A raising war occurred between Jason "Jay" Carver and a player in the cutoff position. When all was said and done, the cutoff player was all in and Carver made the call. Carver's opponent held and Carver held .
The flop of and turn of the were no help to Carver, but the on the river gave him the suckout and sent his opponent to the rail. After the hand, Carver is up to 22,000 in chips.
After the hand Carver says "I guess I run good too playing live."
A flop of must have looked very dangerous to Todd Brunson after his 1,200 bet was raised by Peter Lee to 4,000. After some deliberation, Brunson reraised for the remainder of his chips. Lee quickly called and showed a set of jacks. Brunson turned over for top pair with a gutshot draw to Broadway. The turn didn't help him but the river did, giving him the nuts.
After the hand, Brunson's stack jumped to 12,000. Lee was knocked down to 6,000.
On a flop of , Jin Ju bet 1800. Her opponent, on the button, told her "I have a pretty big hand here" before calling. When the turn came , Ju confidently pushed in the rest of her chips. The button, who a few minutes prior had called a different player's river bet with only ace-high (which was good), deliberated for two minutes before calling. The players opened their hands:
Ju:
Button:
The river was no help to the button and Ju doubled up. She currently has approximately 16,000 chips.
Preflop, Stuart Paterson raised from middle position to 650 and got called in two spots. On a flop of , it was checked to Paterson and he bet 950. He was called by the player on the button. On the turn of the , Paterson checked and the button player bet 1700. Paterson called. The river was the and both players checked. Paterson flipped over and his opponent tabled .
After the pot, Paterson is now up to 17,300 in chips.
Vanessa Rousso Eliminated
Just prior to the break, Vanessa Rousso pushed her chips into the middle preflop from the small blind after some aggressive action against a raise from late position. Her opponent thought before making the call with A-Q and was racing against Rousso's pocket sixes.
The flop came and Rousso added a straight draw to her lead in the hand. However, the changed things around, as her opponent landed a bigger pair. Needing help on the river to survive, Rousso watched as the landed, much to her dismay, to send her to an early exit from today's event.
If you've ever been to a big live tournament, you'll be able to picture this scene outside the tournament room during break.
The corridors are packed full of people on cell phones updating their family and friends on their status, as well as all manner of players catching up with each other, trading chip counts, mulling over recent plays, and relaying stories of river heroics and big-pot suck-outs. As you walk down through the tangle of players, it goes something like this:
"... tanks for like a year before he finally folds. Dude, I was sweating so hard you can't even..."
"... I know my range is ahead of his all day, and twice on Sunday..."
"... just open shoves, and I look down at Ace-Queen. Just shoot me now..."
"... horrible play, but I only had 1,200 left so I thought that..."
"... friggin' check-raises me for the fifth time..."
"... pepperoni pizza and a Coke. Make it a lucky Coke, please..."
"... under-the-gun makes it 1,500. No, wait, 1,000. He makes it 1,000 and the guy behind him..."
"... up to 25,000 and now I'm back to 7,500. Unbelievable..."
Towards the start of the tournament, Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck managed to catch pocket aces followed by pocket kings. Each time, against the same opponent, she was forced to fold after putting him on a flopped set. She was right both times and although the sets cost her early, she has managed to climb back up and is surviving with a nice stack of 5,000.