Dan Casetts earlier said he thought Diego Sanchez might be luckier than Casetta himself. Casetta certainly caught a good piece of luck against Cary Katz just now. Casetta opened pre-flop to 8,000, with Katz calling from the big blind. Both players checked a king-high flop, . When the turn fell and Katz checked again, Casetta tried a bet of 13,500. Katz called.
The river was a third Broadway card the . Katz checked a third time, then snap-called a bet of 30,000. Casetta turned over for the rivered nuts, much to Katz's disgust. Katz flashed for top two pair and then paid off the bet.
Donnie Peters
Gary Friedlander raised under the gun to 9,400 and Jeff Roper called from middle position. The two players took a flop of and Friedlander fired 10,200. Roper folded and Friedlander tabled the for almost a royal flush having flopped all clubs.
On one of the other tables, Matt Stout raised from under the gun to 8,000 and Cary Katz called on the button. After a flop of , Stout fired 14,000. Katz took his time and then raised to 30,000, which got Stout to lay his hand down.
Donnie Peters
The staff here at Caesars has announced that they do hand-for-hand play a little differently than most other places. Each hand is played and no matter how long the hand takes, two minutes will be taken off the clock per hand. If each table finishes their hand without seeing a flop, only one minute will be taken off.
"This is really close," said James Carroll. He had opened his button for 8,000 in front of Randal Flowers, who moved all in from the small blind for 109,000. Carroll thought it over for about a minute, then firmly announced, "Call." Flowers showed and was against Carroll's . Carroll paired aces on the flop and faded the remaining jacks on the turn and river.
Flowers leaves the tournament in 20th place, two places short of the money. The tournament is now playing hand-for-hand, with two minutes taken off the clock for each hand played. The next player eliminated will be the last one to leave without any cash.
Lynn Gilmartin caught up with Flowers on the dinner break to chat about his upcoming first WSOP experience:
"I couldn't believe I woke up with this either," said Matt Stout as he opened . Stout had raised the button to 8,000, then moved all in after big blind Diego Sanchez re-raised to 22,000. Stout had Sanchez well covered when Sanchez called all for 102,000 with .
Stout flipped his hand into the muck in resignation after the dealer produced a board of to give Sanchez a pair of tens and the winning hand. He's up to about 210,000, while Stout fell to about 165,000.
Donnie Peters
James Carroll raised from the button and made it 8,000 to go. In the small blind, Randall Flowers made the call. The action was then checked by both players all the way to the river as the board ran out . Flowers checked the river and Carroll fired a tiny 4,000, barely more than the minimum. Flowers couldn't even call that little of a bet and mucked.
Donnie Peters
Matt Stout raised to 8,000 from middle position and Steve O'Dwyer flatted in the cutoff seat. Diego Sanchez was in the small blind and moved all in for 49,000 total. Stout folded, but O'Dwyer made the call. He held two nines and had the of Sanchez dominated.
The board ran out and Sanchez counterfeited O'Dwyer's nines to double up.
Donnie Peters
Dan Casetta just sent the last lady home when his pocket nines went on to make a straight to eliminate the lady who held . All of the money was in preflop and Casetta made a straight on the turn.