David Steicke found himself in a heads-up pot on a flop of . Steicke had to act first and checked to the player immediately on his left. That player bet 2,000; Steicke check-raised to 6,000. It didn't take long for his opponent to call. Steicke tanked for about a minute when the turn paired before betting 7,000. His opponent moved all in. Steicke quickly said, "I call, I call."
Showdown
Steicke: , sevens full of nines
Opponent: , aces and nines
The board blanked out to ship Steicke a double-up to 44,000.
That's it for Dennis Phillips. He opened with a standard pre-flop raise that was called by only one person. On a rainbow flop of , Phillips continued for half-pot after his opponent checked. That player called to see a jack hit the turn. With first action, Phillips' opponent led out. Phillips raised, then called all in with , the second nuts, after his opponent shoved. Phillips' opponent, it turned out, had the nuts with . That left Phillips looking for a board pair on the river that didn't come.
James Van Alstyne put in the first raise pre-flop to 700. He was called in position by Andrew Moreno and by the player in the cutoff. Van Alstyne and Moreno both checked a ten-high flop, . The cutoff player took the opportunity to bet 1,275 into the 2600-chip pot. Van Alstyne went for a check-raise to 4,000 that folded Moreno. The cutoff thought things over, then shoved for 17,775 total. Van Alstyne tanked for about a minute before sliding his cards towards the dealer.
"Hollywood" Dave Stann is one of two players in today's field decked out in UB patches (Brandon Cantu is the other). So far it seems like Stann is encountering little difficulty at his table. He opened a recent pot to 725 behind one limper, then took the pot down on a flop with a single bet.
No word if anyone at Stann's table has asked him about the latest controversy -- the DOJ indictments -- in which his sponsoring site finds itself embroiled.
Vegas local Rob "veeRob" Perelman is in the field today. He recently noted that his table had come up with a solution to replace online poker. It involves distributing PokerPro electronic tables all across the country and then networking them together. Perelman's table calls their innovation "on-live poker". They table is already trying to raise seed capital.
"You got a million bucks I could have?" Perelman asked.
We were expecting lots of fireworks in a hand between David Levi (early position) and Steve Billirakis (late position) that was three-bet pre-flop. Yet both players checked down the and the turn. When the river came , Levi's bet of 2,500 was enough to fold out Billirakis and claim the pot.
Chris Amaral is here. And now the whole tournament room knows it.
"STEVE BILLIRAKIS!" Amaral shouted across the room. "MISTER SMOKEY BUD!"
Billirakis, seated at a table in the center of the room, shook his head but did not acknowledge Amaral. Amaral, not having yet seen Billirakis, tried again.
"STEVE BILLIRAKIS! MISTER SMOKEY'S HERE!" he shouted. Again, a slight shake of the head from Billirakis.
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. Steicke had to act first and checked to the player immediately on his left. That player bet 2,000; Steicke check-raised to 6,000. It didn't take long for his opponent to call. Steicke tanked for about a minute when the turn paired 
before betting 7,000. His opponent moved all in. Steicke quickly said, "I call, I call."
, sevens full of nines
, aces and nines
, Phillips continued for half-pot after his opponent checked. That player called to see a jack hit the turn. With first action, Phillips' opponent led out. Phillips raised, then called all in with 
. That left Phillips looking for a board pair on the river that didn't come.
. The cutoff player took the opportunity to bet 1,275 into the 2600-chip pot. Van Alstyne went for a check-raise to 4,000 that folded Moreno. The cutoff thought things over, then shoved for 17,775 total. Van Alstyne tanked for about a minute before sliding his cards towards the dealer.
flop with a single bet.
turn. When the river came 
, Levi's bet of 2,500 was enough to fold out Billirakis and claim the pot.
