$5,500 Aruba Poker Classic Championship Day 1a | 2009 Aruba Poker Classic

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

10-05-2009 16:27 UTC-3

Breaking Things

[user66118]

That's another level in the books. Time for another 10-minute break.

10-05-2009 16:27 UTC-3

Stann Wins One Before Break

donpeters

"Hollywood" Dave Stann raised to 375 and only the big blind called. The flop came down {J-Clubs}

and both players checked. The turn brought the {7-Clubs}

and the big blind fired 350. Stann called.

The river was the {9-Spades}

and the big blind led for 700. Stann tanked and then made the call. His opponent insta-mucked his hand and Stann didn't show at first. After he was pushed the pot, he flipped his hand over to reveal {A-Hearts}

and said, "I'm not good enough to lay that down."

Stann is at 18,500 going into the break.

Tags: "Hollywood Dave""Hollywood"Dave Stann

10-05-2009 16:13 UTC-3

Maimone Loses a Chunk

donpeters

The smooth sailing for Nick "FU_15" Maimone has been halted for the time being. After some preflop action, Maimone and his opponent took a flop of {9-Diamonds}

. Maimone checked and his opponent bet 1,700. Maimone made the call.

The turn brought the {3-Hearts}

and Maimone checked. His opponent checked behind.

The river was the {6-Diamonds}

and Maimone checked again. The player fired out 5,000. Maimone tanked for a minute or two. We're not sure what exactly he was thinking, but it may have been about food as Maimone was biting on his left wrist while pondering his decision. Finally, he made the call.

His opponent tabled two black aces and Maimone tapped the table before mucking his hand. Maimone dropped to 25,000.

Tags: "FU_15"Nick Maimone

10-05-2009 16:00 UTC-3

A Chip-Up for "pokerrapper"

[user66118]

First in from the button, J.T. "pokerrapper" Bisson opened with a raise to 300. The small blind passed quickly, but Chris "DashAlert" Morrison stuck in a second raise, making it 850 from the big blind. Bisson grabbed more chips and four-bet it up to 3,850 with Morrison eventually calling.

Heads-up, the flop came out {10-Hearts}

, and both players checked. On the turn {J-Hearts}

, Morrison checked and called a small bet of 3,000 from Bisson. The river revealed the {3-Spades}

, drawing another check from DashAlert. Bisson quickly grabbed his remaining stack of ~8,000 chips and flicked them into the middle as an all in. Morrison would go into the tank for a minute or two before flashing {K-Hearts}

and returning his valueless kings to the dealer.

"You don't want to see it, but I had you," said Bisson. "Let's see it," said someone at the far end of the table. He obliged, slapping down {A-Diamonds}

on the felt with a flex of his arm. "That's how I'm rolling, bitches!" he said with a chuckle.

That pot moves the nearly-famous poker rapper up close to 22,000.

Tags: Chris Morrison DashAlert J.T. Bisson mooknam pokerrapper

10-05-2009 15:43 UTC-3

Beached Up Railbirds

donpeters

Allie Prescott and Jeff Madsen stopped by to check out the action and were seen railing their friend David Fox in the middle of the room. Both Madsen and Prescott were in soaking wet t-shirts and bathing suits with no shoes on. Their feet were covered is sand and Prescott was holding a stack of $100 bills.

Fox was involved in a hand on a board of {8-Clubs}

where he checked the river to his opponent. The player fired an approximate pot-sized bet of 4,400 and Fox made the call after taking a few moments. The player tabled {6-Spades}

and Fox simply mucked his hand, dropping to 16,000.

"Can I get that bag?" asked Prescott to Fox after the hand. "I'm soaking wet."

Tags: Allie Prescott David Fox Jeff Madsen

10-05-2009 15:23 UTC-3

Stann Chipping Up

donpeters

After a player limped in from middle position, "Hollywood" Dave Stann jacked the action up to 375. Only the limper made the call.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}