Jesse Rios was in position for a three-handed flop of . His opponents were both of the blinds. They checked to Rios, who fired out a bet. Only the small blind called to see that hit the turn. That player checked and called another bet from Rios.
The river looked like a total blank. Again the small blind checked and called a bet from Rios. Rios turned over the nut flush, . His opponent did not have the , allowing Rios to win the pot. He has roughly 6,100 chips.
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Catching up with the action on fourth street, Gary Benson bet in a three-way hand and was called by just Vanessa Rousso. Benson's board was best throughout and he bet every street until seventh, opting to check. Rousso checked behind and Benson tabled for a 9-8-4-3-2. Rousso could not beat it, showing .
Penning completed on third street and Ivey raised, getting a call from Penning. It was a similar story on fourth street when Penning bet. Ivey raised it and Penning called. On fifth street, Penning checked and Ivey bet. Looking a little uncomfortable, Penning called. Once again both boards improved on sixth street, with Penning checking and Ivey betting. After about ten seconds, Penning gave it up and Ivey collected the chips.
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.
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.
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 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.
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. His opponents were both of the blinds. They checked to Rios, who fired out a bet. Only the small blind called to see that 
hit the turn. That player checked and called another bet from Rios.
looked like a total blank. Again the small blind checked and called a bet from Rios. Rios turned over the nut flush, 
. His opponent did not have the 
, allowing Rios to win the pot. He has roughly 6,100 chips.
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, the small blind was all in for his last 75 chips. Each other player just called the 75.
for low. She dropped her cards into the center of th table with a resigned look.
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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.