"You called me with THAT!"
Phil Hellmuth raised to 400 from the button and the big blind called. The flop was . Hellmuth led out for 500 and the big blind called. The turn was the . Hellmuth bet 500 and the big blind called again. The river was the . Hellmuth checked and the big blind checked behind. Hellmuth showed K-9 for top pair, but the big blind turned over the lowly 3-6 for two pair.
Naturally, Phil was thrilled with his opponent's play.
Eric Froelich raises from the button and two other players move in for slightly more than his bet. He calls and offers pocket Queens. Amazingly, both players have Aces and they hold up!
Jean-Robert Bellande raised 425 from the small blind and the cut-off called. The flop came . Bellande checked, his opponent bet 425, Bellande re-raised 1000 more and his opponent folded. Bellande smiled and said, "Good lay-down."
Nursing a short stack, Dan Alspach and two other players saw a flop of . The small blind checked and Alspach, in the big blind, bet 1450. The player UTG raised the pot and both the small blind and Alspach called. The small blind had for the flopped straight, the UTG player had for the set, and Alspach held for the flush draw. The appeared on the turn and when the board didn't pair Alspach's flush tripled him up.
On the very next hand Alspach got all his chips in against the player who'd just lost with the set of Tens. This time he had pocket Queens, which didn't match up well against Alspach's pocket Aces. The board bricked out and, just like that, Dan Alspach is up to 17,100.
Jean-Robert is on a roll. He has come over to the table three times in the last ten minutes to update his chip count. Each time another win and more chips.
Up to 20,500 now.