Paul Volpe was part of a multiway pot where he fired a 2,000 bet on a flop. Andrew Lowe made it 4,800, everyone else folded and Volpe called to see the turn.
Volpe checked and Lowe bet 12,000 before Volpe moved all in, getting called instantly by Lowe's flopped set. Volpe showed for the straight and the river changed nothing.
Ryan Yu led out for 3,000 on a flop of , and 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia raised to 8,600. Yu called.
The turn was a repeat jack - the - and both players checked. The completed the board, Yu checked again, and Sylvia waived a figurative white flag, tabling for effectively six-high. Yu tabled for a pair of sevens, winning the pot.
With around 12,000 in the pot and a board reading , Nicolau Villa-Lobos checked to Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, who tossed out a bet of 4,200. Villa-Lobos made the call and then both players checked the river.
Villa-Lobos rolled over the , but it was no good as Selbst had turned a pair of aces with the .
It's not been Sam Grafton's day, he can't beat Marcin Wydrowski in a single pot which culminated in the 'talkative' Brit losing a big pot.
Grafton and Wydrowski were both all in with Grafton having his Polish opponent covered by just 700 chips.
The board came ...with Grafton jokingly saying, "Go back to Poland..." and Wydrowski in more giggles. Then the hit and Grafton was stunned.
"As soon as you said, 'Go back to Poland' it was coming," declared Daniel Negreanu.
Grafton's last 625 went in the middle in the next hand but he couldn't win with against . Grafton shook hands with all and wished people luck before departing. The table got a little quieter, certainly.
Seven players took a flop of moments ago, and the action checked to Byron Kaverman on the button. He tossed out 2,125, and the action folded to Michael Mizrachi, who called.
The turn was the , bringing a second heart, and the two-time World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner led out for 3,600. Kaverman contemplated the bet for 30 seconds or so, then called.
The completed the board, bringing a possible flush, and Mizrachi led out again - this time for 12,725. Kaverman went deep into the tank, and the two began bantering back and forth. Finally, Kaverman flashed a smile and pushed his cards forward.
"You fold?" Mizrachi asked, grinning.
Kaverman nodded, pushing his cards further into the muck, and Mizrachi showed for threes full of kings.
Come closer delicious friends and listen to the crazy tale that is Barry Shulman's exit hand. It was relayed to us by Barny Boatman who admitted he'd never seen anything like it.
Barry Shulman had opened to 1,500 preflop. Anton Wigg had called before Ariel Celestino three-bet in position to 5,200. Shulman now called this and then Wigg back-raised to 12,400 in a four-bet.
Celestino folded but then Shulman decided to call this with only 20,000 behind.
The flop was and Shulman checked. Wigg moved all in only to be snap-called.
Wigg showed but he was drawing virtually dead against Shulman's incredibly unlikely holding of for a flopped straight.
The on the turn gave Wigg a flush draw and the river made the Swede the nuts from seemingly nowhere to eliminated the former WSOPE Main Event champion. Wigg was up to 85,000 as a result.
Four players took a flop if , including Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst and Jason Tompkins. Tompkins checked, as did another player, and Selbst tossed out 5,500. The action folded back to Tompkins, who check-raised to 13,800, and Selbst moved all in for what looked like 30,000 or so. Tompkins quickly called.
Selbst:
Tompkins:
The on the turn gave Tompkins trips, and took away Selbst's pair outs, and the on the river ended the Team Pro's tournament altogether.
Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon yesterday took on Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree and Friend of PokerStars Charlotte van Brabander in a heads-up battle that those with a delicate constitution would be wise to avoid. Champagne for the winner, jellied eels for the loser. Watch it at the PokerStars Blog.
The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to the field to catch any last minute action and compiled some chip counts. Stay tuned for those as well as a full recap of the Day 1b action.
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flop. Andrew Lowe made it 4,800, everyone else folded and Volpe called to see the 
turn.
flopped set. Volpe showed 
for the straight and the 
river changed nothing.
, and 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia raised to 8,600. Yu called.
- and both players checked. The 
completed the board, Yu checked again, and Sylvia waived a figurative white flag, tabling 
, Nicolau Villa-Lobos checked to Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, who tossed out a bet of 4,200. Villa-Lobos made the call and then both players checked the 
river.
, but it was no good as Selbst had turned a pair of aces with the 
...with Grafton jokingly saying, "Go back to Poland..." and Wydrowski in more giggles. Then the 
hit and Grafton was stunned.
. Grafton shook hands with all and wished people luck before departing. The table got a little quieter, certainly.
moments ago, and the action checked to Byron Kaverman on the button. He tossed out 2,125, and the action folded to Michael Mizrachi, who called.
, bringing a second heart, and the two-time World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner led out for 3,600. Kaverman contemplated the bet for 30 seconds or so, then called.
but he was drawing virtually dead against Shulman's incredibly unlikely holding of 
river made the Swede the nuts from seemingly nowhere to eliminated the former WSOPE Main Event champion. Wigg was up to 85,000 as a result.
