Bill Gazes was heads-up against a single opponent. Both players checked the flop, but when the fell on the turn, Gazes called a 300 bet by his opponent. The river was the and Gazes made it 750 to go. After thinking for a moment, his opponent made the call and Gazes turned over while his opponent showed and won the hand with two-pair, queens and sevens with an ace kicker.
"Had a flush draw on the river," Gazes joked. "Not bluffing anymore today."
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On a board of , Nelly bet 1,500 and he was raised 5,000 by a player. Nelly called with A-9. His opponent flipped over A-J for a full house. After that hand, Nelly slipped to 11,000.
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As promised, the players who started the day in the poker tent are the first to move into the Amazon Room when seats become available. But rather than just pass out the open seat cards, a table is first broken in the main room, and then the poker tent players are brought in as a complete table. So any bonding that they experienced out in the tent can continue a little while longer.
There are still five tables out in the poker tent, including T.J. Cloutier's table.
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With a short stack, Frank Kassela shoved with on a board of . He was called by a player with . He was behind but had an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the and the river was the . Kassela's hand could not improve and he's out.
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Mike Matusow is playing pretty tight to start off the Main Event. How tight? He just said, "I might need to so see a wrist doctor, it's starting to hurt from throwing my cards in."
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Jeffrey Pollack's team has spent a lot of time and energy attracting more mainstream sponsors to the World Series of Poker. In past years we could count on a beer company and one of the drug companies pushing the latest impotence drug.
Yes, Milwaukee's Best is still a sponsor, but they've been joined by more family-friendly companies like Hershey's and Planters Peanuts.
The past few days, a giant Mr. Peanut character has been walking around the World Series, shaking hands and greeting people. Just like the costumed characters at Disneyland, Mr. Peanut has a handler with him at all times to help him get through tight spaces and keep people from kicking him in the butt.
Most of the people who have seen Mr. Peanut here have reacted positively, shaking his hand or exclaiming, "Hey, it's Mr. Peanut!" He may not have the Q-rating of Mickey Mouse, but there's really no reason to hate Mr. Peanut.
Now if only Planters could put up some money into the prizepool ... then the players would *love* Mr. Peanut.
Yesterday, Mr. Peanut walked up to one of the larger floormen ready to shake his hand. The floorman stepped back and said, "Get that hand away from me." After a short but dramatic pause, he added, "I only take hugs." Mr. Peanut gave him the hug he was looking for, drawing some laughter from those nearby.
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Mike Panzarella was eliminated on what was close to a 1,000-to-1 shot. The board was . Panzarella held A-A and got what he thought was the perfect flop... a set of aces on a rainbow board. He fired out 7K on the river hoping to entice some action with his full house. His opponent, Takaski Takii, re-raised all in and Panzarella quickly called. Takii flipped over for quads. He caught two perfect cards to send Panzarella to the rail.
The odds are slightly under 1,000-to-1 that a player with a pocket pair with no help on the flop will get running cards for quads. Panzarella's exit seems unbelievable, but one of our reporters happened to be walking by his table when his Armageddon unfolded.
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Nelly
It's not so hot in herre after Nelly busted out. He had less than 10K left when he moved all in on a flop of . He held . His opponent showed . The turn was the and the river was the . Nelly's hand did not improve and he headed to the rail.
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Gavin Griffin
Per Ummer opened the pot for 1,000 and Gavin Griffin called from the button. The flop was . Ummer bet 1,900 and Griffin called. The turn was the . Ummer bet 3,000 and Griffin called. The river was the . Ummer bet 4,500 and Griffin called.
At the end of the hand, Ummer said "king high." Griffin turned over and took down the pot with only ace high.
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Men "The Master" Nguyen has gone missing from the event. He was in his seat when the day started, but has been gone for some time now. We're not sure the reason, but we do know he's at 18,000 in chips and there is no sign of him right before break.
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fell on the turn, Gazes called a 300 bet by his opponent. The river was the 
and Gazes made it 750 to go. After thinking for a moment, his opponent made the call and Gazes turned over 
while his opponent showed 
and won the hand with two-pair, queens and sevens with an ace kicker.
on a board of 
. He was called by a player with 
and the river was the 
. Kassela's hand could not improve and he's out.
for quads. He caught two perfect cards to send Panzarella to the rail.
. He held 
and the river was the 
. Ummer bet 3,000 and Griffin called. The river was the 
and took down the pot with only ace high. 
