Randy "Randers" Haddox opened with a raise to 1,325 from early position, and the table folded around to the player in the big blind who made the call. The flop came . The BB checked, and Haddox continued with a bet of 2,250. His opponent then shoved all in, and Haddox -- whom was covered by a little -- made the call.
Haddox showed for an overpair, while his opponent turned over for jacks. The turn and river didn't change things, and Haddox now sits with 28,000.
Disaster has befallen former chip mommy Nancy Matson.
We're not sure what happened, but she has been reduced to jsut 11,000 from her former high of 60,000. Meanwhile two players at her table have chipped up rather suspiciously, and are both looking extremely pleased with themselves - Keven Stammen (58,000) and Anders Taylor (64,000).
Aditya "Intervention" Agarwal had only just sat down at a new table with Matt Kay and Thayer Rasmussen when he ran into some terminal trouble.
Carl Brochu opened for 1,525 under the gun and a few seats along Agarwal shoved for 11,000 or so. Everyone else got out of their way, leaving Brochu to make an extremely easy call. On their backs.
Agarwal:
Brochu: somewhat ahead with
The board ran out a no-cigar and Agarwal hit the rail. Brochu meanwhile is sitting comfortably on 36,000.
After an opponent pushed all in for 10,000 from middle position, Eric Mizrachi called from the button with his remaining 7,000. Mizrachi showed and his opponent .
The flop came , and Mizrachi was looking for a ten. But the turn and river were both nines -- -- and Mizrachi is out.
A player in middle position raised to 1,800, and Bernard Lee moved all in over the top for 8,500. It folded back to the original raiser, who after saying he was feeling tired made the call, tabling . Lee showed a pair of nines.
The flop came , then the turn the , giving Lee's opponent a flush draw to go along with the overs. The dealer burned a card, then dealt the river -- -- giving Lee's opponent jacks and sending Lee home.
We arrived just in time to see Jeremiah Degreef all in with against two gentlemen holding pocket sevens and pocket queens respectively; an ace dropped on the flop and Degreef pushed his ace around the felt a bit to draw attention to the fact that he had won the hand, tripling him up to around 19,000.
"He's a big deal online, all the kids know him," said tablemate Bryan Devonshire as your innocent blogger asked Degreef his name, and then laughed raucously.
In one of the first hands of Level 9, Blair Hinkle opened with a raise to 1,550 from under the gun, then the player in the cutoff reraised to 3,800. It folded to the big blind who moved all in for 7,750. Hinkle then moved all in himself for 13,000 total, and the cutoff made the call.
Hinkle showed , the player in the cutoff , and the BB tabled . The flop came , giving Hinkle a set of aces. The turn was the and river the , and Hinkle chips up to 36,000.
It is a most common scene during the breaks of poker tournaments. Players criss-crossing in the halls, cell phones held to the sides of their heads, all narrating their respective tournament journeys thus far to willing listeners. Overheard during the last break...
“I got queens once, but no action.”
“The absolute best hand I saw was ace-ten suited.”
“I have a mountain of chips! I’ll take a picture when I get back.”
Level 9 -- and the collecting of further episodes from poker odysseys -- has begun.
"You're all wondering how late we're going to play tonight? We're going to play down to a winner."
The TD was joking as he announced the start of level 9, but to be honest the numbers are edging towards dangerously low - with 488 on the board right now and a larger field expected tomorrow than today, there is an outside chance that we could, in theory, make the money tomorrow on Day 1b. Nevertheless, we have been assured that we will be playing out the whole two levels scheduled, come what may.
. The BB checked, and Haddox continued with a bet of 2,250. His opponent then shoved all in, and Haddox -- whom was covered by a little -- made the call.
for an overpair, while his opponent turned over 
for jacks. The turn and river didn't change things, and Haddox now sits with 28,000.![[user46392]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and his opponent 
, and Mizrachi was looking for a ten. But the turn and river were both nines -- 
-- and Mizrachi is out.
. Lee showed a pair of nines.
, giving Lee's opponent a flush draw to go along with the overs. The dealer burned a card, then dealt the river -- 
against two gentlemen holding pocket sevens and pocket queens respectively; an ace dropped on the flop and Degreef pushed his ace around the felt a bit to draw attention to the fact that he had won the hand, tripling him up to around 19,000.
, and Hinkle chips up to 36,000.