In a battle of the blinds, Matthew Beisner moved all in from the small blind, and Allen Carter quickly called with from the big blind. Beisner sheepishly revealed for the steal attempt, but still had live cards.
The flop soon changed that when it fell to give Carter a pair of aces. The on the turn and on the river gave Carter the pot and eliminated Beisner from the Main Event.
We just had an "internet" hand over at Blue #31. In late position, Daniel Buzgon opened the pot for 25,000. Keoni Schwartz made it 60,000 to go from the cutoff, a bet that Mark Vos called out of the small blind. Action folded back to Buzgon, who moved all in for 333,000. This time, Schwartz just called. With nobody else left to act in the hand, Vos open-mucked pocket queens. The table raised eyebrows as the other hands were opened:
Buzgon:
Schwartz:
The flop came down to make a set of kings for Buzgon and to give him the lead in the hand. The turn would have made a set for Vos, and also gave Schwartz the nut flush draw. Buzgon filled up when the river fell .
Vos realized after the hand that, because of the stack sizes, he could have picked up quite a few chips from Schwartz if he had gotten involved in the hand. Instead, he dropped a little bit, Buzgon moved up to 725,000, and Schwartz dropped to 631,000.
After the hand was completed, in a gesture of fraternity, Schwartz offered to do a shot with the Buzgon, the man who cracked his aces. The two settled on a vodka shot. It probably didn't hurt that the dinner break was just a few minutes away.
Before the flop Jon Turner raised to 21,000 and Albert Kim called on the button. The flop came and Turner led out for 41,000. Kim then raised to 140,000 and Turner moved all in, leaving Kim to decided if he wanted to call for another 336,000.
After tanking for a good bit he indeed decided to call, and found that his was up against Turner's and top set. The turn quickly reversed the situation as the fell, giving Kim the flush. Turner needed to board to pair to give him the full house, but instead the fell on the river, and just that fast Turner was eliminated from the Main Event.
"What am I doing?" Kim wondered aloud after the hand. "I'm so stupid, I'm such a donk. That's the dumbest thing I've ever done."
Jeremiah Smith said, "I agree with you, that's a terrible call. Jon Turner almost always has a set there."
Self-flagellation aside, Kim is still very much alive in the tournament and has around 1.4 million in chips.
Suresh Prabu
Eric Bamer raised to 20,000 from middle position, and Suresh Prabhu called behind him. Then Manuel Bevant squeezed all in from the small blind with about 300,000. Bamer folded, but Prabhu decided to make the call.
Bevant showed , and Prabhu . The board ran out , and Bevant is out. Prabhu is up to 1.47 million.
In the very last hand before the dinner break, Gus Hansen was involved in a big hand that extended a good seven or eight minutes into the break.
We picked it up on the flop, with the board showing . Joseph Ward bet 100,000, and Hansen tanked for a long time before making the call. The turn was the . Ward checked quickly, and Hansen bet 200,000. Ward check-raised all in with his last 385,000, and Hansen called.
Ward showed for top pair, but Hansen had for two pair. The river was the , and Ward was out.
Hansen has about 1.3 million chips with which to work when we begin our last level of the night.
Play has recommenced after the dinner break with 216 players still in today's field. We'll be playing one more level before calling it quits for the day.