With the board reading David Steicke was faced with a bet from his opponent of 9,100 chips into an already very healthy pot. Steicke thought for a moment before making the call hoping his hand was a winner. However his opponent flipped for a flopped flush which was too good.
Mike "Timex" McDonald has had an up and down day, losing a chunk of his stack in the early going, then building it back up to over 25,000, only to take another downward turn. As I passed his table, he only had a bit over 4,000 when this hand came up.
Timex limped in from middle position for 300. The cutoff raised to 1,000, the small blind flat-called and Timex called as well. The flop was . The small blind checked, Timex checked, and the cutoff checked. The turn was the . The small blind checked again, Timex bet 1,600, the cutoff called and the small blind folded. The river was the . Timex immediately moved all in for his remaining 2,000 or so and after a bit of a think, his opponent gave it up.
Timex is now back up to 10,000 as the remaining moments of Level 6 tick away.
Amanda Leatherman caught up with Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem during a recent break who talked about a few run-ins he's had with a very aggressive Swedish "Internet kid" at his table.
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As we start to move towards the end of the evening, the chip stacks are starting to grow. As we look across the field it appears that Norway's Anders Berg is our current chip leader with close to 75,000 in chips.
Gus Hansen opened the action with a pre-flop raise to 1,125 from early position and the player to his immediate left made the call.
The flop arrived and both players checked. The turn was the and Hansen fired a bet of 1,625 to which his opponent called. The river landed the and Hansen slowed down and checked the action to his opponent who tossed all of his small-denomination chips into the middle for a 1,875 bet. Hansen raised his eyebrows and seemed confused by the action and bet amount. He did the math and eventually shrugged his shoulders as he dropped his chips into the middle for a call.
His opponent flipped up which is not the hand that Hansen expected to see as he reluctantly tossed his cards into the muck.
We caught the tail end of a pretty big hand between Chad Brown and an unknown opponent, with the board showing . Brown bet 5,200 into an already juicy pot and his opponent moved all in over the top for a total of 15,750. Chad studied the situation for a brief moment before eventually shrugging his shoulders and announcing, "Call."
At the showdown, Brown tabled for a flush draw, while his opponent revealed a pocket pair of aces.
A pair of blanks on the turn and river brought no help to the former actor, who was left with approximately 35,500 in chips after the hand.
The cutoff raised to 900 and Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind. The flop was . Negreanu checked, the cutoff bet 2,000 and Negreanu callled. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Negreanu bet 2,800 and the cutoff folded.
"Oh, I've just got the ol' !" said Negreanu, flashing his cards and revealing that he not only flopped the second nut flush but had a royal flush draw as well.