Brian Devonshire was all in preflop with and was called by an opponent holding . The Q-T-7 flop brought no help for Devonshire and the ace on the turn that made his opponent's set left him drawing thinner. The river was a five and Devonshire headed to the rail.
Kathy Liebert was all in preflop against two opponents with . The board ran out , giving Liebert a runner-runner six-high straight for the high and A-2-3-4-6 for the low.
On a board of , the UTG player moved all in for 1,650 and George Danzer went into the tank for several minutes before calling. Danzer showed for a queen-high flush while his opponent tabled for the nut flush and the second nut low. The river was the and Danzer's opponent dragged the pot.
"Arrrrrr!" Danzer groaned as the pot was shipped across the table. He was down to 11,800 after the hand.
The Poker Pavillion can never quite get to a comfortable temperature. Though it's usually on the steamy side in here, with the rapid elimination of nearly half the field, the temperature has dropped to a level that has caused many a player to zip their jackets up around their necks... and Chad Brown just asked us if the gift shop sells WSOP commemorative gloves.
Until today, Steve ‘whitealroker’ Bent played in only $1, $2, and $3 Omaha tournaments online. After telling some friends on his favorite Internet poker forum, PocketFives.com, that he wanted to play in the WSOP, they told him they would help him out. 25 guys from the forum got together the money and Steve is in the field in today’s $1,500 Pot-limit Omaha Hi-Lo event.