After the player in the hijack limped, Mike Watson put in a raise to 800 from the cutoff. Daniel Neilson flatted from the big blind, the limper put in an additional 600, and it was three-way action to the flop. Three checks later, the dealer burned and turned the , and Neilson checked to the hijack, who bet 1,500. Watson called, Neilson folded and the completed the board on the river.
The hijack thought for a few moments before betting 3,000, and Watson tossed in a call.
"Straight," the hijack declared and showed the . It was good as Watson sent his cards to the muck.
Not long ago they were spotted in the food court, laughing in each other's company as they lined up for coconut water. Fast-forward ten minutes and Bryn Kenney and Craig McCorkell are back their table, game faces on, as they battle heads up for a pot.
Kenney led for 1,300 with the board reading and McCorkell called. The river came as the and McCorkell reluctantly folded to a 3,100 bet.
"You wouldn't have liked that one if you'd called!" commented Kenney. McCorkell just smiled.
The very next hand, McCorkell raised to 600 and was called by both blinds before all three checked the flop. Aditya Agarwal was in the big blind and led out for 900 on the turn when the board read . Both opponents folded.
McCorkell may have lost a few chips but he's hydrated and full of electrolytes!
It doesn't matter what the situation, it's never nice to be one outed. It's definitely made a whole lot worse though if it's the biggest tournament you've ever played in and been looking forward to it since qualifying online last April.
Gasps and groans could be heard all around the room and Asif Warris jumped up from his seat in disbelief. He stormed off in haze and looked like he was going to trash the place. After a minute or so, the Brit had regained his composure and came back to tell the full story.
A player opened to 600 from under the gun and was called in two spots before Warris squeezed to 2,100 from the big blind with aces. Only the small blind called to the flop where he check-called a 3,500 c-bet. An ace fell on the turn and Warris bet 5,100 and then moved all in when the small blind check-raised to 16,000. It was only a couple more thousand to call and the small blind did so with pocket sixes for a smaller set.
The dealer found the fourth six and placed on the baize to complete the board and break Warris' heart.
With 2,000 in the pot and a flop of , Igor Kurganov checked from the big blind and Justin Bonomo bet 1,100 from the under-the-gun position. A third player folded from late position, Kurganov called, and then both players checked the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Kurganov took the opportunity to bet 1,600 and Bonomo got out of the way.
On the flop, one player bet 1,200, the next player raised to 2,500, and then Phil Ivey made the call. The original bettor folded, and the two remaining players were prompted with the turn card. Both players checked, and the river was the . The first player bet 4,000, and Ivey tank-called.
Ivey's opponent turned over the for a set of sevens, and Ivey mucked his hand.
With around 5,000 in the pot and a board reading , Rob Schiffbauer checked from middle position and Australian pro Bruno Portaro did the same from the hijack. The action repeated itself on the river, and Schiffbauer rolled over the for sixes and fives. Portaro double checked his cards and then sent them to the muck.
As you can see, both Schiffbauer and Portaro are below the starting stack.