A group of media reps surrounded one table that featured a big hand with Davidson Matthew, Alex Jacob, and David "The Dragon" Pham. On a flop of , Jacob and Pham both checked. Matthew moved all in for 18.2K and stood up. Jacob called and Matthew whirled around and quietly muttered, "Tough luck." The Dragon peeked at his cards and eventually mucked. Jacob tabled while Matthew flipped over . He gahered his things together ready to leave. The fell on the turn and the spiked on the river to give Matthew runner-runner trips. A disgusted Jacob shook his head as the dealer shoved a pot worth close to 40K to Matthew.
The board is ; the betting has been small but now the other player (Miami John Cernuto) bets 6K into a 6K pot. The was the turn card.
You (David Williams) have a short chat with no one in particular and make the call. The river is and Miami John pushes for his remaining 20,700, you have a Queen and a big kicker. What do you do?
David Williams had a long thought and a bit more conversation before calling and mucking when Miami John showed .
On a board of , Weinraub bet 5K and Gold re-raised to 12K. He was trying to get Adam Weinraub to call his bet.
"I could be lying," Gold said as he stood up. "I'm not going to tell you if I'm bluffing."
Weinraub moved all-in and Gold quickly called as he shouted, "Yes!"
He flipped over for the nuts as Weinraub showed for a set. That hand put Gold up to 100K. WPT Invitational winner Adam Weinraub headed to the rail. Weinraub had promised 20% of his winnings to charity.
Jamie Gold and Phil Hellmuth have just shaken hands on this prop bet: Phil owes Jamie $5K if Jamie makes it to the end of today's play. Jamie owes Phil $15K if Jamie busts out today.
After making the bet Hellmuth tossed Gold a $5K chip.
Joe Sebok
Joe Sebok just caught some bad luck that wasn't entirely due to the cards. The last player to act after the flop made a confusing action, which the dealer interpreted as a check. As the dealer put out the turn card, the player protested, saying he was going to bet. A floorperson was called over, and it was decided to burn that card and deal a fresh turn card after the player acted.
Unfortunately for Mr. Sebok, the new turn card gave Victor Ramdin trips, and with betting the rest of the way, Sebok ended up losing a large pot, dropping down to 41,000. Ramdin has about 53,000.
, Jacob and Pham both checked. Matthew moved all in for 18.2K and stood up. Jacob called and Matthew whirled around and quietly muttered, "Tough luck." The Dragon peeked at his cards and eventually mucked. Jacob tabled 
while Matthew flipped over 
. He gahered his things together ready to leave. The 
fell on the turn and the 
spiked on the river to give Matthew runner-runner trips. A disgusted Jacob shook his head as the dealer shoved a pot worth close to 40K to Matthew.
; the betting has been small but now the other player (Miami John Cernuto) bets 6K into a 6K pot. The 
and Miami John pushes for his remaining 20,700, you have a Queen and a big kicker. What do you do?
.
, Weinraub bet 5K and Gold re-raised to 12K. He was trying to get Adam Weinraub to call his bet.
for the nuts as Weinraub showed 
for a set. That hand put Gold up to 100K. WPT Invitational winner Adam Weinraub headed to the rail. Weinraub had promised 20% of his winnings to charity.
