We found Kenny Milam pondering his action on the river against Christina Brewer. The board showed and Brewer had checked to him. Milam bet 6,100 and Brewer called after some short thought.
Milam sheepishly tabled for ace high and Brewer was visibly shaken by his cards. She turned up and said, "I knew you had nothing."
A short stacked player opened the betting by moving all in for 3,550. Tim Finne called and the rest of the table folded. Finne flipped over and was ahead of the short stack's .
The flop came with the following on the turn. Unfortunately for Finne, the struck the river, scoring a double up for his opponent. Finne is still sitting on a nice stack of around 60,000, however.
We were on our way back to the media desk when a hand between Rex Clinkscales and Hung Truong was developing. The board read , Truong had checked and Clinkscales bet something in the neighborhood of 2,400. Truong check-raised to a little over 6,000 and Clinkscales called. The river brought the and Truong bet 5,000. Clinkscales wasted little time calling and Truong sighed and said, "You got it."
Mike Macchia opened to 900 from the cutoff and Ari Engel was the lone caller from the big blind. The flop hit , Engel checked and Macchia bet 1,600. Engel called to see the turn. Engel led with 2,400 and Macchia called. The river brought the , Engel checked and Macchia bet 10,000.
Engel thought for a moment but then kicked his cards back to the dealer.
With the flop reading , the player in the big blind checked, and a short stacked player in the cutoff moved all in for 6,775. Craig Bergeron raised from the button, causing the big blind player to call off for his tournament life as well.
Bergeron:
Big Blind:
Cutoff:
The turn and river came , leaving the player in the big blind with merely a pair of jacks against the aces of the other two. Bergeron and the cutoff chopped the main pot while Bergeron took a small side pot from the elimination of the player in the big blind.
Tripp Kirk is fresh off winning the WSOPC Main Event St. Louis and was gunning to be the first player to win back-to-back Main Events. That dream just fell short as we saw Kirk pack up his things and leave the tournament area.
Hung Truong limped in middle position, Peter Mavro raised to 1,125 and Jamie Kerstetter called from the small blind. Truong called to see the flop fall . Kerstetter and Truong checeked and Mavro bet 2,150. Kerstetter got out of the way and Truong called.
The turn came and both players checked. The river came and both players checked again. Mavro tabled and Truong flipped over pocket deuces to take the hand.
After five limps and a completion from the small blind, Dennis Phillips peered down at his cards in the big blind and raised to 2,400. Action folded around to Charles Moore who was the only player to call.
The flop came . After a brief moment, Phillips checked and Moore quickly pushed his short stack all in. Phillips called just as quick as Moore's push, and tabled . Moore, however, had flopped a set, holding .
Fourth and fifth street came and and just like that Moore was able to score a double up. Phillips on the other hand, could only shake his head.
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and Brewer had checked to him. Milam bet 6,100 and Brewer called after some short thought.
for ace high and Brewer was visibly shaken by his cards. She turned up 
and said, "I knew you had nothing."
and was ahead of the short stack's 
.
with the 
following on the turn. Unfortunately for Finne, the 
struck the river, scoring a double up for his opponent. Finne is still sitting on a nice stack of around 60,000, however.
and Truong bet 5,000. Clinkscales wasted little time calling and Truong sighed and said, "You got it."
turn. Engel led with 2,400 and Macchia called. The river brought the 
, leaving the player in the big blind with merely a pair of jacks against the aces of the other two. Bergeron and the cutoff chopped the main pot while Bergeron took a small side pot from the elimination of the player in the big blind.
. Kerstetter and Truong checeked and Mavro bet 2,150. Kerstetter got out of the way and Truong called.
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and just like that Moore was able to score a double up. Phillips on the other hand, could only shake his head.
