Mike "The Mouth" Matusow is down to his last 6,000 in chips and seems a little lost for words.
After three-betting on the button, Matusow and his under-the-gun opponent saw a flop of .
Action checked to Matusow who fired a bet. His opponent raised and Matusow made the call.
On the turn, Matusow called the 2,000 bet of his opponent before the landed on the river. Once again Matusow was put to a 2,000-chip decision and he gave it some thought before finally making the call.
His opponent tabled which was good enough as Matusow mucked and left himself just 6,000 in change.
Wow, that was a quick run for John Juanda. It looks as though what remained of Juanda's stack made it into the middle preflop with and he got looked up by a gent holding the equally not-premium . An eight on the flop but a deuce on the turn, and Juanda lasted just 45 minutes in this event.
Careening into the press table, David Pham could probably do with some antihistamines or something -- he just now sneezed so powerfully that he lurched away from the table and towards the terrified press.
One player in today's field with an interesting and rather unique Limit Hold'em achievement is Terrence Chan.
"Not Johnny" as he is sometimes referred, completed a rare double in the PokerStars SCOOP series in April of this year. Playing under the account name "Unassigned", Chan captured a rare double by winning both the high and medium level events of the Limit Hold'em Six-Max Event on the very same day. In a world where online wins are some of the toughest around, in huge, highly talented fields, this double may never be matched ever again.
Chan is clearly a Limit Hold'em specialist, but so far things haven't gone his way today. However we just caught him in a hand where he called down an opponent who could only table king-high on a board, as Chan scooped the pot with . He moves up to 21,000.
Mere minutes after moving to his new table and doubling up, Witteles found himself short again and got himself involved in a three-way pot with what remained of his stack. The pot did not go his way, and he stood up and left without a word.
Reigning champion Rob Hollink was not doing terribly well, to be honest -- he was down to around 12,000. But flopping the wheel usually helps, and after doing just that and getting paid in full, he is up to a below average but much more comfortable 25,000.
No fantastic run of good luck for John Juanda to make up for his lost six levels.
Steve Kim raised from the small blind and Juanda called in the big, and then called the bet from Kim on the flop. Come the turn Kim checked and this time Juana bet, but Kim called. Both players cagily checked the river, and Kim's was good. Juanda flashed him the , and is down to 8,300.
Pat Pezzin started the action with a raise from under the gun and Todd Brunson made the call. David Oppenheim came along for the ride but the Rob Campbell wasn't going to keep it cheap, putting in another raise which everyone called.
The four-way flop was and play checked to Pezzin who fired a bet. With so much in the pot, no one was giving up that easily as they all made the call.
The turn brought the and again it was checked to Pezzin who fired a bet. This time, just Oppenheim made the call.
On the river Pezzin checked to Oppenheim who must've been on a draw as he simply open mucked. Pezzin was happy to show and tabled pocket sixes for a flopped set. He's up to 55,000.