Mark "Newhizzle" Newhouse posted a week ago on the "Wise Hand Poker" blog that several players owe him money and he's going to try and collect this week.
Over the last half-hour, Newhizzle has been picking on Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf, still in this event, grumbling that Neverwin owes him money. He's even kicked a plastic chip rack in Neverwin's general direction. Right now, Newhizzle is pacing back and forth along the rail like a mountain lion.
With his stack looking unhealthy, Mike Sexton pushed from mid-position and was called by Joe Awada on the button. Sexton rolled over while Awada held . The flop came , giving Sexton a double-gutshot draw. However, the on the turn and on the river meant that Sexton will not see Day 2 of this tournament.
Jeff Madsen just won a big pot and increased his chip stack to about 65,000. Madsen had called flop and turn bets holding the nut flush draw. The river didn't bring his flush, but did bring an Ace giving Madsen top pair. He value bet the river and was called. Madsen showed the pair of aces and his opponent mucked.
With the board reading , Brandon Adams bet about 40K, considerably more than the size of the pot. His opponent made the call and Adams showed for the rivered flush. His opponent mucked and Adams is now in command of a chip stack of 100,000.
Like his namesake the six million dollar man, Steve Austin has managed to triumph against tough odds. After limping from under the gun, Austin called an all in bet made by the small blind on a flop of J-3-7. Holding A-J, Austin was in bad shape against the SB's J-7. Another Jack fell on the turn and Austin needed an Ace on the river to win, and . . . in super slow motion . . . an ace on the river duly fell.
Mark Vos got off to an incredibly fast start today, building his stack up to as much as 100,000 at one point, but it was one of those easy come, easy go days for Vos, who was just eliminated from the tournament. Here's how it went down:
Vos made it 2,500 to go from the cutoff and the lone caller was the small blind.
The flop came 8-7-5 with two spades. The small blind checked to Vos who made it 4,000 to go. The small blind, who had Vos covered, moved all-in and Vos made the call.
The small blind showed for the nut flush draw, and Vos turned over for top pair. Vos dodged his opponent's outs on the turn, but the fell on the river, which completed his opponent's flush and ended his tournament run.
Kenny Tran raises to 2,400 from late position. The button calls, as do the blinds. The flop comes . The blinds check and Tran bets 12,000. The button calls and the blinds pass. It's heads up to the turn. The turn card comes the . Tran moves all in and the button insta-calls. Tran shows , but he's drawing dead to the of his opponent.