With 5,000 in the pot and a flop of , Fred Roll checked from the small blind and watched Will "Monkey" Souther moved all in for 10,000. Roll, who was sitting on a big stack, thought long and hard before making the call.
"Good call," Souther said before tabling .
"I don't know if it was a good call or not," Roll responded and then revealed . No sooner had Roll's cards hit the table than the dealer burned and turned the . The table reacted sharply while Souther stared at the bored in disbelief. The ended up blanking on the river and Souther collected his things before making a quick exit from the tournament floor.
We're not sure how 1986 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Berry Johnston got so short, but we do know that he just survived an all in.
We caught the action with three players in the hand with 4,000 in the middle. Johnston had shoved for his last 1,725 from the big blind, an early-position player folded, and a player in middle position made the call.
Johnston:
Opponent:
Johnston got it in good and was looking to dodge overs, which is exactly what he did as both the turn and river blanked for his opponent.
We've recently spotted "The Original" David Baker in the field today. Baker, known to some as "ODB," has around 30,000 chips, and this past summer he won his first and only World Series of Poker bracelet.
It came in Event #37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix, where he bested Greg Mueller heads up for the cash and the hardware. Joining Baker and Mueller at the final table were notables Kevin Calenzo, Konstantin Puchkov, and Chris Viox.
Ironically enough, David "Bakes" Baker won a bracelet three days before ODB did, adding to the confusion between the two.
We just lost the defending champ of this event, Abraham Araya.
We didn't see the hand when it happened, but Matt Lawrence and Doug "Rico" Carli were kind enough to fill us in on the details. According to them, Araya moved all in under the gun for 6,150 with and received a call from the player in the small blind, who held the paltry .
The flop looked good for Araya as he made two pair, but running clubs on the turn and river gave his opponent a flush. Araya may have fallen here in Flight A, but we expect he'll fire a second bullet tomorrow in Flight B.
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, Fred Roll checked from the small blind and watched Will "Monkey" Souther moved all in for 10,000. Roll, who was sitting on a big stack, thought long and hard before making the call.
.
. No sooner had Roll's cards hit the table than the dealer burned and turned the 
. The table reacted sharply while Souther stared at the bored in disbelief. The 
ended up blanking on the river and Souther collected his things before making a quick exit from the tournament floor.
for nines and sevens.
and received a call from the player in the small blind, who held the paltry 
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flop looked good for Araya as he made two pair, but running clubs on the turn and river gave his opponent a flush. Araya may have fallen here in Flight A, but we expect he'll fire a second bullet tomorrow in Flight B.
