By the time we arrived tableside, the board read and there were two players in the hand. The gentleman in mid position checked to Isaac Baron on the button, who bet 7,000. His opponent quickly announced all in.
Baron sighed and paused his ipod, before asking for a count - his opponent had him covered by around 2,000. "Oh man," he said, and pulled a face. "You have something yet?" Replied his opponent, "No speak English," which was probably only partly true.
Baron squirmed for a little longer, and then called all in.
Baron: for an overpair
Mr. No Speak English: for a flush draw and a gutshot
River:
The now-crippled opponent immediately complained that the dealer had not burned a card, but the three dealers who happened to be in the vicinity and the three burn cards on the felt confirmed that he had. A very relieved Baron duly doubled to around 75,000.
Alfonso Amendola (big blind) bet out 3,000 on a flop but Thierry van den Berg (mid position) made it 7,300. Amendola shoved for a little over 30,000.
Van den Berg sighed and looked him in the eye. "I have a set, though," he complained. "Pocket eights." Nevertheless he could not bring himself to fold, and instead announced, "I call."
Van den Berg:
Amendola:
Turn:
River:
"I knew it!" van den Berg exploded, walking off from the table, "Motherf***er. Always!" He sat back down to his newly depleted 15,000 stack and told Amendola, "Run better."
Amendola doubled to 65,000 or so and tried to soothe van den Berg. "My friend. It is set over set. There is nothing you can do." Nevertheless van den Berg continued, "I could see it in your eyes when you raised. I should have folded." Finally something they could agree on. "Yes," said Amendola, "You should."
"I can dodge quads baby."
The board was reading and Sorrel Mizzi had led out for 3,000. The Italian player to his left raised to 8,500 and the action went over to Thierry van den Berg who moved all-in for 14,175 total.
Mizzi tanked for two minutes before showing his hand to the player on his right and folding his hand.
As the Italian player in the middle debated the extra 6,000 to call, Mizzi came over and quietly spoke to us. "I've just folded Aces here."
The Italian made the call and flipped but Van den Berg showed for quads before he turned to Mizzi and said, "You folded Aces right?" giving his opponent a fistpump.
The board ran out with running and and Van den Berg doubled up to about 45,000.
Three players made it to the flop and it checked around to the gentleman in position who bet 3,000. Small blind Katja Thater, however, now check-raised to 11,000, and both her opponents folded.