"Hey PokerNews...here's something for you to write about...our table hasn't lost a player all day!!"
Blue Table 11 still has the original 180,000 chips on the table that it started the day with! I wonder if any other tables in the room can claim a similar achievement?
Burt Boutin put a short-stacked opponent all in preflop and got a call. Boutin was in a race situation with against , however an eight hit the flop, making his opponent a set. Boutin could not improve on the turn or river and is down to 17,500.
With 25,000 in the pot and the board reading , the big blind checked, David Singer bet 40,000 (enough to put the big blind all in) and his opponent gave it up. An early-position player was already all in and the cards were turned up. Singer held and the all-in player . The river was the and Singer dragged another huge pot, increasing his stack to 130,000.
One of the many hard working dealers at the World Series
Some of the hardest working people at the World Series of Poker are, of course, the dealers. They put in countless hours during the series, put up with flack from all the player, but yet still show up to work every day. Some do it for the money, some do it for the excitement of being at the World Series of Poker.
Regardless of the reason, we salute the dealers of the World Series of Poker.
Ester Rossi, playing in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. where she finished 4th
Ester Rossi limped in from the small blind, the big blind raised to 1,100 and Rossi called. The flop was . Rossi moved all in for 5,500 and the big blind called. Rossi turned up for middle pair, but the big blind tabled for top pair. The turn and river blanked out for Rossi and she hit the rail.
An early position player raised to 900, Nigel Sutcliffe called from the button and the big blind also made the call.
They took a flop of and the early position player opened with a bet of 2,200. Sutcliffe then moved all in for 5,475 total. The BB player stepped aside and the EP player asked "How much more is it?" Sutcliffe shrugged saying "Meh, not much..."
The EP made the call and tabled but trailed the of Sutcliffe. The turn was the and river the and Sutcliffe high-fives a friend on the rail as he survives to move to 12,000 chips.
Eric Baldwin raised to 800 from early position, then Phil Collins reraised to 2,300 from middle position. Kurt Gronbech called from the big blind, and Baldwin called as well.
The flop came . Gronbech and Baldwin both checked. Collins went into the tank for a couple of minutes, then finally pushed all in.
Gronbech asked how much. "Fourteen plus the green," said the dealer, indicating Collins was in for 14,000 plus his 25-denomination green chips. Gronbech brooded for about thirty seconds, then sensed something that encouraged him to make the call.
Gronbech:
Collins:
The turn was the and the river , and Collins is out. Gronbech now has 56,000.
Henning Granstad reraised after facing an early-position raise. His opponent moved all in and Granstad made the call with . He was in great shape against his opponent's .
The board ran seven high, meaning Granstad eliminates his foe and sees his stack rise to 184,000.
Michael "Fatass" Andrews has just doubled up with his pocket queens holding up against pocket jacks in a preflop war to jump Andrews up to 12,000. Not a terribly exciting hand, but anyone with a nickname like that deserves their own post!
against 
, the big blind checked, David Singer bet 40,000 (enough to put the big blind all in) and his opponent gave it up. An early-position player was already all in and the cards were turned up. Singer held 
and the all-in player 
. The river was the 
and Singer dragged another huge pot, increasing his stack to 130,000.
. Rossi moved all in for 5,500 and the big blind called. Rossi turned up 
and the early position player opened with a bet of 2,200. Sutcliffe then moved all in for 5,475 total. The BB player stepped aside and the EP player asked "How much more is it?" Sutcliffe shrugged saying "Meh, not much..."
but trailed the 
of Sutcliffe. The turn was the 
and river the 
and Sutcliffe high-fives a friend on the rail as he survives to move to 12,000 chips.
, and Collins is out. Gronbech now has 56,000.
and his opponent held 
.
. He was in great shape against his opponent's 
.
