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John Phan bet out on a 
flop, and Jennifer Tilly raised. The button called both bets, and Phan escaped. Tilly bet the 
turn, and her opponent flat called to get to the 
river. Tilly bet one more time, and the button called again. Jen showed 
for a flopped boat to crush her opponent's 
. She's got 7,000 at the moment.
There was an international battle over on Table 15 in the Pavilion Room with representatives from Netherlands, Russia and Canada.
PokerStars Team Russia representative Alexander Kravchenko raised from under the gun and was called by PokerStars Team Netherlands' Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis on the button, Canadian Erik Cajelais in the small blind and an unknown player in the big blind.
The flop fell 
and everybody checked to Veldhuis who bet. Only Cajelais and Kravchenko called.
All three players checked both the 
turn and 
river.
Cajelais tabled 
for a pair of sevens, Kravchenk opened 
for a better pair and Veldhuis opted to muck.
Kravchenko was shipped the pot, and this is how all three stacks look:
Kravchenko - 4,800 chips
Cajelais - 9,200 chips
Veldhuis - 35,000 chips
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 0
Action folded to Matt Hawrilenko who made it two bets on the button and an opponent in the big blind defended.
Hawrilenko's opponent proceeded to check-call every street and after the board ran out 
Hawrilenko tabled his hand; 
.
His opponent opened 
for a pair of sixes and was awarded the pot.
"Oops," Hawrilenko said. "I thought I had spades."
He wasn't finished there though, he made sure our tournament reporter was in earshot when he continued:
"It'll probably be the one hand they report correctly."
Low blow Mr. Hawrilenko. Low blow.
Dwyte Pilgrim, in the small blind, called a button raise, and the big blind joined the fun too. The flop fell 
, and the blinds checked. The button bet, and Pilgrim quickly stuck in a raise. Everyone called, and it was on to the turn. Pilgrim led out, and both the big blind and button flatted. A third club showed up on the river in the form of the board-pairing 
. Pilgrim led again and got two more calls. His 
for the nut low flush, obv, and that was good for the sizable pot. Pilgrim is up to 12,500.
The Ice Age!
After a player raised from the cutoff, Teddy "The Iceman" Monroe put in a third bet on the button. His opponent called and the flop fell 
.
Monroe's opponent check-called and this repeated after the 
turned. But after the 
rivered his opponent check-folded.
The Iceman tabled 
and scooped the pot pushing his stack to 16,300 chips.
There was already 3k in the middle and only the blinds left to battle each other by the time the dealer got to the turn of a board reading 
. Toto Leonidas bet out, and John Phan called. The river was the 
, and Leonidas bet again. Phan called and promptly mucked when he saw Toto's 
. Leonidas is up to 10,400, but Phan is still close behind with 9,600.
Mickey Appleman got his last few chips in from the small blind in a four-way pot with . He had a chance to quadruple his stack. But when the board ran out 
and one of his opponents tabled for two pair, Appleman's day was done.
Because we know you love them so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 16,200 |
|
36,000 | 11,500 |
|
27,000 | 10,000 |
|
23,000 | 3,000 |
|
16,500 | -500 |
|
16,000 | 4,000 |
|
15,000 | |
|
|
14,000 | 6,200 |
|
14,000 | 6,000 |
|
13,000 | -500 |
|
10,500 | 6,300 |
|
10,000 | -4,000 |
|
7,800 | -5,200 |
|
7,700 | -5,000 |
|
5,500 | 2,200 |
|
4,700 | -9,000 |
Richard "quietlion" Brodie has been trending down as of late.
He check-called a bet from an opponent on a 
flop and then both players opted to check the on the turn.
Brodie led after the 
rivered and his opponent called. Brodie tabled 
for a pair of fives and his opponent tabled 
for a winning pair of queens.
That misstep leaves Brodie with just 3,500 chips.
