With the board showing , Jose "Nacho" Barbero made a pot-sized bet of 2,200, the player sitting to his left reraised the pot, and Brian Rast got out. The action back on Barbero, he thought at length about what do, enough time for the coffee he ordered earlier to arrive. Finally, with a bit of a pained look, Barbero reraised enough to put his opponent all in, and the call was made.
Barbero showed for top two pair and a gutshot to Broadway. His opponent tabled for the nut flush draw and one pair. The turn was the , meaning both now had top two. But the river was the , giving his opponent the flush.
Barbero now has 12,000 and a hot cup of coffee, to which he's presently adding sugar.
A player sitting under the gun raised and got four callers behind him, including J.C. Tran in the hijack seat and Shannon Shorr on the button.
The flop came . It checked to Tran -- winner of this event in 2009 -- who bet 2,500, and only Shorr called. The turn was the , and Tran bet 5,500 this time. Shorr thought a short while, but got out.
Tran, wearing his familiar New York Yankees cap, has about 42,000 at present, while Shorr is sitting with 35,000.
When action folded to the player in the small blind, he raised the pot only to have Bertrand Grospellier reraise the pot from the big blind for 8,200 more.
The small blind mulled it over and then pushed all in for a total of 12,900. Grospellier called and they turned over their cards:
Grospellier:
Small Blind:
Grospellier was in the lead preflop but was in trouble when the flop came . Grospellier picked up the nut flush draw, but that was nixed when the hit the turn and gave his opponent a full house. The river was the and Grospellier lost nearly half his chips in the hand. He is down to 15,200.
There was about 6,000 in the pot at the river with a board reading when Eric Baldwin bet 4,700. Bertrand Grospellier thought it over for a minute or so before raising all in for 6,625, which was enough to set Baldwin all in.
Baldwin mulled it over, reciting possible hands aloud, before finally mucking. He left himself with around 5,000 while Grospellier is up to 22,000.
Sigi Stockinger was just now all in preflop, having chosen a fine PLO hand -- -- to which to assign his fate. Joe Hachem was his foe, going to battle with .
The community cards would decide it. The first four -- -- suggested all sorts of possibilities for Stockinger. But the came on the river. Hachem's set of queens proved best, and Stockinger is out.
Believe it or not, Phil Ivey is still alive in the tournament. He has been M.I.A. for the past few levels, slowly being blinded off, as he played in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.
Ivey is currently sitting with 7,225 and will need to get back soon if he wants to avoid elimination.
David Baker, winner of Event No. 19, the $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Draw Championship, just now limped in from early position, the player in the hijack seat limped behind, then the button raised to 1,500. The small blind called, the BB folded, and Baker and the other two called the raise as well.
Four players, then, to see the flop. It checked around to the hijack who bet 3,500, and only Baker stuck around. Both then checked the turn and flop.
"Flush," said Baker, tabling . His opponent studied his four again, then mucked. Baker is at about 24,000 at the moment, which is just a touch above the average with 189 players remaining.
, Jose "Nacho" Barbero made a pot-sized bet of 2,200, the player sitting to his left reraised the pot, and Brian Rast got out. The action back on Barbero, he thought at length about what do, enough time for the coffee he ordered earlier to arrive. Finally, with a bit of a pained look, Barbero reraised enough to put his opponent all in, and the call was made.
for top two pair and a gutshot to Broadway. His opponent tabled 
for the nut flush draw and one pair. The turn was the 
, meaning both now had top two. But the river was the 
, giving his opponent the flush.
. It checked to Tran -- winner of this event in 2009 -- who bet 2,500, and only Shorr called. The turn was the 
, and Tran bet 5,500 this time. Shorr thought a short while, but got out.
. Grospellier picked up the nut flush draw, but that was nixed when the 
hit the turn and gave his opponent a full house. The river was the 
-- to which to assign his fate. Joe Hachem was his foe, going to battle with 
.
turn and 
flop.
. His opponent studied his four again, then mucked. Baker is at about 24,000 at the moment, which is just a touch above the average with 189 players remaining.
of his opponent in Seat 7.