We walked up to a board of , with quite a few chips in the middle, Matt Solomon with a huge stack pushed all in and Denny Robinson contemplating the call. Robinson did eventually make the call and his was cruelly crushed by the pocket jacks of Solomon. Solomon crossed the 100K threshold while Robinson is down to 24,000.
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After a player in early position opened for 600, Ken Payne called from the button and Mike Ermie came along from the big blind to make it three-way action to the flop. Ermie was first to act and led out for 900, which prompted the original raiser to fold. Payne opted to make the call and the two watched the appear on the turn.
Ermie bet again, this time 2,500, and again Payne just called. When the completed the board on the river, Ermie fired out 6,000 and Payne insta-mucked.
"Well, there goes the first bullet," World Series of Poker bracelet winner and HPT champ Adam Friedman said, marking the first time he's ever busted a MSPT event.
We missed the hand, but Friedman was kind enough to fill us in on the details. According to him he raised to 1,000 under the gun with and Ken Payne three-bet to 2,500 from the button. Friedman responded with a four-bet to 5,200, Payne called (even though he said he knew Friedman had aces... at least according to Friedman), and the flop came down with two diamonds.
Both players checked, and then Friedman put out a bet on the turn. Payne called and ended up moving all in after Friedman checked when a second appeared on the river. Friedman called off with his aces and kings, but it was no good as Payne had gotten extremely luck to make trips with .
Friedman said he'll be back, though he's not sure if he'll jump in later tonight or wait until tomorrow. Time will tell.
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, with quite a few chips in the middle, Matt Solomon with a huge stack pushed all in and Denny Robinson contemplating the call. Robinson did eventually make the call and his 
flop. Ermie was first to act and led out for 900, which prompted the original raiser to fold. Payne opted to make the call and the two watched the 
appear on the turn.
completed the board on the river, Ermie fired out 6,000 and Payne insta-mucked.
with two diamonds.
turn. Payne called and ended up moving all in after Friedman checked when a second 
appeared on the river. Friedman called off with his aces and kings, but it was no good as Payne had gotten extremely luck to make trips with 
