After a strong start in this event, with her stack closing in on 20K after the first couple of levels, Erica Schoenberg has taken a couple of hits. On this latest hand, Schoenberg raised from UTG and got one caller from middle position. The flop was . Schoenberg bet out 2,000 and her opponent immediately moved all in, sitting back in his chair and taking a sip of water. Schoenberg looked positively nauseous as she mucked her cards and turned up the volume on her pink iPod.
After a flop of A-K-2 a player was unfortunate to be holding A-2 when Sabyl Cohen had Aces. They ended up with all the money in the middle and Cohen was able to build her stack up to 26,000.
There were 2,315 players in today's $1,500 No-Limit Hold-Em tournament, creating a total prize pool of $3,159,975. The top 198 finishers will cash, with those who just make it just past the bubble taking home $3,476. The winner of today's event will win $603,069.
On a final board of , J.C. Tran turned up for the flush and his all-in opponent slammed the on the table, having flopped a set. Tran dragged the pot and increased his stack to 15,500.
With the board showing , William Thorsson bet out 3,000, and his opponent moved in for about another 2,000. Thorsson calls and shows , and his opponent shows . The falls, and Thorsson is up to about 27,000 in chips.
With the board reading Shannon Shorr moved all-in holding . His opponent called with , and the on the river wasn't one of the many outs Shorr was counting on.
After raising in middle position with pocket Nines, Erica Schoenberg called when the small blind raised for 7,000 in total. She trailed the other player's pocket Queens and never caught up, chopping her stack down to 3,500.
David Williams bet 1,200 under-the-gun and three players called. The flop came . Williams bet out 2,500 and one player called. They both checked the on the turn. Williams bet 4,000 after the came on the river and his opponent called. Williams showed for a set, his opponent mucked his cards, and Williams raked in a nice pot.
A middle position player raises to 800, the player in the hijack calls and Isaac Haxton calls from the cutoff. The flop is . The MP player checks, the hijack checks, Haxton bets 1,500, the MP player min-raises another 1,500, the hijack folds, and Haxton goes into the tank.
"What I'm thinking about is whether you have aces, kings, or the A-K of hearts" Haxton declared.
Haxton mucked and his opponent flipped over pocket sevens. Haxton was down to 4,500 after the hand.