and found himself in a race with his opponent, who held 
.The board ran out
and Stjernvang spiked a king on the river to take down the pot and eliminate his opponent. Stjernvang is now up to 47,200.
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and found himself in a race with his opponent, who held .The board ran out
and Stjernvang spiked a king on the river to take down the pot and eliminate his opponent. Stjernvang is now up to 47,200.
The flop came
. The BB checked, Hakim bet 1,650, then Zuccarello raised to 4,500. The BB folded, then Hakim reraised to 34,500. Zuccarello thought a bit, then let it go.Hakim is up to 45,000, while Zuccarello has slipped to 9,800.
The flop came down
. Flowers checked, Thorson checked, and Varkonyi bet 2,000. Only Flowers called.The turn was the
and Flowers checked again. Varkonyi bet 5,000 and then Flowers moved all in for 11,600. Olga studied her opponent and then made the call.Varkonyi:
Flowers:
The river was the
and gave Flowers the pot, allowing his stack to grow to 30,000.Varkonyi is down to 20,000.
, Sitar's opponent bet 1,500 and Sitar made the call. On the turn of the 
, Sitar called a 3,000 bet from his opponent. On the river of the 
, Sitar again called a bet for 4,000 from his opponent. Sitar's opponent flipped over
for jacks full. Sitar flashed his cards but only an 
became visible before his hand was mucked.Sitar had 3,400 remaining after the hand.
Last year, Roger and Mary, residents of Sierra Vista, Arizona, promised each other that they would play in the 2008 Main Event. They worked on their game throughout the course of the year, mainly playing with the Sierra Vista Poker Group in their hometown. Everything was proceeding according to plan, but then tragedy struck -- Mary passed away in March.
Roger, with the support of his two grown sons John and Tom, decided to honor his promise to his wife and play in the Main Event anyway. He is seated today at Blue #9, dressed (appropriately enough) in a bright blue hat and t-shirt. A photo of Roger and Mary, taken when they visited Florida last year, is standing on the rail behind his chips, a visible reminder to everyone at the table that there are many things in life that are far more important than some poker tournament that takes place every summer in the middle of the desert.
Roger currently has about 16,500 chips.
. The MP shows and the board is 
. The opponent is busted. As he's walking away: "When you're lucky, you're lucky,"McEvoy responds by tapping the table, smiling and saying, "Good game."
McEvoy got his aces cracked by tens soon after and is sitting on 22,000.
against the of Vanessa Rousso. It was a classic race situation and Bueno won it when the board ran out 
.Bueno doubled to just over 14,000 on the hand and left Lady Maverick with about 31,000.
But the flop came
, giving Orel the set, and when the came on the turn and the on the river Hershiser doubled to 10,900.Just a few hands later he pulled the same trick, doubling up again after a
flop. The player in the big blind bet 2,200 and after two other players mucked, Orel moved all in for 9,000. He got the call and his led his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and just that fast Hershiser was back in command of a 20,550 stack.
before the original raiser moved all in for 7,000. Watkinson made the call. The big blind folded. Watkinson tabled
and was way ahead of his opponent's .Running cards would be needed to beat Watkinson. The turn came
and river . The turn helped but the river was no good. Watkinson up to 18,500 now but his opponent is felted.
, Patrik Antonius was heads up with a player who moved all in. Antonius made the call and the players showed:Antonius:
Opponent:
Antonius had the player drawing semi-dead and the runner-runner miracle never got there. Antonius busted another player and took his stack to just over the 98,000 mark in the process.
