Speaking of stacked tables, we just discovered one with a plethora of big names including Tim "Calvin32" Sullivan, Alexandre "Allingomes" Gomes, Nenad "serb2127" Medic, and Team PokerStars Pros Pat Pezzin and Dag Palovic.
In a recent hand, Gomes raised to 750 after a couple players limped in, but was quickly met with a three-bet to 1,975 by Sullivan. The rest of the field cleared out, while Gomes called the additional 1,225. Both players proceeded to check the flop, leading to the turn. At this point, Sullivan bet 2,150, Gomes called, and the peeled off on the river.
Sullivan kept the pressure on with a 4,450 bet, which Gomes called. Sullivan rolled over for a pair of jacks, but it was no good against the of Gomes. The Brazilian pro chipped up to 41K on the hand.
Pat Pezzin opened under the gun for 343 and received calls from Dag Palovic and Alexandre "Allingomes" Gomes in the small and big blinds respectively. When the flop came down , action checked to Pezzin, who bet 725. Both his opponents made the call and watched as the hit the turn. All three players checked, leading to the river.
Palovic took the initiative and bet 1,200, but Gomes quickly popped it to 2,980. Pezzin got out of the way and Palovic made the call, only to muck when Gomes rolled over for a straight. The Slovakian pro dropped to 7,557 after the hand.
Four players, including Adam "Roothlus" Levy, committed 450 each to see a flop.
It was checked around, landing the on the turn. Taking a stab at the pot was "tro13" with a bet of 900. Only Levy called, landing the on the river. The bet was1,650 to Levy and he called with , besting his opponent's .
After "rickv17" min-raised to 400 from middle position, Fredrik "H@££INGGOL" Halling shoved for 4,987. Action folded back to "rickv17" who called with .
Halling tabled for the same hand, but made a flush when the board ran out to survive.
You probably recognize the name Andy Beal from the book, The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King by esteemed poker author Michael Craig. Unfortunately, the man who goes by the moniker "RealAndyBeal" is not the rich Texan who took on poker's best in what some have called the biggest game ever played; instead, it is high-stakes regular Niki Jedlicka, who has decided to take a break from the ring games for a shot at WCOOP glory.
In a recent hand, "faith8" opened for 500 in early position and was met with a three-bet to 1,234 by Jedlicka. Action folded back to faith8, who made the call. The flop saw faith8 check-call a bet of 1,632, leading to the turn. Once again faith8 check-called a bet, this time 3,669, and the was put out on the river. Jedlicka fired out 6,622 after his opponent checked, which faith8 called. Jedlicka revealed for top pair with top kicker, and it was good enough to collect the 26,839 pot.
Four players committed 450 each to see a flop of , which "huge.fishh" bet 1,200 after action checked to him. Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin was the only player to make the call, leading to the turn. Huge.fishh led out for 2,600, Ramdin called, and the appeared on the river. Again Ramdin simply called a bet, this time 7,800, only to much when huge.fishh rolled over for sixes full of fives. Ramdin was knocked down to just 6,500 after the hand.
William "Altrum Altus" Reynolds raised to 480 in the cutoff and watched as "kmichael14" three-bet to 1,260 in the small blind.
A call from Reynolds landed a flop which "kmichael14" bet 1,240 at. Reynolds called and the hit the turn. This time "kmichael14" fired 3,123. Another call from Reynolds resulted in the river which "kmichael14" checked. Reynolds took his time before betting 5,250, but "kmichael14" came over the top with an all-in raise for 14,218.
Reynolds called with for trips with top kicker, but it was second best to "kmichael14's" for a full house.
Just before the break, Bryn Kenney won a big pot to take over second place in chips.
The action started with "amatos" min-raising to 400 under the gun. Kenney called in middle position, and the blinds came along as well. The flop came down and it was checked to "amatos" who bet 999. Kenney called, as did "cooltwister" from the small blind, leading to the turn. Another check to "amatos" resulted in a bet of 1,999.
Kenney raised to 5,888, forcing a fold from "cooltwister". Happy to see Kenney raise, "amatos" re-raised to 12,888. After a few moments Kenney called with the hitting the river. "amatos" shoved for 20,872 with and Kenny snapclick-called with , besting the of "amatos".
flop, leading to the 
turn. At this point, Sullivan bet 2,150, Gomes called, and the 
peeled off on the river.
for a pair of jacks, but it was no good against the 
of Gomes. The Brazilian pro chipped up to 41K on the hand.
hit the turn. All three players checked, leading to the 
river.
flop.
.
for the same hand, but made a flush when the board ran out 
flop saw faith8 check-call a bet of 1,632, leading to the 
was put out on the river. Jedlicka fired out 6,622 after his opponent checked, which faith8 called. Jedlicka revealed 
turn. Huge.fishh led out for 2,600, Ramdin called, and the 
appeared on the river. Again Ramdin simply called a bet, this time 7,800, only to much when huge.fishh rolled over 
for sixes full of fives. Ramdin was knocked down to just 6,500 after the hand.
flop which "kmichael14" bet 1,240 at. Reynolds called and the 
for trips with top kicker, but it was second best to "kmichael14's" 
and it was checked to "amatos" who bet 999. Kenney called, as did "cooltwister" from the small blind, leading to the 
of "amatos".