An under-the-gun player raised to 1,600 and Brandon Cantu flatted on the button. THe flop came down and the first player checked to Cantu. He fired 3,125 and was check-raised to 8,500. Cantu made the call.
The turn was the and the first player fired 12,000. Cantu made the call again.
The river was the and Cantu shoved in after his opponent fired 20,000. The player quickly made the call and the big pot was chopped up when both players rolled over for top two pair.
Layne Flack is demonstrating excellent control over his table right now. He's built up a tournament-leading stack and is using it to put his opponents to the test. Flack took a heads-up flop of in position against Justin Bonomo. Bonomo checked and then called 3,500.
The turn came . Bonomo checked again, drawing a bet of 10,000 from Flack. This time Bonomo gave his decision a longer thought before tossing in a call. That call left Bonomo with roughly 12,000 behind.
The dealer produced the as the river card. Bonomo checked a third time, then snap-folded to Flack's bet of 20,000.
That pot pushed Flack up to 165,000. Bonomo, down to 12,000 after the hand, went out just a few moments later.
Doug Lee has been cruising merrily along so far today, having amassed roughly 100,000 chips. But it isn't all sunshine and gum drops for Lee. With 6,500 chips already in the middle, he bet 3,100 on a board. His lone opponent raised to 9,100, a raise Lee quickly called. His opponent turned over for a rivered set of jacks. Lee slowly shook his head several times and then paid off the raise. He pitched his cards in to the dealer face up, revealing for a flopped set of eights.
This year's WSOP Circuit Caesars Las Vegas Main Event attracted 150 entrants and created a prizepool of $717,500. The top 18 spots will be paid out with the winner taking home a juicy first-place prize of $190,137. A min-cash will earn you $12,556. Along with the money, the winner will take capture a gold championship ring and an entry to the 2010 WSOP Main Event worth $10,000.
It's game over for James "mig.com" Mackey. On his final hand, Mackey was in the big blind with . A player opened from middle position with a raise and was called by the cutoff and the button. Mackey moved all in for 19,125 total and must have known he was in serious trouble hen the original raiser called without much thought. Mackey had one live overcard against his opponent's . He didn't hit it. The board ran out to chase Mackey from the tournament.
A player checked the flop of to recent WPT Championship winner David Williams and he fired 2,200. His opponent called.
The turn brought the and the player checked to Williams again. He fired a bet of 3,500 this time and was called.
The river was the and both players checked. Williams mucked when he saw his opponent turn up the and dropped back to 30,000.
Williams took down Eric Baldwin heads up to win the WPT Championship just a few days ago and is now amongst the short list of players who own a WSOP bracelet and have won the WPT Championship.
Tony Dunst just had his aces cracked by Doug Lee's . Lee made a straight on a board of -X to crack Dunst's aces and send him to the rail. Lee now has over 75,000 chips.
Here's a video from today of our very own Lynn Gilmartin asking Dunst how he feels about being kicked out of his favorite country Australia.
Some pot are winners; some pots are losers. Steve O'Dwyer tried to build himself a big winner by three-betting to 4,300 from the small blind after a player opened in middle position for 1,000 and was called by a second player. O'Dwyer's re-raise got past the original raiser, but the caller called a second time. An ace-high flop was the end of the hand. O'Dwyer tapped the felt in a check; then quickly folded to a bet of 5,000 from his opponent.