Chris Moneymaker, who now has to contend with Phil Ivey on his right, made a lead of 1,100 on a flop of . The button player was the only other opponent in the hand. That player raised all in for 5,000 total. Moneymaker quickly called with , a set of queens, and found himself up against a naked flush draw, . The that hit the turn filled Moneymaker's opponent's flush, and the river did not pair the board.
That hand pushed Moneymaker down to 17,000. A few hands later he rivered a small set, , after he and his opponent checked the turn. Moneymaker's 2,000-chip bet with was quickly called by his opponent, who had flopped a set of tens with .
David Cairns opened the pot with an early-position raise, and John Phan moved all in for 2,250. Cairns called, and over went the cards:
Cairns:
Phan:
Board: .
That's pretty useless for Phan, and he and his ace-ten have both been mucked. Cairns is up to 19,500 courtesy of that little knockout pot, but the better news is that he's rid himself and the rest of his table of "The Razor".
Tom Dwan was very interested in finding out which table Phil Ivey's at. That may be because things aren't going well for Dwan at his own table. He's down to 3,250 after tangling with Veronica Dabul. Dabul was in the big blind and called Dwan's pre-flop raise from the cutoff. She then checked to "durrrr", who bet 725 on a flop of . Dwan insta-mucked the moment that Dabul raised to 2,500.
Life is pretty good right now for former Main Event champion Joe Hachem. He was sitting in the cutoff in a recent hand and three-bet to 1,525 after a middle-position player opened for a raise. That player then four-bet to 3,8000. Hachem made the call to a flop of . Hachem's opponent led out for another 3,800, then was faced with a big decision when Hachem raised all in for 11,300 total. The player thought through his decision for quite a while before finally calling with . Hachem had that hand easily beat with . The turn and river blanked out and to ship the double-up to Hachem. He's up to 33,500.
That's what Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck said to us as she meandered toward the rail, so we had to get the rest of the details.
"Set of deuces," she said pointing at herself, "against a set of queens," with a point back towards her former table. "Well," she added, "he made quads on the river."
Here's a (long) list of players we haven't seen in quite some time. They are presumed busto until new information comes to light:
Matt Brady
Bruno Fitoussi
Thuy Doan
Marco Traniello
David Chiu
Toto Leonidas
Andre Akkari
Scott Clements
Tom McCormick
Valdemar Kwaysser
Chad Brown
Jude Ainsworth
Victor Ramdin
David Benyamine
Dan Heimiller
Max Pescatori
Bill Chen
Bryan Devonshire
Double dipping -- playing in two (or more!) tournaments at the same time -- has become very popular at the World Series of Poker the last few years. No surprise, then, that the seat next to Jordan Morgan is empty with a stack of 6,300 in front of it. A yellow sticky note on the table rail identifies the owner: John Juanda, who is currently playing in Day 2 of the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event.
Andy Philachack opened to 725 from late position, and Kathy Liebert moved all in for about 2,000 total. She had pocket sixes, and she was up against for her tournament life.
The flop was clean and raggy, but a ten on the turn was too much for Liebert to overcome. She's out, and Philachack is up to 45,000 in the process.
Vanessa Selbst groaned when she saw what bad shape she was in. She moved all in for 5,575 from the small blind and was called by a player under the gun, who had limped into the pot. That player tabled , a significant favorite over Selbst's . But Selbst flopped a flush draw, , then turned her flush with the . She doubled up to 11,500.
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. The button player was the only other opponent in the hand. That player raised all in for 5,000 total. Moneymaker quickly called with 
, a set of queens, and found himself up against a naked flush draw, 
. The 
that hit the turn filled Moneymaker's opponent's flush, and the 
river did not pair the board.
, after he and his opponent checked the turn. Moneymaker's 2,000-chip bet with 
was quickly called by his opponent, who had flopped a set of tens with 
.
.
. Dwan insta-mucked the moment that Dabul raised to 2,500.
. Hachem's opponent led out for another 3,800, then was faced with a big decision when Hachem raised all in for 11,300 total. The player thought through his decision for quite a while before finally calling with 
. The turn and river blanked out 
and 
to ship the double-up to Hachem. He's up to 33,500.
for her tournament life.
, a significant favorite over Selbst's 
. But Selbst flopped a flush draw, 
, then turned her flush with the