In a battle of the blinds, Annette Obrestad, in the small blind tossed out four grey chips for a 4,000 bet. Mike Matusow was essentially all in in the big blind, so he put his remaining chips in the middle and the cards were on their backs.
Obrestad:
Matusow:
The flop brought giving Matusow a gutshot straight draw. "Seven from heaven," said Tony G. The turn, did nothing for Matusow, and the sealed his fate. He has exited, leaving four players left at the table.
It was folded to David Oppenheim who made it 2,300 to go. Tony G got out of the way and Annette Obrestad, on the button, reraised to 5,200. Mike Matusow then moved all in. Oppenheim got out of the way, and Obrestad couldn't get her chips in fast enough.
She tabled and Matusow turned over .
The flop came down giving Matusow the nut flush draw. The on the turn was no help to Matusow, nor was the on the river. Obrestad doubled her stack, while Matusow became the short stack.
Barny Boatman raised it up preflop, getting a call from David Oppenheim and an all-in shove of 16,100 by 2009 WSOP November Niner James Akenhead. Boatman counted down his stack, and moved all-in as well forcing a quick fold from Oppenheim.
Boatman was in the lead with two black tens, but the two were flipping, as Akenhead held . The board rolled out and Akenhead was sent packing.
We're now down to five players, and it seems as if this group is happy to play big pots on every hand.
Short-stack Gus Hansen has exited the building. He moved his 2,400 stack in the middle and Barny Boatman reraised to 6,400 to get everyone out of the way - and they did.
Hansen:
Boatman:
The flop came down giving Hansen a straight draw, but it wouldn't happen as the turn brought the and the river the .
In what was quite a ride for Carlos Mortensen, he has gone from chip leader to our first casualty. He raised it up to 1,600 preflop, only to have David Oppenheim three-bet to 3500. Mortensen made the call, and the two saw a flop.
The action was checked to Oppenheim, who bet 4,100 before Mortensen slid the rest of chips into the pot. Oppenheim made the call, and the two revealed their hands. Oppenheim was in the lead with pocket jacks, and Mortensen would need some help with pocket nines.
Neither the turn, or the changed anything and Mortensen has made his exit.
From the hijack, Carlos Mortensen made it 1,400. David Oppenheim, on the button, was the only caller.
Flop:
Mortensen led out for 2,000 and was faced by a reraise to 4,400 by Oppenheim. Not to be outdone, Mortensen made it 3,400 more, for a total of 7,800. Oppenheim made the call and the turn brought the .
Both players checked to the river, which was the , and that's where the action was. Mortensen bet 9,500 and after quite a bit of thought, Oppenheim slide his whole stack, about 19,000 into the middle.
It didn't take long for Mortensen to fold, and Oppenheim took down the pot.
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giving Matusow a gutshot straight draw. "Seven from heaven," said Tony G. The turn, 
did nothing for Matusow, and the 
sealed his fate. He has exited, leaving four players left at the table.
.
giving Matusow the nut flush draw. The 
on the turn was no help to Matusow, nor was the 
. The board rolled out 
and Akenhead was sent packing.
giving Hansen a straight draw, but it wouldn't happen as the turn brought the 
and the river the 
.
flop.
