Seat 7 on Table 29 has just been filled by Sandor Demjan.
Demjan is not well known in the poker world, but he is one of Crown Casino's biggest VIP table games gamblers. Though it appears he is now turning his attention to the poker tables.
In a limped pot, four players saw a flop of . Alexander Kostritsyn led out for 2,000 and found only one caller in John Hennigan.
The turn fell the and following a check from Hennigan, Kostritsyn threw out a bet of 6,000. Hennigan made the call. The river landed the and after Hennigan checked his option, Kostritsyn fired again with a 14,000-chip bet.
With the alotted thirty seconds counting down, Hennigan used his time breaker button and then eventually folded. Kostritsyn raked in the pot which sent him back to his starting stack and Hennigan slipped to 85,000.
2007 Aussie Millions champion Gus Hansen opened with a raise to 2,000 from early position, with Tony G and Andrew Robl making the call.
The flop was and Hansen led out for 4,500. Guoga folded and Robl made the call.
The turn brought the , and Hansen's 11,000 bet was called once more by Robl. The river landed the and this time Hansen checked to Robl, who fired out a large bet of 24,000. Hansen went into the tank and was forced to use his time breaker button before he made the call and the cards were tabled.
Robl showed for the rivered straight and Hansen mucked his cards. Robl moves to 135,000 with Hansen down to 60,000.
John Juanda has just asked the floor if the dead stack on Seat 1 at his table belongs to Phil Ivey. When the answer came back in the affirmative, Juanda jokingly told the table to "play fast so we can steal his blinds!"
JC Tran raised to 1,5000 from the cutoff and Jamie Pickering made the call in the big blind.
The flop landed and both players checked. The turn was the , and Pickering led out with a bet of 2,500. Tran called. The river brought the and Pickering checked to Tran, who fired 4,000. Pickering called again.
Tran:
Pickering:
Pickering collected the pot with his pair of queens. He's up to 106,000 and Tran is back to 95,000.
Dan Shak entered the pot with a raise to 2,000 and found only one caller in Bill Jordanou. On a flop of , Shak checked and Jordanou led out for 4,000.
Shak called and then check-raisied to 27,500 on the turn following Jordanou's bet of 7,500. Jordanou made the call and folded to Shak's 30,000 bet after the landed on the river. Shak is up to 140,000 and Jordanou slipped to around 95,000.