and Hai bets 600. The cutoff calls. The turn is 
and both check. The river is 
and both check. Le shows 
for the turned flush. He's got 37,000.
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and Hai bets 600. The cutoff calls. The turn is and both check. The river is and both check. Le shows for the turned flush. He's got 37,000.
Phil Ivey has the bridesmaid seat. He is among the players seated at Green Table #15, the secondary featured table. He doesn't get center stage, but there are still plenty of ESPN cameras and railbirds surrounding the table to make him feel right at home.
. Alex Kostritsyn is in the big blind and leads out for a 1,600 bet, only to be raised up to 6,100 by his opponent.He calls, showing
for trip jacks and it's good to beat the 
of his opponent.Kostritsyn up to 30,000 already.
In a recent hand, Yang limped under the gun, and the player on the button raised to 400 with Yang making the call. They took a flop of
and Yang check-called the 900-chip bet of his opponent. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river brought the and Yang checked to his opponent, who fired 1,600. Yang insta-called and turned over 
, apparently believing that his hand was good. But his opponent flipped 
for a set of queens to take down the pot.Yang is already down to 10,400 chips.
, the big blind led out for 450 and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson made the call. The turn was the . The big blind bet another 1,050, Ferguson raised to 3,050, the big blind three-bet to 9,000 and after a short think, Ferguson mucked his hand. "Jesus" is now down to 11,200 in the early going.
It started when a player in middle position opened with a raise to 300. Action folded to Jean-Robert Bellande on the button, and he re-raised it to 1,000 even. The big blind, Thomas Gebhardt, as well as the original raiser called.
The flop came out
. All three players checked, with Bellande muttering "There is no way I'm betting that flop." Piggybacking on an earlier hand, someone asked told him that king-queen was probably good right now. "King-queen is good now, but I prefer 
," replied Bellande, with his unintentional foreshadowing.The turn came the
. Gebhardt put out a small bet, and both opponents folded. Bellande open mucked and said, "What, are you going to get a massage?" Gebhart answered, "Yep!" tabling the aforementioned for the royal flush!The lucky player was awarded not only the pile of chips in the middle of the table, but also a $100 massage certificate. Give credit where credit is due though; the dealer who dealt the hand will get $50 worth of massage for himself as well -- something to break up those long days in the center chair.
. Dannenmann checked, then raised to 6,000 after his opponent bet 2,500. His opponent made the call.When the turn fell a very safe-looking
, Dannenmann immediately pushed all in for over 10,000. When his opponent folded, Dannenmann flashed for top set.He's up to 28,000 in chips.
. A player on the button pushed all in for around 19,000. An early-position player folded and showed face up. His opponent said, "Good laydown. OK, I'll show you this time." He then proceeded to turn over
.Whether it was a tight fold or a good read we will never know. In either event, the player with the set of fours dodged a bullet early.
"Would you rather take a bat or a knife to kill a bear?" asked Flack.
"I'd take a bat," answered a player from across the table. "'Cos a knife is too short."
"Life is too short," said Flack, deliberately mishearing him. "And it'll be a lot shorter if you use a bat. I'd rather use a gun."
"I'd rather be back in my room watching pay per view," quipped another.
"Yeah, you could watch Layne's movie," said another. "Layne Does Dallas." The table burst into laughter.
