Dan Heimiller was the bring in three hands in a row. The first two times he folded to completion; the third time (Christine Pietsch completed) he called.
Pietsch check-called on fourth street before betting out and then calling Heimiller's raise on fifth. Pietsch reverted to check-calling on sixth street, but on seventh she check-raised.
"Wow," said Heimiller.
"You think I was bluffing?" laughed Pietsch.
"Possible bluff," Heimiller continued. He waved his down cards - for two pair - in the air for a while, and then he folded.
Pietsch told him she rivered a straight as she raked in her new 220,000 stack.
"Well, I can't win them all," said the philosophical Heimiller. "I thought I was going to win them all..."
Eric Friedman led the betting until sixth street when Dan Heimiller paired up and fired out. Friedman made the call for all of his chips.
Friedman: ()
Heimiller: ()
Heimiller flipped a on the river so Friedman had plenty of outs to better the pair of tens. He squeezed but could only find a to leave his pair of sevens short. He's out in 12th for a $7,942 payday.
Curiousness on the floor as Darren Shebell took exception to the presence of well-known WSOP presenter and producer Joy Miller behind him as he played.
"Can you leave the room, I'm trying to protect my hand," said Shebell.
This was not the right thing to say to Joy Miller.
We rather lost track of the argument that ensued, although we do know that the phrase, "If you ever went deeper than top 12 you'd know who I am," left Miller's mouth. Eventually Owais Ahmed got involved as well somehow, albeit briefly.
Anyway, after a while Miller did in fact leave and peace returned to the tournament floor.
Christine Pietsch: (XXX) /
Dan Heimiller: /
Brian Johnson: (XXX) /
All three player made it to seventh street and the action went like so:
Third - Pietsch brought in, Heimiller completed, Johnson called, Pietsch called
Fourth - Pietsch checked, Heimiller bet, both called
Fifth - Pietsch checked, Heimiller bet, both called
Sixth - Johnson checked, Pietsch checked, Heimiller bet, both called
Seventh - checks all round
Heimiller turned over three pairs, the best two of which were kings and eights, and upped his stack to 255,000. Pietsch and Johnson were left with 62,000 and 20,000 respectively.
Trips showing on both boards! Freaky! As Sorel Mizzi jumped out of his chair to take a photo of the boards on his phone, Ahmed fired a bet and Ashby let his hand go.
When we got to the table Darren Shebell had two opponents all in and he threw out the classic line, "I got a full house, I gotta call!"
Steve Albini (yes, of Big Black fame) was putting his last chips in on sixth street with Julian Herold already all in at that point. Here's how the boards were spread:
Albini would need to improve on the river but he bricked out as Herold quickly mucked his down cards, and Shebell had suddenly sent two to the rail! He's up to a tournament-leading 275,000 chips.
Eric Friedman: (XXX) /
Raymond Walter: (X) with the ace on seventh street /
Pat Pezzin: (XX) / - fold
Down to just 11,000 at the break, Raymond Walter has made an impressive comeback - he seems to have decatupled his stack over two big hands and is now at 110,000.
Walter had already doubled up on the previous hand when the following occurred: Friedman and Walter just called the bring-in before Pezzin completed. They both called.
Thereafter Walter led the betting, and he bet out on every street. Pezzin gave it up on fifth street but Friedman called all the way before mucking to Walter's trip aces.
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to leave his pair of sevens short. He's out in 12th for a $7,942 payday.
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(order uncertain)
- fold
