In the first of two hands we just caught, she raised to 150 from the cutoff. She was called only by the big blind and the two saw a flop of . Both players checked to the turn.
The turn came and Ho led out with a bet of 150, getting a call from her opponent. When the big blind bet 650 after the came on the river, Ho looked perplexed and thought for a while before making the call. She mucked when she saw her opponent's .
On the very next hand she won a few of those chips back, raising to 150 from the hijack, getting a call from the big blind. She fired 200 into a flop of , which was good enough to take it down.
Anyone who has put in any time at all at the poker table knows that aces don't always hold. It was a painful reminder for a player at table 19 who called an all in on a flop of and triumphantly turned over his , putting himself way ahead of his opponent's . But his tournament day came to an end when the came on the turn followed by the . And they say it's an easy game...
Team PokerStars is well represented in the field today.
Marcel Luske and Andre Akkari are seated right next to one another in the Pavilion Room and we've alse spotted Team Pros Maria Mayrinck and Humberto Brenes playing in today's field!
There is very little room for error in both the $1,000 and $1,500 events so it isn't a surprise when people bust quickly. Neil Channing and Josh Arieh can be added to the list of quick exits today and we're sure more will file in.
The controversy that erupted when a number of men signed up for the Ladies' Event still hasn't died. The World Series of Poker organizers haven't let on with what, if any, punishment they have in store for entrants who carried a Y chromosome into the event with them.
The players at Table 43 are currently conducting a survey of the females at the table, asking whether they feel there should be any punishment for the men who played the event, and if so, what it should be.
There is a recent bracelet winner in the house today and his name is Jason Dewitt. He took down Event #17: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $818,959 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.
He's not the only bracelet winner in the field today though. Joining him are Humberto Brenes (2), Blair Hinkle (1), Brandon Cantu (2), Vitaly Lunkin (2) and Josh Arieh (2).
Who knows, there may be a few other bracelets floating around as well!
. Both players checked to the turn.
and Ho led out with a bet of 150, getting a call from her opponent. When the big blind bet 650 after the 
came on the river, Ho looked perplexed and thought for a while before making the call. She mucked when she saw her opponent's 
.
, which was good enough to take it down.
on the turn, nor the 
river.
and triumphantly turned over his 
. But his tournament day came to an end when the 
came on the turn followed by the 
. And they say it's an easy game...
and both players opted to check. However when a 
came on the turn the small blind bet 500 and Shamseddin raised to 1,225. At that point the small blind moved all in.
