With on the board, Mark Vos bet out 300 from middle position, Andy Black raised to 800 from late position, the cut-off called and Vos folded. The came on the turn, Black bet 2,000, his opponent raised all-in for 3,350 and Black called. Black turned over and his opponent showed , for a flopped set. The river was a and Black's aces were cracked. After the hand, Black was down to 2,800.
And we mean this literally--after raising to 1,000 on the button Gowan and another player saw a flop. The other player moved in for his last 1,500 and Gowan kissed her chips before tossing them into the pot. And that's when she learned her opponent flopped top pair with to take the lead against Clonie's pocket Queens. She didn't catch a Queen on the turn or river and lost a big chunk of her stack.
Pre-flop, Amir Vahedi calls for 100 and Joe Sebok raises it to 450. Vahedi checks the flop of . Sebok bets out 600 and Vahedi calls. The turn is a and Sebok bets out 1600 and Vahedi calls. Vahedi goes all-in on the river and Sebok calls. Sebok shows and Vahedi mucks.
Freddy Deeb just lost a small pot when he called a short-stack's all-in bet with . The other player had pocket Kings, they held up, and the other player doubled up.
Not that this hand was entirely responsible, but Deeb is playing today with a bottle of Tylenol Extra-Strength capsules on the table.
Chris McCormacks' pocket kings looked pretty good, after a flop of . McCormack pushed all-in and one player called. McCormack turned over and his opponent showed . So far, so good. The turn was a harmless , but the on the river gave his opponent trip eights, cracked McCormacks' kings and sent him home for the day.
After a flop Shannon bet 275 from the small blind and Mark Heid called in the big blind. The player under-the-gun popped it to 2000, Shannon moved all-in and Heid and the orignal bettor quickly called.
Their hands? Elizabeth flopped a flush with . The UTG player flopped a flush with . And the smooth-calling Heid? Yes, he held the nut flush with . He now sits with 18,000 chips and Elizabeth is done for the day.
Minh Ly raised pre-flop and got it all in after the flop of , trying to protect his . But Mueller's caught two more running clubs () for a runner-runner flush. Mueller is up to 9800 chips.
The 2005 World Champion has just made his first appearance at the 2007 World Series of Poker. Joe Hachem has just taken his seat at Table 38...just as we're about to go on break.
Just before the break, Erik Seidel pushed all-in from the button with and a player in middle position called with pocket kings. The board came and Seidel took the pot with a full house.