With the board reading Mark Newhouse bet 55,000 and Shawn Keller sat for a long time thinking things through. Newhouse called the clock and Keller said, "I have a big hand," trying to elicit some reaction. "I can't turn my hand face up, can I?" Keller asked and was told that no, he couldn't.
Keller finally made the call and Newhouse turned over for the full house, which bested Keller's . That pot sent Newhouse up to 200,000 and left Keller with around 20,000.
Ted Lawson and Clark Hamagami got all the money in preflop, with Lawson showing and Hamagami K-J. Clark hit the flop to take the lead, but the on the turn put Lawson back in the driver's seat and the lovely on the river gave him quads and the pot. Hamagami was eliminated from today's event and Lawson now sits with 95,000.
We reported that Mats Rahmm was out and here's the sorry tale. Once again a dominating Ace-King wasn't able to hold up. With the money in preflop, Rahmm's led Hopkins' , and while the on the flop didn't change things, the reversed their fortunes, and the on the river sealed Rahmm's fate.
The two players got all the money in before the flop and Egan's dominated Slotboom's . The flop came and Slotboom began chanting, "Jacks or hearts, jacks or hearts, jacks or hearts" like a mantra. The turn was the but on the river the spiked, giving Slotboom the pot and leaving Egan to sit back in his chair and take a very deep breath. The two players were nearly equal in chips coming into play today and losing that hand crippled Egan.
Al Adler survived Day One with 18,900 in chips, but play has resumed on Day Two and he hasn't yet taken his seat. The blinds just passed him by and if he doesn't arrive soon he won't find any chips waiting for him.