What a difference one pot can make. Paul Wasicka completed the bring-in on third street and was called by two other players. He retained the betting lead on fourth street and made another bet. Both players called.
Wasicka bricked fifth street but refused to go away. The player with the best board bet and was called by Wasicka and the third player in turn. When Wasicka caught an ace on sixth street, he was able to get a raise in against both opponents. One folded, surrendering a bet he had already made; the other called and then called one more bet on the river. At showdown, Wasicka produced the nuts, , to drag a pot worth almost 15 big bets. He's up to 9,250 now.
PokerStars Team Online Player George Lind III is up to 8,800 after two nice limit hold'em hands.
First, he saw a flop with two opponents. Lind III bet, his first opponent raised, and the second opponent popped it to three bets. Both Lind III and the other opponent called, landing the on the turn. Lind III led out, and both opponents gave it up.
The next hand, Lind III raised on the button and the player in the big blind called. The flop came down and the player in the big blind led out this time, as well as when the hit the turn. Lind III called both times. Before the river card fell, his opponent went all in for his last 300. Lind III called and tabled for a flush, besting his opponent's .
All of the cards were on their backs at Liv Boeree's table. She showed on a board of . She made two pair, queens and eights, and the nut low. The player trying to take Boeree out showed down four low cards, , which made a pair of sevens and the second-nut low. Boeree got the whole pot to double up to 2,500.
We missed the pre-flop action in an Omaha Hi/Lo hand at Brandon Cantu's table. On a flop of , Cantu and a second player checked to bracelet-winner Rodney Pardey. Pardey bet and was called all-in by the button player. Cantu then check-raised, with only Pardey calling.
Cantu bet the turn and the river. Pardey called the first bet but folded to the second bet, allowing Cantu to win 600 chips out of the side pot uncontested. He opened for the main pot, a pair of nines and the nut low. The all-in player opened , a pair of aces and the nut low. Cantu was quartered, but after collecting the side pot is sitting behind 4,000 in chips.
Tables are being broken in the Orange Section of the Amazon Room. That means players are busting, although it's been a very slow, gradual process. The big clock shows 736 remaining, meaning that a bit more than 10% of the field is already eliminated. We're not sure if the players in the Pavilion Room will be broken into Amazon or if they will just table-break within that room until a handful of tables are left.
We came up to Al Barbieri's table during the Stud Hi/Lo round. He caught the bring-in, then raised after Daniel Negreanu completed and was called by a third player. They were three-handed to fourth street, where the third player had the lead. He bet and was called by Barbieri before Negreanu raised. The third player called all in and Barbieri called as well.
Negreanu bet fifth street and sixth street, with Barbieri calling each time. The action checked on the river. We weren't able to track all of the down cards, but Negreanu got all of the side pot but none of the main -- the third player scooped the main.
"Double play, Al!" said the third player as he looked at his phone.
"Double play and a double-up," Negreanu said with a laugh.
Katja Thater, a member of PokerStars Team Pro Germany and a bracelet winner in the 2007 $1,500 Razz event, has been having a tough time of it here today. She's seated in the Blue Section at a table with David Sklansky and Ylon Schwartz and has slipped to 2,700 in chips after a recent hand.
The pot was contested five ways to the turn, . Action checked all the way to Schwartz on the button, who bet. The small blind then check-raised and was called by three players, including Thater and Schwartz. On a river of , the small blind was all in for his last 75 chips. Each other player just called the 75.
At showdown, Thater, the Team Pro, couldn't beat aces up, for high, nor could she beat for low. She dropped her cards into the center of th table with a resigned look.
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, to drag a pot worth almost 15 big bets. He's up to 9,250 now.
and the player in the big blind led out this time, as well as when the 
hit the turn. Lind III called both times. Before the 
river card fell, his opponent went all in for his last 300. Lind III called and tabled 
for a flush, besting his opponent's 
, Cantu and a second player checked to bracelet-winner Rodney Pardey. Pardey bet and was called all-in by the button player. Cantu then check-raised, with only Pardey calling.
river. Pardey called the first bet but folded to the second bet, allowing Cantu to win 600 chips out of the side pot uncontested. He opened 
for the main pot, a pair of nines and the nut low. The all-in player opened 
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for low. She dropped her cards into the center of th table with a resigned look.