Mike Caro was all in preflop for 8,800 holding pocket jacks. His opponent had raised to 1,100 and then Caro moved all in. The player called with , leaving Caro racing for his tournament life.
The flop came down . The turn brought the , adding a flush draw for Caro's opponent to his two overcards. The river landed another nine, the . Caro was able to double up and move to 18,000.
Amarillo Slim Preston raised to 1,500 from middle position and got called by Barny Boatman. Both players checked the flop of and Preston check-called for 2,500 after Boatman bet the on the turn.
Both players checked the on the river and Preston took the hand with vs. Boatman's . Preston has 35,000 while Boatman has 55,000.
On the flop of , one of the member's of the Playing for Pruitt crew William Sineath fired 2,000 on his opponent called. The turn brought the and Sineath led for 3,500. His opponent called again.
The river was the and Sineath fired 11,000. The player called one final time. Sineath showed and lost to his opponent's pocket aces. Sineath dropped to 62,200 on the hand.
Sandra Naujoks start-of-day count was listed at approximately 76,000. We're not sure if that's right, because if it is we're at a loss to explain how she is already busted. Naujoks got her last 13,025 all in preflop with . One opponent called with and promptly hit a third queen on a flop of . Naujoks did not get the running Broadway cards she needed to stave off elimination.
The player on the button opened the pot with a raise, and Jason Lester moved all in for a total of 10,600. The big blind then shoved all in himself, drawing a fold from the button and making it heads up for Lester's tournament life.
He turned over , and he was in trouble versus the big blind who showed . Lester wouldn't pair up on the flop, but the did give him some additional outs to the heart flush. The on the river was just what the doctor ordered, giving him the unbeatable flush. He's not
We've seen lots of statistical anomalies during this Main Event. With so many tables in action dealing so many hands, it's really not that unusual. So we weren't all that surprised to see , and all dealt on the same table in the same hand here in the Orange section. James Navolanic was the lucky player with aces, and his preflop betting action induced a fold out of the player with queens. That left Navolanic heads-up against pocket kings. His aces held to knock the player with kings out of the tournament.
Kara Scott opened from under the gun for 1,200. She was called by the button player. Both of them checked the flop. Scott fired out 1,600 on the turn. The button called.
The river feel . Scott made the price of a showdown 3,000 chips. Her opponent called and found that he couldn't beat the stone cold nuts held by Scott: for quad sevens. Scott's hand drew several appreciative whistles and comments from other players at the table.
We caught this hand on the river as a player bet 2,500 bet 2,500 on a board of .
Jon "PearlJammed" Turner raised to 5,500 from the button and his opponent immediately called, prompting Turner to toss his hand in the muck. Turner's opponent showed for a full house.