Amanda Musumeci opened to 475 from the cutoff and found a defend from an opponent in the big blind.
The was checked to Musumeci, and she opted to fire out 525 as her opponent made the call.
The went check, check on the turn before the landed on the river and the big blind moved all in for a little over 2,000.
Musumeci made the call and was pleased to see her opponent's for a complete air-ball, as she tabled her to collect the pot and move to 15,900 in chips.
We're seeing a lot of new faces as we make our way to the remaining tables in Event #54. That's because empty tables here in the Pavilion Room have now been filled by players from Event #56, the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event that has just begun.
The breaking of tables for our event has occurred from the outer tables in, meaning our tourney has in a sense been suddenly surrounded by the other one.
A player opened for 550 from middle position, and Peter "Nordberg" Feldman called from the button. The blinds got out, and the dealer burned a card and spread out the flop.
The preflop raiser didn't waste much time setting his lone column of chips out before him -- an all-in bet of about 3,000 -- and Feldman instantly called. Feldman tabled for top pair and a flush draw, while his opponent showed for an open-ender.
The turn was the and the the river the , and yet another of our players has hit the rail. Feldman now has 11,200.
A player raised to 325 from the cutoff seat, the button folded, and the small blind called. Mike Wattel then reraised all in for his last 1,200 total. The player in the cutoff considered for a minute, then let his hand go. The small blind also took about a minute to decide what to do, and he chose to call.
Wattel showed while his opponent turned over . The board came , and Wattel survived.
The original raiser exhaled as if disappointed after seeing the board. "Your junk would have made a straight?" he was asked by a player not in the hand. He shook his head. "Ace-six," he said, to which Wattel said "Good fold" with a smile.