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A player over at Table 16 stood up and loudly celebrated repeatedly saying, "Yes, yes, yeahhhhhh!" This inspired others in the room to starting imitating the player, which in turn inspired even more players. Pretty soon the entire tournament area was cheering for the man as he shot up his arms in triumph.
What caused such a commotion? Turns out the man was all in with on a flop. His opponent held for the flopped straight and our hero was in big trouble. Lucky for him, the turn was the and the river the to give him a higher straight and the double up.
With a board reading , the player in Seat 2 pushed all in and Seat 3 made the call. Seat 2 showed for top pair with a flush draw while Seat 3 had .
The dealer burned and put up the , making the kings the best hand. The dealer then burned and revealed the , which completed Seat 2's flush. The dealer called out flush and began to push Seat 2 the pot.
"No, there are no ocean cards here," another player at the table pointed out. The dealer double-checked the board and it read . Unfortunately for Seat 2, hold'em only has a board consisting of five cards, not six. Seat 3 took down the pot.
Sometimes you'll read reports from those high roller events about all the massages happening around the room. There are a few going on here today at our $1,000 buy-in event, although we just saw a humorous scene over at Table 29 that might point up one difference between these low buy-in events and those others.
"But I only have four dollars," explained the player to the masseuse as we happened by. He was told that was good for two minutes' worth, but he still wasn't sure he wanted to commit.
"I'm worried I might want more," he said and the table laughed. Smart thinking. He didn't want to get into a situation he couldn't afford.
Finally he took the two minutes, during which time one assumes he felt like a high roller.
We rolled up on this one after preflop action had built a decent-sized pot and the flop showed . The player sitting under the gun had put out a bet, and Scott Montgomery, with the button, had just announced he was all in. Montgomery's opponent took about twenty seconds, then made the call, committing most of his stack to do so.
Montgomery turned over for top pair, a gutshot draw, and a backdoor flush draw. When his opponent showed his hand -- -- the pair's tablemate Thierry Van Den Berg couldn't help but comment.
"Wow," he said.
The turn was the , giving Montgomery trips, and the river was the . "What a lucky guy," added Van Den Berg. Montgomery moves up to 32,000 after that one.
Nikolay Evdakov, sitting with a stack of about 36,000 chips, opened for 750 from middle position, and it folded to a short-stacked player on the button who reraised all in for 2,875 total. The blinds got out, and Evdakov gathered the necessary chips to call. He shook them in one hand as he contemplated his decision.
Finally after about a minute he said smiled and said what sounded like "present" as he tossed the chips forward. "I don't have a very good hand," said Evdakov's opponent as he tabled . Evdakov continued to smile as he turned over .
The board came , and the Russian tapped the table saying "good hand" as the short-stacked player doubled up. Evdakov still has 32,500.
Brandon Cantu raised to 800 from the hijack and received only one caller from the big blind. That player checked when the flop came down . Cantu fired out a continuation bet of 1,000, which put the big blind to a decision. He ultimately decided to fold and Cantu increased his stack to around 16,000.
Players are now on a ninety minute dinner break. According to the tournament clock, only 660 players of the original 2,340 will be returning after dinner. The plan is to play through Level 10 or down to 15% of today's starting field, whichever may come first.
on a 
flop. His opponent held 
for the flopped straight and our hero was in big trouble. Lucky for him, the turn was the 
and the river the 
to give him a higher straight and the double up.
, the player in Seat 2 pushed all in and Seat 3 made the call. Seat 2 showed 
for top pair with a flush draw while Seat 3 had 
.
, making the kings the best hand. The dealer then burned and revealed the 
, which completed Seat 2's flush. The dealer called out flush and began to push Seat 2 the pot.
. The player sitting under the gun had put out a bet, and Scott Montgomery, with the button, had just announced he was all in. Montgomery's opponent took about twenty seconds, then made the call, committing most of his stack to do so.
-- the pair's tablemate Thierry Van Den Berg couldn't help but comment.
, giving Montgomery trips, and the river was the 
. Evdakov continued to smile as he turned over 
. Cantu fired out a continuation bet of 1,000, which put the big blind to a decision. He ultimately decided to fold and Cantu increased his stack to around 16,000.