Anthony Zinno was down to his last 6,900 and moved all in. Phil Hellmuth re-raised to 35,000 to isolate and they were heads up. Zinno had and Hellmuth .
"I like this spot," said Zinno, as he held the dominating hand.
The flop came and Zinno changed his tune... "not any more."
The turn was the and the river was the and the winner of the 2013 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open event was eliminated.
Jon Aguiar got the last of his stack in before the flop holding , but as is usually the case when another player calls you down with that hand, he was dominated by Chris Klodnicki's .
The flop came down and Aguiar called out for another three to drop for the chop, but he failed to catch up on the turn () or river ().
Yesterday we met Harry Kaczka and found out that he prefers the name "Harry Banana," - with his online handle "ugotabanana" too good to abandon even in the wake of Black Friday.
Mr. Banana is still contending for the WPT World Championship here today, chipping up a bit after a recent clash with Andy Frankenberger.
Kaczka opened to 3,300 from under the gun and an unidentified player flatted in middle position, with Frankenberger doing the same in defense of his big blind. The flop rained down and all three players checked, but after Frankenberger tapped the table on the turn, Harry Banana took the pot down with a 6,300 wager. Both players still have some work to do though if they hope to run their stacks back up to the average and beyond.
Jeremy Kottler raised to 3,600 in early position, Chris Tryba called in the cutoff, Loni Harwood called on the button, and Dave Inselberg came along for the ride in the big blind.
The dealer fanned all diamonds - - and Inselberg checked. Kottler continued for 7,100, only Harwood called, and the turn was a repeat nine - the . Kottler checked, Harwood fired out 15,400, and Kottler folded.
The WPT World Championship is underway at Borgata, and Rich is on hand to talk with Jared Jaffee, a Season XII WPT Champion. Rich and Donnie also discuss Vicky Coren Mitchell's historic win at EPT Sanremo, making her the first ever two-time European Poker Tour champion. Don't forget to tune in for the DraftKings Fantasy Minute, where the crew offers information on an exclusive bonus code.
Ronit Chamani moved her last 18,400 into the middle with the open-shove, and Jeff Gross slid a tower of chips forward for the isolation three-bet.
That move did its job and the table folded dutifully around, leaving Chamani to table her while peering over to see what she was up against. Gross held the and was far out in front (even further than the cards would suggest, as another player at the table piped up to mention he folded ace-king).
Flop:
Chamani found one of the two aces still in the deck, and she was in great shape to double through, but the turn () and river () four-flushed the board to give Gross the winner.
Cathy Dever shoved all in pre-flop over the top of Jeff Madsen's 7,500 raise and would win the pot when an unhappy Madsen would toss his cards into the muck with a little more flair than usual.
Jason Koon continues to lead the way with 271,000 in chips. Hans Winzeler is a close second with just a little less that that.