We got to the table and well known poker professional Galen Hall has a large bet in front of him with the board showing . His opponent, Dan Harkenrider, was mulling over his decision and started to put the call out into the center of the table but drew it back at the last second.
"Oh, the good old pump fake," laughed Hall.
Harkenrider said "my two pair got counterfeited on the river" but then added "I think you missed your flush draw" and made the call.
"Nope, didn't miss the flush draw, but you're good still," said Hall, as he mucked his hand. Harkenrider turned over and would take down the pot.
"I leveled myself into making a very bad call there," Harkenrider said.
"Seems like it worked out for you," Hall smiled, not seeming bothered in the least bit by the early hit to his stack.
Sebastian Gohr raised to 700 after one player limped and two seats over, Tony Dunst three-bet to 2,100. The limper folded and the German moved all in for his remaining 7,075 chips after giving it some thought. Dunst snap called:
Galen Hall raised to 500 and got three callers. On the flop, everybody checked and Hall then called 700 on the turn from the player in the big blind. One further opponent stuck around as well and the river completed the board. Hall bet 3,175 and that was good enough to take down the pot as both opponents folded.
Hall showed the and said "last hand of action," as the table got broken shortly after. "Ah well, I got one through or would have had to rebuy." Let's see how he is doing on the next table.
A player opened to 500 and Jared Jaffee grabbed four chips meaning to reraise to 1,600. He grabbed the wrong chips, however, and actually bet 16,000. The blinds are at 100/200 mind you, so this was a massive overbet. Everyone folded and Greg Ostrander gave a curious look to Jaffee.
"Was that a misclick?" Ostrander asked.
Jaffee didn't understand at first but once he realized he had thrown out the wrong chips, he gave a sheepish grin.
"Everyone at the table was praying for aces," Ostrander laughed.
Galen Hall three-bet an open raise from 400 to 1,200 and the two of them saw the flop. A small bet was called and on the turn, the opponent of Hall check-raised him all in.
Hall had bet 3,000 and called all in with the to pick up the pot versus once the completed the board.
On the flop, the player in the small blind bet 1,200 and only Steven Watts made the call to see the turn. Both players checked and the river completed the board.
Watts made it 4,000 to go and was called rather quickly by , but that was only second best to the of the Brit.
A few more notables made it into the tournament by now as well and we have added them to the chip counts.
We have just now surpassed the $1 million in prize money with 445 entries and the pace is above the one from last year, so we may see a new record in the second year of the event taking place.
The board was already complete and the opponent of Chris Moneymaker jumped up in celebration before realizing a fatal error. He didn't win the hand with but Moneymaker instead doubled up for 13,450 chips with the . Jack Salter was on the same table and described the situation as follows:
and Gohr was no more.
flop, everybody checked and Hall then called 700 on the 
turn from the player in the big blind. One further opponent stuck around as well and the 
river completed the board. Hall bet 3,175 and that was good enough to take down the pot as both opponents folded.
and said "last hand of action," as the table got broken shortly after. "Ah well, I got one through or would have had to rebuy." Let's see how he is doing on the next table.
once the 
completed the board.
flop, the player in the small blind bet 1,200 and only Steven Watts made the call to see the 
river completed the board.
, but that was only second best to the 
of the Brit.
board was already complete and the opponent of Chris Moneymaker jumped up in celebration before realizing a fatal error. He didn't win the hand with 
