[user38449]
Bruno Fitoussi made it 2,400 to go from the cutoff, holding . The button and small blind both folded, and the big blind moved all in over the top for a total of 5,000, holding ; Fitoussi made the call.
Both players caught a piece of the flop, but Fitoussi could not overcome his opponent's pair of nines and lost the hand.
[user38368]
Robert Mizrachi just sat down at the same table as Shirley Williams, the mother of David Williams -- a friend of Mizrachi's. Also at this table is Sabyl Cohen.
[user22113]
1986 WSOP Winner Berry Johnston
A three-way all-in; all the action was on the turn with a board reading:
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Rayan Nathan was first to act, he checked as did Berry behind. The button moved all in for 23,000 and Rayan made the call. He wasn't too happy when Berry moved in over the top for another 10,600 but he eventually made that call too.
The button had for a Broadway staight, Rayan showed for a flush while Berry had the nuts with .
The river was the and Berry has moved to over 100,000 in chips.
[user40108]
An extremely interesting hand just occurred at table 61. The dealer laughingly announced "Four all ins and four calls on table 61!!" There was quite a commotion at the table throughout the process but this is what it looked like when the dust settled...
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Community Cards:
With a straight on the board, the players chopped the pot. They all had a good laugh about it, including Hoyt Corkins, who wasn't in the hand, but still seemed mildly amused. It's probably safe to say he's seen something like this before.
Team PokerNews player Gary Avery goes all in over the top of another player's all-in, to isolate. It works and Avery takes back all but 9,500. He then flips over to his unfortunate opponent's . The board is good and Avery has 60,000. This is the third player Avery has busted since 6:30 p.m.
[user40108]
Team PokerNews player Olli Junnonen just got a bit of luck when his outdrew the of his opponent. The two were all in preflop with Junnonen having his opponent covered. The on flop was gin for Olli and catapulted him into the lead. Neither remaining ace hit the board and Junnonen increased his chip stack to 75,000 and sent yet another player home in the process.
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Scotty Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen put in a raise to 2,600 from middle position. Action folded to the big blind who put in a minimum raise, which Nguyen called. The flop came down . The big blind checked and Scotty fired 6,000 which the big blind promptly called. Both players checked the turn card which came . When the fell on the river, the big blind checked and Scotty fired 20,500. The big blind tossed in his cards and Nguyen smiled. "Man I can't believe you...I thought you were gonna come out and fire [on the river]" said Nguyen as he flashed his .
[user38368]
Team PokerNews player Rob "Animal" Price is at Montel Williams's table -- he says that Montel has paid off players left and right. Montel has doubled up two short stacks and split with a third. The Animal is hoping to get in on that action soon.
[user40108]
Joe Sebok
The player under the gun raised to 2,500. Action folded around to Joe Sebok in the cutoff seat, who wasted little time pushing his stack of 19,000 towards the center. The initial raiser made the call. The players showed...
Sebok:
Opponent:
Sebok's hand triumphed as the board filled out . Sebok is now in command of a stack of 38,000.
[user22113]
With just over 1,540 players starting today's tournament, we have lost half the field in the first five levels. The tournament clock says there are 770 players remaining which puts the average stack a little over 40,000.
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. The button and small blind both folded, and the big blind moved all in over the top for a total of 5,000, holding 
; Fitoussi made the call.
flop, but Fitoussi could not overcome his opponent's pair of nines and lost the hand.
,
for a Broadway staight, Rayan showed 
for a flush while Berry had the nuts with 
.
and Berry has moved to over 100,000 in chips.
on flop was gin for Olli and catapulted him into the lead. Neither remaining ace hit the board and Junnonen increased his chip stack to 75,000 and sent yet another player home in the process.
. The big blind checked and Scotty fired 6,000 which the big blind promptly called. Both players checked the turn card which came 
.
. Sebok is now in command of a stack of 38,000.
