We didn't catch the hand but we did catch the aftermath of Antonio Esfandiari's bust out. Esfandiari was standing up from the table talking to the player who busted him. "You wanna flip for a dime?" he asked the player. "One thousand dollars, what color do you think your first card will be?"
"I think it's gonna be red," he said.
"Ok let me sweat it with you," Esfandiari said. Esfandiari stopped packing his things and moved over to where he and the other player could both sweat the card. "Ship it!" Esfandiari said seeing that it was black. "Alright, when you bust tonight we're going out to a fancy dinner ok?"
"I'm not gonna bust though," the player said. "I busted another pro. I got quads on you. Life is good." The table erupted in laughter.
"Yo, Antonio, are you out?" someone shouted from another table.
"Yeah," he responded. "The hillbilly got me." With that, Esfandiari collected his belongings and hit the rail.
We heard the words above uttered by a tablemate of Larry Tull, who had just eliminated two players and built a healthy stack with an unlikely draw out.
According to Tull, his was trailing badly when the money went in preflop, against the and held by his two opponents.
A flop of brought a little something for everybody, as Tull's opponent's both flopped sets, leaving him in a bad way with just top pair.
Turn:
River:
As quick as an online suckout, but much more painful for the fallen players here today, the dealer dropped running diamonds to give Tull the improbable win. As he celebrated his good fortune, the other players at the table commiserated over the painful beat they had just witnessed.
We spotted Greg Raymer in the house, presiding over a modest stack at the moment, but holding court as only the 2004 WSOP Main Event champion can.
Conversing with players at a nearby table, refreshing his memory on player's names he met in previous events, and generally bringing a jovial atmosphere to the tournament floor, the man affectionately known as "Fossilman" is still embracing his role as a true ambassador for the game, even here on Day 1 of a $1,500 NLH event. He has company in that regard, as another former Main Event champion in Joe Cada (2009) is sitting at the next table over.
We will be sure to track the champ's progress as he tries to build a stack suitable for a player of his stature.
As is their habit, the game's top pros are beginning to arrive fashionably late to today's proceedings, and the following players have been spotted taking their seats.
On a board of we found Ryan Olisar in a pot. Olisar checked from the big blind while his opponent bet 1125. Olisar called.
The river was the and Olisar checked again. This time his opponent made another bet of 2250. Olisar fell into the tank, he thought through the hand for more than 2 minutes. Finally, and rather reluctantly, he put in the calling chips.
His opponent turned up for no pair and no draws, but Olisar showed for just third pair. Either way it was good and Olisar scooped a big pot.
Phil Hellmuth (Seen Here in an Earlier Event) Has Hit the Rail
Mere moments after arriving here in the Brasilia Room, Phil Hellmuth just whisked by the PokerNews Live Reporting Desk, heading to the exits after failing to dodge those infamous bullets.
We headed over to Hellmuth's former table to find out the details of his demise, and apparently, Tony Dam did the deed with on the board. Hellmuth's legendary hand reading radar must have been on the fritz in this one, as he was unable to sniff out Dam's straight.
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was trailing badly when the money went in preflop, against the 
and 
brought a little something for everybody, as Tull's opponent's both flopped sets, leaving him in a bad way with just top pair.
we found Ryan Olisar in a pot. Olisar checked from the big blind while his opponent bet 1125. Olisar called.
and Olisar checked again. This time his opponent made another bet of 2250. Olisar fell into the tank, he thought through the hand for more than 2 minutes. Finally, and rather reluctantly, he put in the calling chips.
for just third pair. Either way it was good and Olisar scooped a big pot.
on the 
board. Hellmuth's legendary hand reading radar must have been on the fritz in this one, as he was unable to sniff out Dam's straight.