Three players saw a flop of including Roland Israel. One player was already all in, and another was battling Israel - who won this event in 2010 and reached the final table last far in 2011 - for a side pot. The two players checked.
The turn was the , and Israel called a 13,000-chip bet from his opponent. The completed the board, and Israel's opponent checked. Without much thought, Israel tossed out 25,000, and his opponent blurted, "Worst card in the deck!"
He mucked, and Israel tabled for Broadway. The all-in opponent mucked - he couldn't beat the nuts - and Israel raked in the pot.
We missed the preflop action but we arrived at the table as three players all tabled their hands. Bobby Bresner, and Eric Ladney were both all in and Josh Brikis called, having them both covered.
Brikis:
Bresner:
Ladney:
The board ran and Brikis knocked out two players and moved up to 126,000.
A middle position player opened for 4,700 and Roland Israel called from the button. The blinds released and the flop came . Both players checked and the turn came . The two checked again and the river was .
Again, both players checked and the original raiser announced, "Ace high."
Israel shrugged and tabled and his opponent mucked.
When we reached Table 67, the flop had already fallen . There were over 70,000 chips in the middle already, and Garry Gates was heads up with Joe "Black" Reddick. Gates had a small stack of grey T5,000 chips in front of him, and Reddick moved all in for effectively 90,000. Gates called.
A total of 250,000 chips were in the middle when the dealer burned and turned the . Reddick's outs to a three were now eliminated - only a diamond would secure the knockout.
The river was the , and Gates gave a hearty fist pump. The dealer counted down his stack to verify the amount, then sent a wave of chips his way.
Frank Vizza opened to 3,500 from middle position, a player in the big blind defended, and the flop fell . The player in the big blind checked, Vizza continued for 5,000, and his opponent check-raised to 12,200. Vizza called.
The turn was another eight - the - and the player in the big blind promptly fired 31,000. Vizza moved all in for less than a true raise, and the player called.
Showdown
Vizza
Opponent
Vizza's opponent was drawing dead, and Vizza is now up over 250,000 chips.
Jeremy Halaska opened for 3,700, Joe "Black" Reddick called from the button and Garry Gates three-bet from the small blind to 11,000. Halaska and Reddick both called and the flop came . Gates led out with 15,000 and Halaska tossed out six grey T5,000 chips for a raise, but didn't verbally declare anything. Reddick folded and action was back on Gates.
Here's where things get a little screwy.
Gates had just over 20,000 behind and tossed one over-sized chip in the middle thinking Halaska had raised enough to put him all in. Gates exposed his hand - - and Halaska turned his cards face up as well - .
Both players and the dealer thought that Gates was all in and the dealer dealt out the turn and river without counting the stacks. The board completed with and then it was realized that Gates had more than 30,000 in font of him.
The floor was called and since nothing was verbalized, the dealer didn't count the stacks and the turn and river were already dealt the floorman ruled that Halaska was only responsible for the 30,000.
Just after being nearly felted Kurt Jewell got all in preflop with two callers. The two active players checked it all the way down and the board showed .
According to the table, on Barry Leventhal's last hand, he was all in and at risk with ace-king on an ace-high flop against an opponent with ace-ten. The turn was a ten, the river was a brick, and Leventhal proceeded to launch his cards in the air.
including Roland Israel. One player was already all in, and another was battling Israel - who won this event in 2010 and reached the final table last far in 2011 - for a side pot. The two players checked.
, and Israel called a 13,000-chip bet from his opponent. The 
completed the board, and Israel's opponent checked. Without much thought, Israel tossed out 25,000, and his opponent blurted, "Worst card in the deck!"
for Broadway. The all-in opponent mucked - he couldn't beat the nuts - and Israel raked in the pot.
and Brikis knocked out two players and moved up to 126,000.
. Both players checked and the turn came 
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and his opponent mucked.
. There were over 70,000 chips in the middle already, and Garry Gates was heads up with Joe "Black" Reddick. Gates had a small stack of grey T5,000 chips in front of him, and Reddick moved all in for effectively 90,000. Gates called.
. Reddick's outs to a three were now eliminated - only a diamond would secure the knockout.
- and the player in the big blind promptly fired 31,000. Vizza moved all in for less than a true raise, and the player called.
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and then it was realized that Gates had more than 30,000 in font of him.
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