Chris Ferguson just ran his 
into an opponent's pocket jacks, and he was unable to improve. The gregarious Ferguson stopped and chatted with a few people on his way out the door, but the important part of that sentence is "out the door"; Ferguson's day is done.
Level: 6
Blinds: /
Ante:
Patty Gallagher raised from the button, and she was called only by the big blind, the two of them heading off to a board of 
. The big blind check-called bets on all three rounds, eventually showing down 
for ace high. He was not a believer, but Gallagher's 
was good enough to earn her the pot and a new chip stack of 29,000.
There were three bets total in the pot when Shannon Shorr (late position), Dan Makowsky (small blind) and Tommy Vedes (big blind) saw a 
flop.
Makowsky checked, Vedes bet, Shorr raised, Makowsky folded and Vedes called prompting the dealer to peel off the 
on the turn. Things got crazy from here, and the players capped the betting, meaning there were five bets in from each player.
The river was the 
; Vedes bet and Shorr made the call rolling over the 
, for trip nines. Vedes looked at his cards, flashed the 
and finally mucked in denial that his hand was no good.
Bill Chen just strolled by the media table and said, to nobody in particular as far as we could tell, "All right... I'm out. I'm going to Tao later."
And with that, he walked out of the room.
We'll see you at the club, Bill.
Chad Batista from the button made it two bets, and got called by the big blind. The players saw a 
flop, and the big blind check-called a bet from Batista leading to the 
turn. Once again, the big blind checked and then called when Batista put out another bet. The river was the and both players checked it down.
Batista held 
for a pair of fours, which was no good next to his opponents . Batista slipped to 11,000.
We picked up the action from this raised pot just as the dealer was running out a flop of 
. Annie Duke was heads up with an unknown player in the big blind, and he check-called a bet from Ms. Duke.
On the 
turn, he checked again, and Duke bet again, but this time her opponent snuck in a check-raise, and Duke called the extra bet.
The filled out the board, and Duke called one last bet. Her opponent turned up 
, and his gutshot came through on the turn to take down the pot.
Duke drops to 12,500.
There were four-bets in preflop, and Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari (button) and his opponent in the big blind saw a 
flop. The big blind check-called a bet from Akkari, and the two two went to the turn, which was the 
.
The big blind once again check-called a bet from Akkari, and the players went to the river. The big blind decided to wake from his passive slumber leading out with a bet for a change, however Akkari would not be deterred and raised. The player in the big blind made the call, and then mucked when he saw the 
of Akkari.
The PokerStars Pro is now up 16,500.
Mark Newhouse raised from the cutoff seat, and Teddy Monroe (small blind) and the big blind both came along to the flop.
The dealer spread out , and the table checked around to the on fourth street. Monroe took the opportunity to make a bet, the big blind folded, and Newhouse put in the call.
The river card was the , and Newhouse called one more Monroe bet. "Newhizzle" turned over 
for top-top, and it was better than Monroe's 
.
Newhouse - 10,200
Monroe - 6,200
We picked up the action on a flop of 
as Erik Cajelais was making a bet. His opponent called, and the appeared on fourth street. Cajelais fired again, and his opponent made the call once again.
The last card off was the , and the unknown player called one last bet from Cajelais. It was not a winning call. Cajelais smirked broadly and tabled the for the straight and the flush, and the straight flush!
That moves him up to 23,000.
