Tom Dwan is warily circling today, looking for spots where he can pick off chips from his opponents. He must have thought he was in a great spot against Thomas Hunt. At sixth street, "durrrr" was showing two open kings. He bet and Hunt, with two open fives, raised, leaving himself 500 chips behind. Dwan re-raised and Hunt called, getting all the chips in. It looked to be a chop, as Dwan had kings and queens for high and Hunt had a pair of fives and a made low. But Hunt also had a freeroll to a straight, a card which came in when Hunt drew the river. Dwan didn't fill up, and as a result Hunt dragged the whole pot.
As can be expected, a lot of the shorter stacks are getting all their chips in the middle now that our bubble has burst. Ming Reslock was one of those players, and things weren't looking good for her until she hit a runner-runner flush against Don Zewin.
The pot was original three-handed, with Ming raising, Jeff Shulman re-raising and Zewin four-betting.
All three players saw a flop of . Zewin bet from the big blind and Reslock raised all in. Shulman thought about his options for a while before folding, with Zewin making the call.
Reslock:
Zewin:
Zewin was happy with how things were looking to shape up, but his happiness faded when the on the turn and the the on the river gave Reslock a full house.
We didn't see the hand. We only saw the result -- Tom Dwan walking away from the tournament floor, payout slip in hand. Looks like he won't be shipping a bracelet in Event 31.
James Darnaby raised from the cutoff position and got his only call from Cydney Violette. The two saw a flop of . When Violette checked, Darnaby fired out a bet, with Violette opting to fold.
Once Violette's cards were in the muck, Darnaby showed the and asked if it was good. Violette said, "I had one of those, too." At that point, Darnaby showed his other card, the .
Just before the break, George Lind went to the river against Hani Awad. On seventh street, Lind bet his last chips in the dark. Awad called, producing 7-6-2 for a final hand of 9-7-6-4-2. Lin turned up 4-8-6, a final hand of 8-7-6-5-4. He doubled up to 42,000.
There were five, count 'em, five people in pre-flop for the maximum five bets each at Pat Pezzin's table. On a flop of , Eric Conti had first action. His bet was called by Pezzin and James Darnaby before Ken Lennaard raised. The fifth player called two cold, bringing the action back to Conti. He three-bet all in and was called by all four other players.
The turn fell . Betting was on the side. Pezzin and Darnaby checked to Lennaard. He bet and was raised by the fifth player, giving Pezzin a tough decision. As he thought it out, and thought it out, players at the table began talking to him.
"You should have just folded pre-flop," said one.
"You don't even know what I have," Pezzin replied.
A second player asked, "How long does he have?"
"If you want to call the clock," said Pezzin, "Be my guest. But maybe if you would shut up I'd be able to think and make a decision." The table did quiet down, and both Pezzin and Darnaby eventually foldd.
At the river Lennaard bet and the last remaining player called all in. She turned up for a straight and the second nut low. Darnaby showed for three jacks and the nut low.
As for the main pot, Conti opened , a hand clearly no good both ways. He busted, Pezzin moved to 70,000, and Lennaard increased to 100,000.
Jeff Shulman came back from break and took a couple of small pots down. In the first one, he had raised on third street with an showing and got called by two opponents. When he collected a second on fourth street, he went to bet, but his opponents folded before he had a chance put his money in the pot.
On the second hand, the cards in play looked something like this:
Brandon Cantu: (XX) /
Jeff Shulman: (XX) /
Player 1: (XX) /
Cantu completed, with Player one making the call. When Shulman re-raised, Cantu got himself out of the sandwich and folded. However, Player 1 called. Shulman bet again on fourth street, getting a call from his opponent. However, a bet on fifth street before cards were even totally visable to us was answered with a fold from Shulman's opponent.
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river. Dwan didn't fill up, and as a result Hunt dragged the whole pot.
on the turn and the the 
on the river gave Reslock a full house.
. When Violette checked, Darnaby fired out a bet, with Violette opting to fold.
and asked if it was good. Violette said, "I had one of those, too." At that point, Darnaby showed his other card, the 
.
, Eric Conti had first action. His bet was called by Pezzin and James Darnaby before Ken Lennaard raised. The fifth player called two cold, bringing the action back to Conti. He three-bet all in and was called by all four other players.
. Betting was on the side. Pezzin and Darnaby checked to Lennaard. He bet and was raised by the fifth player, giving Pezzin a tough decision. As he thought it out, and thought it out, players at the table began talking to him.
for a straight and the second nut low. Darnaby showed 
for three jacks and the nut low.
, a hand clearly no good both ways. He busted, Pezzin moved to 70,000, and Lennaard increased to 100,000.
on fourth street, he went to bet, but his opponents folded before he had a chance put his money in the pot.