A few minutes ago, Brian Roberts was involved in a quiet conversation, and it ended with him grinning widely and looking rather relaxed. We figured he'd gotten over the little tizzy with the production crew, but his irritability has returned.
Jack Effel just leaned over to Roberts and cautioned him: "You have to show your hole cards."
"Well," Roberts began. "What's gonna happen if I don't?"
"You'll get a penalty. It's in the rules," Effel answered. After a moment, he added, "All of the other players are showing their cards."
"Because they're not in the eight seat," Roberts snapped back. He explained his problems one more time to Effel, and they're going to try to work on a solution during the break. The rail is rather high, and Roberts is a bit cornered by the edge of the table and the big stacks of both he and his neighbor Moorman.
Hand #22: Moritz Kranich had the button. Elio Fox raised to 65,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #23: Chris Moorman held the button to start this hand. Dermot Blain was under the gun and the first to get involved. He raised to 65,000. Everyone folded and Blain won the pot.
Hand #24: Brian Roberts had the button. From the cutoff set, Chris Moorman raised to 65,000. Roberts reraised to 145,000 from the button. Play folded through the blinds and back to Moorman. He folded and Roberts won the pot.
Hand #25: Elio Fox had the button. Shawn Buchanan raised to 65,000 from under the gun. Fox reraised to 130,000. After the blinds folded, Buchanan tossed his hand in and Fox won the pot.
Hand #26: Dermot Blain had the button to start this hand. Elio Fox made it 65,000 to go from the cutoff seat. Blain stepped it up to 185,000 and play folded back to Fox. He leaned over to get a look at Blain's stack and then studied the situation. He eventually made it 400,000 to go. Blain gave another look to his hand, thought and the moved all in. Fox snapped.
Blain:
Fox:
The two payers held the same hand, but all four suits were live for possible flushes. There would be no sweat after the flop came down . The turn was the and river the .
Like the rest of the audience, we're kept a fairly good distance away from the table as it's completely flanked by TV cameras. We'll do the best we can to keep the chip counts updated after big hands, but we won't have exact information until we can get to the table and do some hard counts during the break.
The first one is coming up in six minutes, so look for a fresh batch of counts then.
Hand #27: Jake Cody had the button. Under the gun, Chris Moorman opened to 65,000, and Brian Roberts three-bet to 150,000 right next door. Everyone folded, including Moorman.
Hand #28: Shawn Buchanan had the button. Dermot Blain only needed to raise to 65,000 to win the blinds and antes.
Hand #29: Moritz Kranich had the button, and his raise to 65,000 ended the hand and the level.
Max Silver became our first player eliminated when he lost a coin flip against Chris Moorman. That flip has made Moorman our biggest mover with a 995,000-chip increase since we began. The chip leader Elio Fox is second with a 895,000-chip increase.
Hand #30: Chris Moorman had the button and he raised to 85,000 and he took the blinds and the antes.
Hand #31: Brian Roberts had the button and his fold, and subsequent fold by Elio Fox, handed Dermot Blain a walk.
Hand #32: Elio Fox had the button, but Shawn Buchanan raised to 85,000 from mid-position and he took the blinds and the antes.
Hand #33: Dermot Blain had the button, but it was Moritz Kranich who raised to 85,000 from first position. Brian Roberts made the cold call, two seats to his left, and the two of them shared the first flop after the break. The flop was and the shade-wearing Kranich bet 125,000 and Roberts folded, handing the pot to Kranich.
Hand #34: Jake Cody had the button: Chris Moorman raised to 85,000, in first position, and Brian Roberts once again came into the pot with the call, one seat to hs left. Our chip leader Elio Fox was next to act and he squeezed out a three-bet to 260,000. The action folded around to Moorman, and everyone in the room was waiting pensively for him to act. When he did act he DID act making a four-bet to 585,000. Roberts incredibly five-bet jammed for around 1.2 million and Fox folded instantly. Moorman was not so quick to make his decision and he asked for a count. The result of the count was 1,285,000 and Moorman called and we had a showdown.
Showdown
Roberts
Moorman
Board:
Roberts doubles up to around 2.9 million and Moorman moved back down around 2 million.
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. The turn was the 
and river the 
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and the shade-wearing Kranich bet 125,000 and Roberts folded, handing the pot to Kranich.
