There was a queen on the flop, but it was money in the bank for Shulman as it came down to give him the nearly unbeatable set of nines. The turn opened up some thoughts of a chopped pot for the other two players, and Makowsky pleaded, "Diamond. Diamond!"
There was no diamond on the river, and Shulman had both players covered to notch the double knockout and move all the way up to 25,600. That figures to be the big stack in the room right now.
In one of the last hands before the switch back to limit here in Level 3, Eric "Basebaldy" Baldwin opened with a raise from early position, and Andy Black called the raise from a couple of seats over. It folded to the small blind who called as well, then the player in the big blind shoved all in for about 5,000. Baldwin got out, Black reshoved all in over the top, and the SB stepped aside.
Black showed , and his opponent tabled . The flop came , giving Black a set. Then the came on the turn, sealing the hand for Black.
Another player hits the rail, while Black moves up to 14,700.
Registration is now closed and the board is saying we had 507 entrants all told for this one. We'll soon be getting the official numbers, as well as prize pool information.
The final numbers are in. A total of 507 players entered Event #44, a few shy of last year's 524 for this event. Together they created a total prize pool of $1,166,100. The top 54 spots will pay in this one.
Here's how the money will get divided among those 54:
A player in middle position opened for 375, then another reraised to 1,250 from the cutoff. It folded to Juan Maceiras of Spain in the small blind who reraised over the top for 3,850 total. The original raiser folded, but the player in the cutoff moved all in. Maceiras called with his remaining chips -- about 8,500 more.
Maceiras had and his opponent . The board came , and the Spaniard hit the rail.
Terrence Chan opened for 500, and an opponent reraised all in for his last 2,000. Chan called, tabling to his opponent's .
The flop came , and Chan asked the dealer to deliver a nine to make the hand more interesting. But the turn was a relatively less exciting , and the river ended it. Another player is out, and Chan chips up to 9,200.
Liv Boeree raised from middle position, and the button three-bet it. Albert Minnullin called from the blinds, and Boeree called as well to go to a flop.
It came , and Minnullin led out with a bet. Boeree folded, and the button called.
The turn came the , Minnullin bet, the button raised, and Minnullin called.
On the river, the drew a check from Minnullin, but he snuck in a check-raise when his opponent bet. The button called the extra bet, showing up for trip queens. Minnullin could do better than that, though; he tabled for the full house, winning the pot to move up to 15,500.
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to give him the nearly unbeatable set of nines. The turn 
opened up some thoughts of a chopped pot for the other two players, and Makowsky pleaded, "Diamond. Diamond!"
, and his opponent tabled 
. The flop came 
, giving Black a set. Then the 
came on the turn, sealing the hand for Black.
, and the river 
, and Minnullin led out with a bet. Boeree folded, and the button called.
drew a check from Minnullin, but he snuck in a check-raise when his opponent bet. The button called the extra bet, showing up 
for trip queens. Minnullin could do better than that, though; he tabled 
for the full house, winning the pot to move up to 15,500.