Tom Midena was all in with a very short stack when we arrived at Table 15, but he was ahead with against the of Adam Lamphere. The dealer spread a flop of .
"Good flop for you," Lamphere said.
A was bad on the turn though, as it gave Lamphere a straight draw, which he hit on the river.
Midena headed for the reentry desk to fire his last allotted bullet.
We found Sam De Silva tanking against an all-in wager of 19,350 from an opponent on a flop. De Silva thought for a couple of minutes and tossed in a call.
De Silva:
Opponent:
De Silva was far in front, and the and run out cemented it for him.
"You know why I called you?" De Silva said. "You bluffed me two years ago."
His opponent protested that she thought she had flopped a set of twos and hadn't known she was bluffing.
Kou Vang opened for 2,000 and was called by Peter Ruskiewicz, and John Hayes shoved all in from the button for 12,600. Vang shoved over that after the blinds folded, forcing Ruskiewicz out.
Vang:
Hayes:
Vang was dominated, and he found no help on the board, doubling his fellow Minnesotan up and leaving Vang in the danger zone with less than 15 big blinds.
Mike Mustafa just busted Mike Holm when he nailed a set of sixes on the river against Holm's . We didn't see when the money went in, but Holm stormed out when he heard the words "I got lucky" from Mustafa.
In one of the last hands at the previous level, Matt Kirby bet 16,700 on the end from the big blind. The board had come , and Lazar cut out calling chips. He took some time with the decision, repeatedly cutting a stack before tossing out a single chip to indicate a call.