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.
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.
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.
George Lind, a member of Team PokerStars Online, was just in an all-in situation before the flop. Lind held and was racing against his opponent's .
The flop came , putting his opponent ahead with a pair of queens. The turn was the . Then came the river -- a jack -- giving Lind trips and knocking out another player.
We came on a big hand just now between Peter Feldman and Andrew "mahowny777" Talbot.
With the board showing , Feldman bet, Talbot raised, and Feldman made the call. Action to that point put the pot at about 7,000. The river then brought the . Feldman checked, and Talbot announced he was all in.
Feldman studied the situation for a couple of minutes, then finally announced he was calling. Talbot tabled for queens full of fives, and Feldman nodded and pushed his cards to the dealer. He then pushed his chips forward as well and left, as Talbot had him covered.
That hand puts Talbot above 40,000 -- the biggest stack we've seen thus far.