George Lind III and Nick Schulman were very short stacked, and after a series of preflop raises, they were both all in. A third player, who had less than two small bets behind, called and a fourth player, who had them all covered, called as well. The dealer needed a moment to sort everything out, which made both Schulman and Lind III laugh.
"This suspense is killing me," Schulman joked.
Finally, the dealer fanned the flop , and the short-stacked opponent got the rest of his chips in the middle.
Showdown
Schulman
Lind III
Short-Stacked Player
Fourth Player
The turn and river came , respectively, and both Lind III and Schulman hit the rail.
Remember the broadcast of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event? Remember that hand between John Esposito and Ryan Lenaghan, where Lenaghan called an all-in bet with on a board? If you forget, Esposito held , and binked one of his many outs on the river when the spiked.
Well, Lenaghan and Esposito are seated together once again here in Event 8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better, and when we passed Table 28 a few minutes ago, we overheard the pair discussing the aforementioned hand.
And, just like the Main Event, Lenaghan has a sizable chip advantage over Esposito.
We just saw Phil Ivey walk out of the Brasilia Room, meaning only one thing - he's out. When we walked to his table, we saw that Mike Matusow was stacking chips.
Since Ivey's elimination, Matusow's table has broken. He's now seated on Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier's left.
Raymond Davis was heads up with an opponent with the board reading . The two got what looked like five bets in, and the river brought the . The player bet 1,400, which is less than one bet, and Davis quickly called, fanning .
The player showed the , then the , and then he flashed the rest of his hand before mucking.
The entire table was quite bewildered, and Davis could do nothing but laugh as he pulled in the pot.
Mike Matusow on Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier: "This guy didn't even know how to play stud, and he won the World Championship! He doesn't win a tournament for six months and he acts like something's wrong!"
The Mouth is warming up, and ElkY can do nothing but smile.
Without a 5 p.m. tournament to double dip in, Jason Mercier has been forced to grind Event 8 all day. He's been very quiet, and his stack is stuck at 4,000 chips, but he's persistent. There's no quit.
At a neighboring table, friend Allen Bari, who appeared on today'sPokerNews Podcast, has also been quiet. Bari is also below average with 15,000 chips.
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