Fireworks During the Break
As everyone was filing out of the room to take a break, a big hand was brewing on Table 1. When we arrived, there was about 15,000 in the middle on a flop of ![]()
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, and Sean Wallace had a bet of 12,000 in front of him. Anthony Conte moved all in for 57,000, and James Woods was in the tank.
"There's so much in the pot," Woods grumbled. "S***!"
He eventually cold-called, and Wallace folded.
Conte showed ![]()
for a flopped set of sevens, and Woods wanted to muck.
"I can't win," he sighed, showing ![]()
.
Woods wasn't drawing dead though - running cards could give him a full house, or if the turn and river put a straight on board the duo would chop the pot - and the turn was a repeat ten; the
. Conte filled up, making sevens full of tens, but any eight or deuce on the river would give Woods a superior full house.
The
on the river was a brick, however, and Conte shipped a massive pot. Woods fell to around 30,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000 | |
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30,000
51,400
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51,400 |
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27,000
17,500
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17,500 |