Los Angeles Poker Pro Frankie O'Dell and Circuit regular Aaron Massey are two players that are on the positive side of their starting stacks to start this day 1 flight, and both players tangled in a recent pot.
We caught the action three handed on the turn, with the board reading . Action checked to O'Dell who bet out 1,600 into a pot of about 2,500. Massey called in the small blind, and the other player folded. The river brought the , and both players quickly checked. O'Dell showed for two pair, and Massey mucked. Both players were left with nearly identical stacks after the hand.
The room got a whole lot less pretty with Baker's elimination.
We saw four players go to a flop of and Brian Bumpis bet 2,100 from under the gun. Two players got out of the way and Amanda Baker raised to 8,500. Bumpis verified the raise with the dealer and then announced all in. Baker called and was at risk of elimination.
Baker:
Bumpis:
Baker was behind but had plenty of outs to draw to and the turn was not one of them. The river also bricked when it came and Baker was eliminated.
When we walked up to Jeff Madsen's table, we saw that he was involved in a huge pot. We missed the action that led up to it, but here is what we gathered. Madsen was one of three players that saw a flop of . The button was all in for 4,500 in chips, and Madsen, who was next to act, had 9100 chips out there, leading us to believe that he had raised. When we got to the table, his opponent had just pushed all in for 17,000 on top. Madsen, who had about 26,000, went deep into the tank. After 2-3 minutes of thought, Madsen reluctantly gave up his hand.
Opponent 1:
Button:
Madsen immediately shook his head in disbelief when he saw his opponents hand, and continued to shake his head as the turn and river came out . We have to assume that Madsen would at least won the giant side pot, but as it is, Madsen will have to make due with his current stack of 26,000, which is above the starting stack.
[user196975]
Owais Ahmed won't find his ring here.
Owais Ahmed fell victim to a blind vs. blind catastrophe. We caught the hand on the turn with the board showing . Stuart Marshak was the small blind and checked. Ahmed bet 2,500 and earned a call. The river came and Marshak checked again. Ahmed bet 5,500 and Marshak moved all in after a couple moments.
Ahmed tanked for a good while and judging by his pained facial expressions he had a very difficult decision. Ahmed finally announced a call and Marshak tabled . Ahmed looked stunned and remained motionless at the table for a few moments before collecting his belongings and leaving.
[user196975]
Just ask Doyle how good Alec Torelli is.
Alec Torelli was up against a lone opponent on the turn with the board showing and he bet 2,400. His opponent said his hand was too good to fold and he tossed in a call. The river brought the and Torelli tossed out 4,000. His opponent said, "I had you until the river. I know you have king queen."
As sure as he was, he didn't fold right away. He counted out a call, then counted out his remaining chips, then counted out what seemed to be a raise and then mixed them all together. He finally folded and told Torelli he was a good player.
Apparently Torelli's opponent is unaware of the Brunson 10 from a couple years ago.
. Action checked to O'Dell who bet out 1,600 into a pot of about 2,500. Massey called in the small blind, and the other player folded. The river brought the 
, and both players quickly checked. O'Dell showed 
for two pair, and Massey mucked. Both players were left with nearly identical stacks after the hand.
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and Brian Bumpis bet 2,100 from under the gun. Two players got out of the way and Amanda Baker raised to 8,500. Bumpis verified the raise with the dealer and then announced all in. Baker called and was at risk of elimination.
turn was not one of them. The river also bricked when it came 
and Baker was eliminated.
. The button was all in for 4,500 in chips, and Madsen, who was next to act, had 9100 chips out there, leading us to believe that he had raised. When we got to the table, his opponent had just pushed all in for 17,000 on top. Madsen, who had about 26,000, went deep into the tank. After 2-3 minutes of thought, Madsen reluctantly gave up his hand.
. Stuart Marshak was the small blind and checked. Ahmed bet 2,500 and earned a call. The river came 
. Ahmed looked stunned and remained motionless at the table for a few moments before collecting his belongings and leaving.
and he bet 2,400. His opponent said his hand was too good to fold and he tossed in a call. The river brought the