Donnie Peters
T.J. Cloutier raised from the button with and everyone folded. He revealed his hand to the table and said, "I had a hand that was named after me. So if you see me in a pot and the flop is jack-nine, watch out."
He went on to say, "I got to play it once in a while," as the table laughed it up with him.
Mark Kroon was down to about 15,000 when a sequence of bets on a flop of saw him and another player all in, with a third player who covered them both also in on the action.
Kroon turned over for a pair and a flush draw. The other short-stacked player showed king-jack for top pair. But the player having them both covered tabled pocket deuces for a set.
The set of deuces held up, and Kroon and the other covered player are both out.
3-5 Suited?! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
With the board reading on the turn, Max Pescatori moved all in and Matt Hawrilenko made the call. Pescatori flipped over but Hawrilenko had turned two pair with . The river was the and the Italian Pirate headed to the rail, his Main Event at an end.
After hitting a miracle card earlier to build a big stack, Joe Hachem has struggled to win a hand. He's at the second feature table so it's hard to get close. His latest pot loss has seen him drop back down to 23,000, almost where he started from.
We pick up the action on the turn in a heads-up pot between Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf and "The Hilarious" Tony Korfman. There is about 7,000 in the pot already, and after fourth street, the board reads . Korfman bets 6,000. Woolf moves all in for his remaining 11,325, and Korfman beats him into the pot, tabling for the Broadway straight. Woolf shows down , and needs the board to pair to remain alive in the field.
The river is a blank , though, and Woolf heads for the exit.
Steve Paul-Ambrose
Steve Paul-Ambrose has just found a big double-up after getting all of the chips in on the flop of . Paul-Ambrose held a set of tens with to have his opponent in bad shape with an over-played .
The turn was the and river and Paul-Ambrose eliminated his opponent to jump to 39,000.
Scott Seiver - Event #53
We caught up to this hand on the turn. With the board reading and three players in the hand, the blinds checked to Scott Seiver, who was playing from under the gun. Seiver moved all in for his last 2,025. The small blind folded but the big blind made the call. The players showed:
Seiver:
Opponent:
Seiver's top two pair was in bad shape against the wheel of his opponent. The river came the and Seiver was sent packing.
Lacey Jones
Lacey Jones picked up a nice pot on a board of . Lacey showed pocket fives after calling a bet on the river from her opponent, who showed 6-4 for a lower full house.