Allen Cunningham and David Williams get it all in on a flop. Williams shows for the second nut flush, and Cunningham shows for the nut flush. The turn and river come , and Allen Cunningham is up to 33,000 chips. David Williams invokes his red chip, and gets his last 10,000 chips.
Doyle Brunson was all in on the flop after flopping a set of sixes, his opponent held the nut club draw but missed. Doyle is back to over 22,000 in chips and came straight out raising the pot next hand as well.
One player calls for 200 and is all in, Bill Edler raises and Scotty Nguyen calls in the big blind. Scotty Nguyen checks the flop of and Edler pushes all-in and Nguyen calls.
Nguyen has
Edler has 8-7-6-4
The other player has A-Q-Q-T
There's a young fan watching at the rail who is an autistic savant, his name is Mark Heying. He has a photographic memory and remembers every poker hand he has seen. He is known to Kristy Gazes and she has been taking some of the pros over to say hello in between hands. Daniel Negreanu and Mark shared a laugh over a hand Daniel had played a long time ago and Tony G has been having a chat as well. Just think how dangerous a player would be if he could remember every hand you ever played!
Scotty Nguyen was all in on the turn on a board of K-5-4-6 with two hearts. His opponent showed first and Nguyen said "I don't like that hand baby." Both men had 7-8 for the nut straight, but his opponent had a heart draw to go with it. The river blanked and The Prince of Poker let out a sigh of relief as the dealer chopped the pot.
Sherkhan Farnood was recently spotted passing a pack of chewing gum around the table. Most players took a piece and when the package reached Mark Vos, who Farnood had recently taken a large pot from, Farnood sympathetically said "You....you better take two."
Scott Clements was all in preflop against John D'Agostino. Clements held A-A-3-3 and D'Agostino showed 9-T-J-Q. Clements flopped a set of Aces and "Dags" never improved. Clements is now sitting on 20,000 chips.
Annie Duke just lost a pot when her flop bet was raised all-in by her opponent. The flop was A-K-5 and Annie held A-A-8-2. Her opponent had pushed with 2-3-4-4 and rivered a wheel straight. The play was so strange that the entire table, including Annie, started laughing. Despite the hit, Annie is still in good shape with 55,000.