.Savage and his opponent then checked down the rest of the board, which came
. When his opponent tabled 
, Savage showed 
and took the pot with top pair.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
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.Savage and his opponent then checked down the rest of the board, which came
. When his opponent tabled , Savage showed and took the pot with top pair.
The cocktail servers are swishing around the room with trays full of coffee and Red Bull, and we hope a solid dose of caffeine will bring some life into this room before too long.
. The other two players in the hand folded.The turn brought the
and the middle-position player asked how much Tran had left. He mentioned that he had about 12,000 and then the player announced that he was all in. Tran called, holding bottom two pair with 
. His opponent held 
.The river brought the
, allowing Tran's two pair to hold up and giving him the double up to 27,600."Thanks man, I needed it." Tran said.
Both players checked a flop of
and Lisandro check-called for 1,500 when the turn brought the 
. Action checked to Lisandro when the river brought the and he bet 1,300. He mucked when his opponent check-raised him to 3,500. Lisandro's stack has slipped to 27,000.
Tarver, as you might expect for a light heavyweight boxer, is an intimidating presence in Seat 5 at Orange 76.
between Kevin Tokimesa and his opponent. The two found themselves all in with Tokimesa holding 
. Unlucky for him though, his opponent held 
.The turn brought the
, adding some flush outs for Tokimesa. The river hit with the 
, giving Tokimesa his flush and cracking his opponent's aces. He is now double with 60,000 chips in the first few minutes of today's starting day.
The flop came
. After a check from the small blind, the big blind bet 2,200. The original raiser folded, Lederer called, and the small blind got out of the way.Heads up to the turn, Lederer and his opponent saw the
hit. The big blind checked and "The Professor" bet 3,500. Lederer's opponent mucked his hand and Howard raked in the pot as an ESPN camera crew sweated him close by.
In between shuffles, the dealer had both ace of spades laying face-up on the felt, one from each the red and black decks. There were no marks on them, but both cards were curled up badly, looking like they had been run through a pasta roller or left laying out in the sun too long. The floor person came back a minute later with two replacement ace of spades.
We've got our eyes on you, Table 151.
Jungblut just related a story of a player at his table who was under-the-gun preflop and tried to check the action. "Really?" he said. "$10,000?"
At Orange 70, players are telling each other jokes. We heard one that started "A man walked into a bar with a sheep under his arm..." and decided to go look for action on a different table.
