Brian Malcolm raised preflop and was called by both Shannon Shorr and Dustin Bryan. The flop came down and action checked to Malcolm. He fired a bet and only Bryan came along.
The turn was the and action checked. The river was the and both players checked again.
"I have a ten." said Malcolm.
"I have an ace." said Bryan, as he tabled to scoop in the pot.
Peter Gelencser was short of chips but wasn't afraid to put his stack to work in a hand against Paul Evans. Evans raised preflop, then called Gelencser's three-bet. Evans went for a check-raise on a flop of but couldn't shake Gelencser.
On the turn , Evans led out with a bet. Gelencser thought things over, then raised, putting two-thirds of his remaining stack in the middle. That was enough to convince Evans to fold.
"So sick!" said Vanessa Rousso, popping out of her chair. She and Dustin Bryan checked a flop of . Bryan bet the turn and was called. Both again checked the river . At showdown, Bryan showed for a pair of threes. Rousso flashed and mucked.
"So nothing I could do," lamented Rousso. She doesn't seem much interested in the story Bryan is currently telling the table about his cross-country drive to Vegas with two friends.
Paul Evans raised from the button and Peter Gelencser called from the big blind. The flop came down . Gelencser checked and Evans bet. Gelencser then raised. Evans made the call.
The turn was the and Gelencser led with a bet. Evans made the call.
The river was the and Gelencser bet again. Evans announced a call and put the chips in. Gelencser showed him the and then Evans mucked his hand.
We heard a call of "all in" from the dealer at Amazon 151. Kathy Raymond was all in preflop for her last 15,500 and was called by Sebastien Sabic (still not the chip leader, but at least his penmanship on his overnight ticket last night was much improved). The cards were quickly on their backs:
Raymond:
Sabic:
Everybody missed everything on a board of . Raymond finished with treys and deuces, no match for Sabic's tens and treys. She's off to the cage to collect $5,906.
Maier: x-x / 3-K-8-A / x
Marmorstein: x-x / 7-5-4-8 / x
Lana Maier just welcomed herself to her new table, Amazon 151, by taking a hand to showdown against Phillip Marmorstein and dragging the pot. We caught the action on sixth street, where Marmorstein bet the best board. Maier raised and was called.
On the river, Maier confirmed that Marmorstein checked before betting. Marmorstein called, then mucked when Maier declared an eight perfect with in the hole.
"I never used to call with a king," Maier said as she stacked Marmorstein's chips, "but I saw so many people doing it yesterday and winning pots. Now I know how it works -- run really good."
A very tight fold by Farzad Rouhani allows Alan Myerson to not have to put himself all in. The action started with Dustin Bryan completing the . Myerson then raised the , sending Rouhani into the tank for over two minutes. He stood up from his chair, counted down his own stack (about 150,000) and eyeballed Myerson's total stack (16,000 in the pot plus another 24,000). Rouhani finally folded what he said was buried kings! Bryan folded as well.
"I know you have to go all the way," said Rouhani. "And I know you can't be making a move on him." Myerson confirmed Rouhani's read by showing split aces.