Future Less Bright, Schwartz Shuns Shades
Just as Level 9 was coming to a close, a big hand arose between Luke Schwartz (big blind) and Scott Palmer (cutoff).
We came on the hand after the 
flop had been dealt. There was about 9,000 in the middle, and it appeared as though Schwartz had checked to Palmer who'd bet, then Schwartz had check-raised to 24,000. Palmer was then making it 36,000, Schwartz reraised again to 48,000, Palmer reraised the pot, and Schwartz called all in for 115,000 total.
Schwartz had 
and Palmer 
, meaning both had trip queens. The turn was the 
, but the river brought the 
to give Palmer a full house and the big pot, and Schwartz is out.
Afterwards, Schwartz got up, broke a pair of sunglasses, then tossed five hundred dollars to Phil Hellmuth who had been sitting to his left. Once he was gone, Hellmuth explained that Schwartz had just bought the sunglasses from him before the previous hand, and so now he was out the five hundy, the sunglasses, and out of the tourney, too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000
84,700
|
84,700 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
flop. The turn brought the 
to pair the board, and it checked to Faure who fired 15,000 into the middle and both of his opponents called.
for a king-high flush, and both Faure and Derwiche mucked, with Derwiche saying he'd flopped a flush, too.
and his opponent 
— to give him the nut flush. The 
then fell on the turn, making the 
river no matter and giving Haxton the pot and continued tourney life.
while Chiu had 
to send Baldwin railward here in Level 10.
fell on the turn Pierce rechecked his cards and led with a bet of 4,200. Caruso raised all in for about 20,000 and Shklover folded, and Pierce called.
and Caruso 
, and the pair split the pot.
. Pierce's lone opponent had pushed all in from the small blind, and Pierce, sitting in the big blind, rechecked his cards, hesitated for a couple of seconds, and called.
river before mucking and leaving. The table then commented at length on the slowroll, with Pierce and David Chiu sharing a laugh afterwards.
turn. The river then brought the 
