Dan The Man
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) within half an hour, announcing, "This might be an early one," to building up to over 10,000 now. A lot of green 25 chips in his towers make them look more impressive, and bear testament to his unpredictable betting amounts, which sometimes seem geared solely to hoovering up the shrapnel.In any case, he just won a tidy pot off Lee Clifford. Betting 1,175 (see what I mean about the 25 chips?) on the turn on a board of
the interest shown by Clifford on the flop was limited to a call. On the 
river, Smith bet 2,025, and after a long think, Clifford mucked his hand, saying, "I'll give you a fiver to show one card.""A fiver's not enough," Smith instantly replied, jovially stacking the chips as Clifford tells him he'd mucked three sixes.
and holding pocket tens, Hoihilder led out with a 650-chip bet, which was called by one opponent and raised to 1,300 by another. Hoihilder then reraised, kicking it up to 4,150. One opponent wisely laid down his hand, but the other moved all in over the top for ~1,050 more and Hoihilder made the call for less.
, 
turn and river gave Hoihilder's nemesis the nut straight for the win.
versus 
board -- Tann checked it and Greenstein bet 600. Tann giggled for a moment, then suddenly his face turned serious and he went into the tank, chips a-twiddling, eyeing up the remaining Greenstein stack with interest. After a medium-length dwell, "Go on then, have it," he announced and folded. "I'm being kind to you." He then returned to giggling once more, for little apparent reason.
on a 
flop. But sometimes it's not much of a gamble, especially when your opponent is making a similar punt with 
. The 
flop and Maker was miles ahead with 
on the turn gave Alioto a few more outs but a harmless 
, however, and Zach Chesses wasn't going anywhere near the muck with his 
. It hit, and they were down to five players! "We'll be playing heads up soon," remarked a confident Dan.
flop. But spectacular it wasn't as his opponent made the fold and Wheatley scooped the pot.
