The G is no more, fallen victim to a hand with Andy Bloch. True to his word, Tony G immediately made his way over to Tom Dwan's table, ready to do the requisite five push-ups on the table. Once he arrived, it was clear the other players at the table wouldn't necessarily desire their play being interrupted so, and Tony G thus did the push-ups on the floor next to the table, a smiling Dwan snapping a photo as he did.
Dwan then walked over to Tony G's former table and delivered $500 to Andy Bloch -- the bounty for having knocked out the G.
"There was a bounty on Tony G?" said Howard Lederer with some incredulity, who hadn't quite heard that earlier. Lederer then joked that he might've played the Tony G knockout hand a little differently if he'd known.
Brett Richey raised to 1,200 from the button before Chris Ferguson reraised to 3,400 from the big blind. Richey called. Ferguson stood pat and Richey drew one. After the draw, both players checked.
Richey tabled the and Ferguson mucked. Richey's up to 37,000 and Ferguson down to 29,000.
Billy Baxter was just up from his seat, telling the neighboring table how he'd managed to pull off a successful bluff in a recent hand. It's that sort of event, actually -- a lot of talk back and forth between the tables among a group of players very familiar with one another, and with a lot of shared history.
Robert Mizrachi piped up, suggesting to Baxter that it is harder to bluff today than "back in the 80s" because players will call you down.
Huck Seed then engaged Baxter on the topic, agreeing with the sentiment that times have changed. "Not like the old days, it is Billy?" said Seed. "Back then you could rattle your chips and they'd throw their pat hand away," he grinned.
We came on the table as the hand was concluding, but David "Bakes" Baker just won a big one versus Brett Richey, doubling through when his proved best.
Baker is now up to 60,000, while Richey is riffling a few gray chips -- just about 1,000 total.
Greg Raymer had bet 5,000 after the draw and John Juanda raised all in for about 20,000. Raymer went into the tank for so long that Max Pescatori called the clock. Eventually, Raymer folded his hand and dropped to 32,000. Juanda looked up and said, "Who says I don't bluff anymore?" before showing two sevens for a pair, something you don't want in this game. He's up to 40,000.
Johnny Chan has been eliminated following a three-way hand versus both Daniel Negreanu and Dan Heimiller. A short-stacked Heimiller won the main pot with his , while Negreanu took the side pot with a .
Negreanu has about 45,000 now, while Heimiller has 13,000.
Brett Richey was in for his last 700 and Brandon Cantu raised to 2,300 to isolate. Everyone else folded and then both players drew one. Richey made a beat Cantu's -X.
Two hands later, Richey was all in again for 2,500. The player from the small blind called and then drew one. Richey stood pat. Richey held a and his opponent a .
On the next hand, Richey was all in again 6,000. Brandon Cantu mucked in the next seat, but there was an issue. Frank Kassela saw Cantu muck and pointed out that he had six cards. The cards in the muck added up to six meaning Cantu was dealt six cards. The players argued about the hand being a misdeal, but it was ruled that because there were two actions - Richey's shove and Cantu's muck - the hand was live. Freddy Deeb was in the small blind and called. Richey stood pat with the and Deeb drew one to a . He drew a and had the worst hand, doubling Richey up for the third time within minutes. He's now back to about 13,000 chips.
and Ferguson mucked. Richey's up to 37,000 and Ferguson down to 29,000.
proved best.
