J.C. Tran looking for bracelet number two of the series
J.C. Tran opened to 6,000 from under the gun, and as the action folded around to the small blind, he made it 19,000 to go.
Tran sat there under his trademark flat brim and behind his dark shades mulling over a decision for nearly two minutes.
Eventually Tran open-mucked his straight towards his opponent as a sign of respect. However his opponent would now breath a sigh of relief folding his dominated back towards Tran.
"You picked a good spot" commented Tran as he slips to 112,000 in chips.
PokerStars Online Qualifier Jordan Rich - from Day 2a
Dan Harrington opened with a raise to 6,000 from the button, and Jordan Rich called from the small blind. The big blind then reraised to 17,400. Harrington folded, and Rich called.
The flop came . Rich checked, then his opponent pushed all in for 116,600 -- about three times the size of the pot. Rich counted out the chips needed, then after a couple of minutes in the tank decided to call.
Rich showed for the straight draw, while his opponent turned over . The turn was the and the river the , and Rich is now down to 255,000.
Donnie Peters
A player raised from early-middle position before the button flatted. J.P. Massar in the small blind reraised and then the original raiser showed in. The flat caller folded and Massar made the call.
Massar:
Opponent:
The flop came down and the all-in player began chanting, "I believe! I believe!" The turn brought the and more chants.
The river fell the and without realizing he lost to Massar's wheel, the all-in player yelled out. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" he yelled while fist pumping and clapping his hands together. Then, the sad news was given to him that Massar made a straight. The player fell to his knees and his face drew as blank as could be. It took about a minute, but he finally collected his stuff and made his exit, still in disbelief.
Dennis Phillips and his similarly-dressed fan and friend Bryan Swift have been playing at the same table for most of the day. While Phillips has been his usual active self, involved in many pots and moving lots of chips, Swift has been folding most hands while nursing a short stack all day.
Recently a hand occurred in which Phillips again opened with a standard raise from middle position, and it folded back around to Swift who raised all in from the big blind. It would take 18,000 more for Phillips to make the call, and after a bit of consideration he did.
Swift had and Phillips . The board ran out , and Swift survives. He has 54,000 now, while Phillips is sitting with 330,000.
Donnie Peters
On the next hand after the previous Phil Hellmuth hand, Alexander Kostritsyn raised to 6,000 as he has been doing quite often at the table. Josh Arieh called from the next seat and the flop came down .
Kostritsyn checked and Arieh fired out 8,000. Kostritsyn made the call before the turn brought the to the felt. Both players checked and the river was the . Both players checked again.
Kostritsyn tabled and it was good as Arieh mucked.
"God!" jumped Hellmuth. "I had ace five. The ace of clubs or spades, I can't remember." He then pointed to Kostritsyn saying, "I was playing with you, but I gave Josh credit for a hand there."
Donnie Peters
From under the gun, Phil Hellmuth raised to 7,000. Only the player on the button called. The flop came down and the chatter began right after Hellmuth fired out 14,000.
"How much do you have left anyway?" asked Hellmuth.
"50 in orange... about 100 total." responded the player, who then tanked. Eventually, the player folded after deliberating for a minute or two.
"I had it." announced Hellmuth, but not showing any cards. " Not the king, but two pair."
straight towards his opponent as a sign of respect. However his opponent would now breath a sigh of relief folding his dominated 
back towards Tran.
. Rich checked, then his opponent pushed all in for 116,600 -- about three times the size of the pot. Rich counted out the chips needed, then after a couple of minutes in the tank decided to call.
for the straight draw, while his opponent turned over 
and the river the 
, and Rich is now down to 255,000.
and more chants.
.
. The board ran out 
and it was good as Arieh mucked.
versus an opponent holding 
, and Maryinck is alive and up to 126,000.
