While perusing around the tournament room, we noticed that there is a big stack (70,000 chips) on Table 29. There was no one sitting there at first, yet without needing to ask, one of the players gave us the scoop.
According to the player at the table, Mark Farrar and an opponent were heads up on a board of . Farrar, who called bets on both the flop and turn, was faced with a bet of 5,000 on the river. Intending to call, he fumbled two oversized chips across the betting line.
The floor was called, and they ruled that Farrar would have to at least put in a minimum raise of 10,000. He did so begrudgingly, and his opponent apologized before moving all in.
Farrar tanked for over a minute, then called. His opponent "only had a pair of deuces," while Farrar tabled two tens.
After his fortuitous mistake, Farrar now sits with one of the larger stacks in the room.
After a player had limped in the hijack, Will "Monkey" Souther raised to 1,175 from the cutoff. The button then called, the blinds folded, and the limper got out of the way. That made it heads-up action to the flop, which came down .
Both players checked, as they did on the turn, and the peeled off on the river. The button then tabled . "I didn't check the river," Souther stated. Indeed, he hadn't; nonetheless, Souther mucked his hand and said, "I don't want to be a douche [by betting."
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.
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'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.
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. Farrar, who called bets on both the flop and turn, was faced with a bet of 5,000 on the river. Intending to call, he fumbled two oversized chips across the betting line.
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turn, and the 
peeled off on the river. The button then tabled 
. "I didn't check the river," Souther stated. Indeed, he hadn't; nonetheless, Souther mucked his hand and said, "I don't want to be a douche [by betting."
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.
