Go Go Gomes
A short-stacked Robert Slagle raised from late position, then Alex Gomes reraised the pot from the small blind and Allen Kessler folded the big blind. Slagle then said he was calling, and started to table his hand, but Kessler was there to stop him.
"Wait, wait... don't turn over your cards. This is exactly what happened the other day," said Kessler, alluding to the hand from Day 2 of Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship in which a similar situation created controversy. Indeed, by calling Slagle wasn't quite all in, and so did as instructed and kept his cards face down.
After the chips were counted, Slagle had 3,900 left with which to play. The flop came 
, and he and Gomes more or less put in the rest at the same time, with Slagle showing 
and Gomes 
.
"Have a straight draw," said Slagle, pushing up the brim of his cowboy hat to see the dealer deliver the remaining cards. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Gomes's aces and fours were best, sending Slagle out in 76th.
That one moves Gomes up over the 200,000-chip mark and back into the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
Busted |
flop gave him the nuts. Neither the 
turn nor 
double suited and was at risk against the 
of Steven Loube.
rainbow flop kept Loube in the lead with aces, but Oberman still had outs to both the low and high. Unfortunately for him, neither the 
(ten-high straight) against Loube's 
(a pair of aces).
and 
came on the turn and river, giving Loube a full house and sending Thomas to the rail. "That's how I'm running," said Loube, who shoots up over 215,000 on that one.