Team PokerStars Pro David Williams joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about being a new father, the 10-year anniversary of his World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up finish, and where he got that godawful diamond toothpick from.
With approximately 9,000 in the middle on the board, Nicolau Villa-Lobos checked to 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Greg Merson. Merson, who was just on Ep. #196 of the PokerNews Podcast, fired a bet of 7,200. Villa-Lobos called.
The river was the , and Villa-Lobos checked. Merson moved all in for 29,025, and Villa-Lobos made the call.
Merson rolled over the for top set of kings, and Villa-Lobos mucked his hand, dropping back to 9,500 in chips. Merson moved up over 80,000.
The flop showed and Jeff Gross checked to the second player involved who bet 1,350. Rhys Jones made the call and Gross did so as well.
The turn brought the and this time the first two players to act checked to Jones who bet 2,800. Gross made the call and the third player folded. On the turn the hit and Gross lead out for 3,500 and Jones called.
Gross showed and Jones took down the pot holding for two pair.
On the board, JC Alvarado bet 2,000, and Elliot Smith raised to 5,100. Alvarado made the call, and the river completed the board with the . Alvarado checked, and Smith checked behind. Alvarado showed the for a flush, and Smith mucked his hand.
A player at Jennifer Tilly's table only realized he was in the wrong tournament when One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiar sat down. The player in question had already played a few hands, but right now he's back to playing his own event, the $1,000 buy in No Limit Hold'em tournament on the other side of the room.
Sam Greenwood was the best of three Greenwood brothers in the PCA Main Event, but unfortunately enough he was knocked out early on Day 4. Sam and Max both entered the High Roller event and right after sitting down the former was confronted with Antonio Esfandiari's ever-lasting gambling spirit.
"You wanna play Lodden thinks?" Esfandiari said to Greenwood who did not respond right away.
"I mean," Esfandiari continued, "We got the real Johnny Lodden here!"
"I'm sorry, I just busted the Main Event and I kind of just want to put on headphones and not speak to anyone," Greenwood said.
The Canadian pro explained the hand in which he busted and the other players at the table felt bad for their opponent.
"The strength of his hand was so disguised that he even had to look back at his cards when I moved all in," Greenwood said.
"When three seconds went by before he called I thought, 'Well he doesn't have aces or queens so I'm good.'"
Greenwood's hand, as described in the link above, turned out differently as his opponent had made a straight on the river. At the end of this conversation Greenwood looked down at his cards and decided to raise it up to 525 from the cutoff.
Jennifer Tilly, on the button, and both blinds, Noah Schwartz and Jeremy Ausmus, made the call from the blinds. The flop brought out and both blinds checked to Greenwood who bet 1,400. Both Tilly and Schwartz folded right away and Ausmus made the call.
On the turn the popped up and Ausmus check-called another 3,400. The river completed the board with the and Ausmus checked a third time. Greenwood bet 8,000 this time and Ausmus called after about 10 seconds. Greenwood turned over but that was no good against Ausmus' for a flopped straight.
On top of Greenwood's Main Event misery he's now also off to a rocky start in the High Roller tournament.
With 1,925 in the middle on the flop, Philipp Gruissem checked, and then Byron Kaverman bet 1,150. Calvin Anderson folded, then Gruissem check-raised to 3,700. Kaverman called.
The turn was the , and Gruissem led with a bet of 6,500. Kaverman thought, then called, and the dealer completed the board with the . Gruissem bet 13,000, and Kaverman tank-called.
Gruissem showed the for top pair of kings, but his hand was no good against the for Kaverman. Kaverman's aces won him the pot, and he moved to 76,000 while Gruissem was knocked back to 21,000.