On the flop of , Carlos Mortensen checked, the next player bet, the player after that folded, Freddy Deeb raised, the player on the button folded, Mortensen called and then the original bettor called.
The turn brought the and completed a possible flush draw. Mortensen bet, the next player called and then Deeb called.
The river card was the {8h{, putting a fourth heart on board. It also made the board eligible for a low. Mortensen bet and was all in. The next player raised and then Deeb called.
Deeb mucked his hand after Mortensen showed the and the other player showed the . Mortensen was all in and able to chop half the pot to double up to 7,000. Deeb dropped to 15,500.
From the other table Matt Glantz yelled over, "Oh, he won a pot? My god!"
Derek Raymond has been spotted in the field playing the $10,000 buy-in event and will be a tough competitor to face. Raymond is a young player from Portland, Maine who graduated from Georgetown University and has been playing poker for the past seven years. He's only 25 years old, but has amassed himself career earnings over $360,000.
A couple months ago, Raymond placed sixth at the NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event for $115,000. More importantly, last year at the WSOP Raymond won a bracelet in the $2,500 buy-in Omaha Hi-lo event and took home $229,192. He has three OMaha cashes on his resume and regularly plays this game online. He's not too well known by most of the older regulars on the WSOP scene, which should make for a nice surprise to them when they see this kid's game.
PokerStars Team Canada Pro Daniel Negreanu and PokerStars Team USA Pro Chad Brown are seated at the same table, but neither could get the upper hand in a recent pot. Negreanu, dressed in a white "PokerStars PCA 2010" sweatshirt and a black PokerStars cap, raised pre-flop. Brown called from the button; both blinds also called.
Each player checked the flop. When action checked to Negreanu on the turn, he bet. Only Brown called. Both Team Pros quickly checked the river. Negreanu turned over for high. Brown claimed the low with .
"Whew!" said the short-stacked Negreanu. He has 7,000 chips. Brown is also below his starting stack, but with 22,000 isn't as bad off.
In hold'em, the best possible hand is "the nuts". In omaha split, the best possible hand it the "nut-nut" -- the nut hand for both halves of the pot. That's the hand Michael Freits turned over in a recent pot against Alexander Kravchenko.
Freits was one of four players in for a flop of . Freits bet and was called only by Kravchenko. That same action repeated itself on the turn and the river. At showdown, Freits turned over -- ace-deuce for low and a seven-high straight for high. Kravchenko nodded his head and mucked his hand.
Ron Ware raised in middle position and Abe Mosseri called in late position. The button then called and the small blind called as well. The flop came down and Ware bet after the small blind checked. Mosseri called and the button raised. The small blind folded, Ware called and Mosseri folded.
The turn card brought the and the two players checked. The river card was the and they checked again.
Ware mucked his hand when his opponent tabled the and slipped to 11,600 in chips.
* "Does anyone have a joint?" came a question from a table near the rail. Hands immediately shot up at several nearby tables.
* "I'm such a nit," Tom Dwan tried to convince Barry Greenstein.
* Howard Lederer is trying to fashion a prop bet at his table for the over/under on the number of players (other than the guy who did it today, sorry if that wasn't clear) in the history of major league baseball who have hit a grand slam on their first patch in the big leagues. We're not sure if Lederer is aware that, according to certain MLB stat-tracking services, the answer is 1.
* Mike Sexton and Jean Robert Bellande are loudly continuing their prop-bet discussion. Matt Savage, sitting on JRB's right, has his headphones on and says he can't turn up the music loud enough to drown out the chatter.
Sorel Mizzi asked is his table wanted to do a round of straddles when he got to the under-the-gun position. "You're ready to do anything," responded George Lind.
"The best shot I got is to increase variance," said Mizzi.
Chino Rheem raised from middle position and then Tony G reraised from the small blind. Steve Zolotow called from the big blind Rheem also called. The three players took a flop of and Tony G fired out. Zolotow raised, Rheem folded and Tony G called.
The turn was the and Tony G check-called a bet from Zolotow. The river completed the board with the and Tony G led out. Zolotow made the call.
Tony G scooped the low with the and Zolotow scooped the high with the .
Toto Leonidas has turned up in today's field, but so far he hasn't been able to gain much traction. He raised pre-flop in a recent hand and was called by the button, by small blind Matt Glantz and by big blind Freddy Deeb. Glantz made a strong lead-out bet on a flop of that only Leonidas called. Glantz fired again on the turn. That was enough to chase Leonidas out of the pot.
, Carlos Mortensen checked, the next player bet, the player after that folded, Freddy Deeb raised, the player on the button folded, Mortensen called and then the original bettor called.
and completed a possible flush draw. Mortensen bet, the next player called and then Deeb called.
and the other player showed the 
. Mortensen was all in and able to chop half the pot to double up to 7,000. Deeb dropped to 15,500.
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turn, he bet. Only Brown called. Both Team Pros quickly checked the 
for high. Brown claimed the low with 
.
. Freits bet and was called only by Kravchenko. That same action repeated itself on the 
river. At showdown, Freits turned over 
and the two players checked. The river card was the 
and Tony G check-called a bet from Zolotow. The river completed the board with the 
and Tony G led out. Zolotow made the call.
and Zolotow scooped the high with the 
that only Leonidas called. Glantz fired again on the 
turn. That was enough to chase Leonidas out of the pot.