As the media started to linger around table four, we caught the action on the river where it appear Joe Hachem had made a check-raise on the river against his opponent. The board read and the pot was already sizable as the 4,000 bet on the river by the player on the button had been check-raised to 10,000 by Hachem from the cutoff. The button thought for a few moments about making a move, but eventually mucked his face up for a draw that didn't deliver. Hachem then flashed for a rivered full house!
Hachem is now hovering around the 70,000 chip mark and has been joined at his table by fellow PokerStars.com pro Chad Brown.
On a flop of T6 Poker pro Alex Kravchenko put the last of his chips into the middle against Josh Arieh who went into the tank before eventually making a resigned call.
Arieh:
Kravchenko:
The turn and river landed and Kravchenko earns a handy double up to progress to around 40,000 chips.
Internet pro and active 2+2'er Shaun Deeb just took down a fairly big pot courtesy of a rivered flush and engaged in a bit of self-deprecation in the process.
On a board showing , Deeb passed the first action to an unknown opponent who fired a 2,500 bet; Shaun just called. A third club fell off on the river and Deeb passed once more, allowing his opponent to dictate the action. The unknown turned it up a notch, firing a 6,000 bullet that sent Deeb into the tank.
While Shaun considered his decision, a player not involved in the hand decided it would be a good time to share his gum and proceeded to fire a few pieces across the table, landing one piece next to Deeb's chips. Shaun, unaffected by the gum slinger, studied his opponent and then his opponent's chips before saying something along the lines of, "I'm gonna be the biggest vagina ever and just call," as he tossed in the required chips and flipped over for a flush; his opponent showed A-K for a losing two pair.
On a flop of , Josh Arieh checked, the cutoff bet 1,900 and Arieh made the call. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Arieh checked, the cutoff bet 2,200 and Arieh studied his opponent for a bit before making the call.
"You got it," said the cutoff player, mucking his cards as Arieh turned up and dragged the pot.
T6Poker pro Woody Deck has picked up right where he left off yesterday and seems to be vacuuming up his opponent's chips each time he enters a pot. Most recently, he added another 10,000 to his stack after slow-playing a set against an unassuming opponent and now sits with just under 100,000 in chips which puts him in the top five overall.
Gino Alacqua and Juha Helppi got all the money in pre-flop, Alacqua's dominated by Helppi's . The flop was , the turn was the , the river was the and Helppi doubled his stack to about 45,000, Alacqua was left with 19,000.
French actress Alexia Portal is playing very solidly and has just added to her impressive stack by eliminating another player. Holding pocket kings, Portal's hand was too strong for her opponent on a board of to leap her stack to over 60,000 chips.
We caught up to this hand with the board showing and with approximately 6,000 worth of chips in the pot. Marcel Luske led out with an 800 bet and Patrik Antonius made a monster re-raise, kicking it up to 6,400. After a short dwell, Marcel made the call only to see Patrik reveal for a full house. Patrik now has almost double the chips he started with today; ~27,000.
Danish pro Henrik Gwinner dodged an early confrontation out on table 37. After raising pre-flop to 1,200, a short-stacked Miguel Magan Tier came over the top for all of his 9,000 chip stack. Gwinner went into the tank and threw plenty of verbal ammunition at his opponent to try and get a read. Eventually Gwinner made the lay down as his opponent flashed - "I knew you didn't want to see a flop!" came the reply.
Gwinner avoids an early clash and is still in good shape with about 40,000 chips.