250 from his opponent. Sands' opponent led again after the 
came on the river - this time for 2,250 - and Sands tank-called. His opponent opened up 
for eight-high , and Sands rolled over 
for a wired pair of eights.
between Adam Levy and an opponent.
Vanessa Selbst checked to her opponent who fired out a bet of 900. Selbst called and the two saw a turn of 
. Both players checked the turn and the river came 
. The small blind led with a bet of 800 -- a bit over half the pot -- and it folded around to Coren. "Okay," she exhaled, tossing out the calling chips.
. Her opponent wordlessly responded by tapping the table, and Coren quickly checked as well.
and another check from the small blind. This time Coren bet 1,200, and her opponent took some time to consider. Coren continued talking to him, including delivering premature congratulations for folding. Finally he called, and Coren flipped over 
for the flush.
and the player in the big blind checked. O'Brien bet 200 and the action folded around back to the player in the big blind who called. The 
hit on the turn and the player in the big blind checked. O'Brien bet 550 and his opponent called.
to take down the pot.