In a multi way pot, on a Flop of it is checked around to Billy "the Croc" Argyros in the cutoff. He bets $650 and is raised to $2000 by Erik Seidel on the Big Blind.
Billy makes the call and the Turn is the .
Seidel bets out $4500 and the Croc goes into the tank. After considerable deliberation, Billy folds.
Phil Ivey has not been seen yet. He is listed as one of the players in today's flight. He's been known to arrive late to tournaments and we here at PokerNews are investigating the missing Phil Ivey.
We are missing Phil Ivey and Kathy Leibert who have not taken their seats. Phil is always a notable absentee during the opening rounds and we are expecting him sometime soon. Kathy is the Where's Wally of the poker room right now. (that's "Where's Waldo" for you Yanks).
Mansion Poker's Richard Redmand got all his money in with the AcAd against his opponent's AsAh. All was well until a flop of put him in big jeopardy. The turn and river blanked off, and Richard sat back down in his seat...
Roland de Wolfe was shortstacked and involved in a three-way pot. The flop was . De Wolfe bet out 700 and was raised to 3200 by Player A. Player B called and so did de Wolfe. The turn was , and de Wolfe checked Player A moved all in for 4.5K. Player B called and de Wolfe moved all in for the rest of his chips. Player A showed . Player B showed for a full house while de Wolfe flipped over for a straight. The river was the and both Player A and de Wolfe headed to the rail.
With the average chip count somewhere in the 23,000 range, Kristy Gazes has shot up to 85,000 after getting her money in with . The only problem was that Steven Murphy had . The flop was , nearly sealing Kristy's fate. But, the turn and river gave Kristy the pot. She probably has close to double the chips of anyone else in the field.
On a board reading the UTG player checks, the cutoff bets $650 and is raised to $1500 by the button. UTG reraises all in for $5600. The cutoff thinks for a while and folds and the Button insta calls with Pocket Jacks. UTG show Ace Ten. The cutoff says he folded Ace Ten also, and of course - the case Ten hits the River.