The board read , and John Myung moved all in with about 1,000 in the pot. He got insta-called by his opponent. Myung turned over , but his opponent revealed . Luckily for Myung, he had already built up some chips, and is back down to just under the 4,000 starting stack,
With the board reading , Barny trapped his opponent to get all the money in the middle. The player turned over for top pair, and Barny turned over for two pair. The turn came the , but the river was a Queen, giving his opponent two pair, and knocking Barny to under 2,000 in chips.
JC Tran is down to about 2,000 after losing about a 7,000-chip pot when his opponent made two pair on the river. The board was . JC's opponent turned over , and JC mucked.
Minneapolis Jim Meehan is in fine voice today. As I passed by the table, he was recounting a game where one of the players was discussing a certain unsafe sexual practice in Thailand. As I tried to run past, he grabbed my arm and said, "Wait. You have to hear how this ends." My guess was badly - so I fled. His tablemates, including Alan Sass, looked jealous at my ability to leave the table.
Table 75, former host to Andy Black, Johnny Chan, Harry Demetriou, and Amnon Filippi has broken. Filippi, who finished a stunning 4th in the $50K HORSE event, was found reliving some of those final table hands with his new tablemate, TJ Cloutier.
Rafe Furst has a guy playing next to him that wants to chip up or go home, as he is in the 7 Card Stud tournament with a lot of chips. The gentleman, Harry, just got it all in against Rafe holding 5 8 offsuit against Rafe's pocket Kings. Rafe's Kings held up, and he is back up - to about 4,500.