A series of preflop raises resulted in Scott Clements calling the all-in bet, about 18,000, of his opponent.
Clements:
Opponent:
Clements was in great shape and even more so when the flop came down . The on the turn changed nothing, but the on the river did. It gave Clements quads! He is now up to around 95,000.
The board read on the turn, and David Peters bet out 3,100. He was heads up, and his opponent stuck in a raise to 7,225. After some debate, Peters called.
That brought them to the river, and Peters took his pause. He studied the board and his opponent for a minute or so, then plunked out a big covering bet, 12,550 effective. The player across the table spent a couple minutes in the tank before surrendering his , and Peters collected the pot without showing.
When we walked up, there was a board reading out on the table and about 14,000 in the pot. A player we don't recognize had checked, and Daniel Negreanu fired 8,700 as the final bet. His opponent hemmed and hawed and eventually called off a stack of chips he'd never get back.
On the board of , two players checked and then 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jerry Yang bet 950. The player behind him raised to 2,375 and after the first two folded, Yang made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Yang checked. His opponent bet 2,875 and Yang tanked for a while before making the call. His opponent showed the for jack high and Yang's was the winning hand.
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, which certainly was the case with my old weimaraner named Delia, but that is neither here nor there. The real question is can you teach an old "Kat" new tricks? We're referring of course to none other than Kathy Liebert who pulled a trick of her own recently.
After she had limped from the small blind and the big blind checked his option, the two players saw a flop of . It went check-check as it did on the turn and river. "I have king-high," the big blind said as he turned over .
"I have a straight," Liebert said with a smile as she slid her cards in the muck. It was apparent that she was just joking as Negreanu just shook his head.
Daniel Negreanu is one of the most recognizable poker players in the world and that fact hasn't been lost to the fans here at the Bicycle Casino. Recently one approached Negreanu and asked for a picture. He obliged, stood up, and waited for the woman to snap the picture. It was a camera phone and she couldn't seem to figure it out, so Negreanu playfully took the phone and said, "Here, let me do it."
He held the phone at arm's length and snapped the perfect picture in one shot. Where is Pat Pezzin when you need him?
Joe Cada has been on a nice little rush as of late and it up to about 60,000 in chips. First, he had jacks full on the river to win a nice pot and then he check-called the river on a board of with the to beat an opponent's .
On the next hand, Cada raised from under the gun to 1,050 and was called by the cutoff seat. After the flop came down , Cada continuation bet 1,650. His opponent called and the turn brought the to double pair the board. Cada bet 3,950 and his opponent gave it up.
With about 10,000 in the pot and a board reading , Men "The Master" Nguyen checked, the button bet 5,000, and Nguyen check-raised to 13,000. The button went into the tank for a solid three minutes before reluctantly folding his hand. Nguyen has been winning today, currently sitting on a chip stack of around 70,000.