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Brandon Cantu
A player from early position raised to 3,500 and action folded around to Brandon Cantu in the small blind. Cantu made the call and the two went heads up to a flop, which came down .
Cantu checked and his opponent fired 9,500. Cantu made the call.
The turn card brought the and Cantu led out this time, making a bet of 15,500. His opponent made the call after a few moments and then the fell on the river.
Cantu fired all in after a brief hesitation and this sent his opponent into the tank for a long time. Eventually, he made the call and Cantu mucked his hand. The player revealed the or trip jacks and scooped the pot. He called all in for 55,100 total and after sending over the chips, Cantu was left with just 35,000.
Mickey Doft
Eric Froehlich raised to 3,200 in middle position and was called by Hoyt Corkins on the button and Bob Lauria in the big blind.
The flop came down and Lauria checked. Froehlich bet 6,400 and was called by both players, leading to the turn. It was checked to E-Fro again and this time he bet 16,800. It chased Corkins away but Laura again made the call, checking when the hit the river. Before Froehlich could put out a bet, Lauria threw his hand to the muck and Froehlich took in the pot.
E-Fro is up to 95,000 while Lauria drops to about 90,000.
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Gavin Griffin
Gavin Griffin joined Kathy Liebert's table during the last level with a middling stack. He hasn't been able to increase that stack very much yet. Getting chopped doesn't help.
Griffin opened with a raise to 2,800 from middle position and was called only by the small blind. Both players checked an flop. The turn was the and again the small blind checked. This time Griffin fired 3,600, a bet which his opponent called.
The river paired the board, . The small blind checked a third time. Griffin followed with his own check a few seconds later. Each player showed down offsuit. Griffin seemed visibly irritated and was talking to himself. We weren't able to catch anything that he was saying but he was definitely unhappy with the result of the hand.
donpeters
Vinny Pahuja just stopped over to tell us about a crazy hand he just played which he described as, "the craziest hand I've ever played in a big buy-in tournament." Here's how it went according to Pahuja.
Action folded to Greg Dyer in the hijack seat and he raised to 2,500. Pahuja was in the cutoff and stated that he had and just called. He mentioned that he normally would three-bet here against an active player like Dyer, but felt he had the best hand and wanted to just take a flop instead.
The flop came down and Dyer fired 5,500. "It was such a big bet, almost pot-sized, so I felt he was really just bluffing," mentioned Pahuja and then he made the call.
The turn put the out there to give Pahuja two pair and put a possible flush on board along with the straight possibilties that were already there. Dyer fired 11,000 and Pahuja mentioned that he thought this was another obscure large bet. He said that he didn't want to raise because he's only going to get called by hands that beat him and there's was still a good chance he had the best hand so he wanted to call, hoping Dyer would slow down on the river.
The river was the and now there were four clubs on board. Dyer checked and Pahuja told us, "I reached and put all my blues (T5,000) and yellows (T1,000) in the middle to put him all in." He then said that Dyer tanked for several minutes before making a call. Pahuja said that Dyer stated that he really couldn't put him on a hand so that's why he called. Pahuja admitted that he made his river bet as a bluff because he wouldn't be getting called by something that he could beat. Instead, he announced that he had two pair after Dyer called and Dyer held only off suit for a pair of aces giving Pahuja the pot.
"That's the craziest hand I've ever played in a big buy-in tournament," said Pahuja. "I never thought I'd ever have the best hand there, that's just insane!"
Pahuja is now up to 115,000 chips and Dyer was sent to the rail.
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Gavin Smith
One of the more remarkable stories that came out of yesterday was a ridiculously sick call made by Faraz Jaka towards the en of the day. Although we didn't witness the hand, our colleagues at the PokerStars Blog did. You can read more there, but essentially Jaka called a river shove with just unimproved -- and won the pot! The tale of that hand had made its way around several of the tables in action today.
In the back room, Gavin Smith is once again telling his table about what a drinker he is. Today his estimation of his 2009 drinking is that he had 20 or more drinks 340 days out of last year -- down from yesterday's estimation of 345 days.
Phil Ivey, who started in the overflow room,is now at a table in the center of the main tournament room. His seat gives him n excellent view of a large projection against one wall which is showing live coverage of the Masters. Ivey's eyes are continuously darting towards the coverage, as Tiger Woods is scheduled to tee off at 1:42pm, in about 30 minutes. Yesterday Ivey booked action with David Singer on Tiger to win, getting better than 5-to-1.
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and Cantu led out this time, making a bet of 15,500. His opponent made the call after a few moments and then the 
fell on the river.
or trip jacks and scooped the pot. He called all in for 55,100 total and after sending over the chips, Cantu was left with just 35,000.
turn. It was checked to E-Fro again and this time he bet 16,800. It chased Corkins away but Laura again made the call, checking when the ![[user75032]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and again the small blind checked. This time Griffin fired 3,600, a bet which his opponent called.
. The small blind checked a third time. Griffin followed with his own check a few seconds later. Each player showed down 
offsuit. Griffin seemed visibly irritated and was talking to himself. We weren't able to catch anything that he was saying but he was definitely unhappy with the result of the hand.
. D'Agostino held top set of eights and Gray held 
for a straight draw.
peeled off, but the river was a 
against his 
. The board rolled out 
and Daniel is in trouble with about 15 big blinds left.
out there to give Pahuja two pair and put a possible flush on board along with the straight possibilties that were already there. Dyer fired 11,000 and Pahuja mentioned that he thought this was another obscure large bet. He said that he didn't want to raise because he's only going to get called by hands that beat him and there's was still a good chance he had the best hand so he wanted to call, hoping Dyer would slow down on the river.