Our PokerNews reporter stumbled over to Mel Judah's table to find a little bit of heated action going down.
Judah asked the dealer to clarify who had anted and who hadn't.
There was some confusion and the Tournament Director was called over to resolve the situation and Judah started to get increasingly louder and louder.
"If there is a problem call me. Please don't yell at the dealer," stated the Tournament Director.
"I wasn't yelling at the dealer!" responded Judah.
"You're getting pretty loud. If there's a problem, call me. The dealer doesn't have to take abuse," continued the Tournament Director.
I guess us fellow Australians (since I am one also) have problems with antes following the Jeff Lisandro and Prahlad Friedman debacle in the 2006 WSOP Main Event!
Greg Mueller raised from under the gun to 750. Ralph Perry called from the button and the flop was produced . Mueller bet 1,100 and Perry called.
The turn () and river () were checked by both players before Mueller announced that he held king high. Perry tabled the for two pair and won the pot. He's now up to 72,500 while Mueller dropped back a tad to 20,200.
The player under the gun limped in before a player in middle position raised to 1,200. John Hennigan called from late position and the limper called as well. After the flop came down and all three players in the hand checked.
The turn brought the and action checked to Henninigan who was last up. He fired 1,700. The under-the-gun player raised all in for 10,450 and the player in middle position folded. Hennigan made the call. When the hands were turned up, the all-in player was in a world of hurt.
The at-risk player tabled a full house with the , but Hennigan had him crushed with the for quad aces! The river completed the board with the and that was the end of the line for the player who was all in. He was sent to the rail as Hennigan moved up to 87,000 in chips.
Hennigan has been on a steady increase all day and every time we check in on him, he seems to have a little bit more chips than he did the previous time.
Markus Golser and the cutoff went heads-up to a flop and the action was checked around. The turn came the and Golser led out from the small blind for 1,025. The cutoff snap-called. The river was the and both players checked.
Golser turned over pocket fives, but the cutoff had him beat with . Golser is sitting on about 62,000 in chips.
Andre Akkari checked a flop, and his opponent bet 5,000. Akkari check-raised him to 11,000, and the player responded by moving all in for 23,625. Akkari made the call, confidently turning over for a flush draw with a gutshot. His opponent held for top pair, top kicker. The turn and river were both blanks for Akkari. After doubling his tablemate, Akkari was left with 22,000.
Andrew Robl is up to a quiet 39,000 after taking down a recent pot with trip sevens. There was a raise pre-flop to 900 that Robl, sitting in position, called. His opponent checed a flop to Robl. She then called 1,300 after Robl bet. When the turn paired the board , she tried a bet of 2,000 that Robl called. That took both players to the river. Robl's opponent checked and called 3,000. That's when Robl turned up to take down the pot with trip sevens.
However, a few hands later Robl gave all the chips back by raising all in on the turn of a board. The same opponent snap-called with the nuts, , leaving Robl's top pair in bad shape. The board blanked out to put Robl right back where he started.
Another table has broken in the blue section of the Amazon Room, and with it a potentially mouth-watering situation has emerged on table 292.
Early chip leader - and second at the moment - Kevin McGowan has moved to current chip leader Tyler Smith's table.
McGowan has 149,000, while Smith has 164,500 in chips, which means they could potentially play a 1,045 big blind pot in just level four of the tournament!
On a flop of Shannon Shorr check-called a 2,250-chip bet from out of the big blind as the landed on the turn.
Shorr was now faced with a bet of 4,200 which he check-called as the river landed the .
Both players checked and Shorr tabled his for a busted flush draw and ace-high. Unfortunately it would be his opponent's for a rivered pair that would take down the pot and send Shorr sliding down to 45,600 in chips.
With the board reading , Shawn Marion called a bet of 7,100 from his opponent. The river then completed the board with the and Marion's opponent fired 8,500. Marion thought and then raised all in for about 22,000. His opponent open-mucked the . Marion showed the .
Winning that pot put Marion up to 53,000 in chips.
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. Mueller bet 1,100 and Perry called.
) and river (
) were checked by both players before Mueller announced that he held king high. Perry tabled the 
for two pair and won the pot. He's now up to 72,500 while Mueller dropped back a tad to 20,200.
, Andre Akkari called his opponent's bet of 3,600 and the cards were on their backs.
for a set of jacks which were the best hand as his opponent opened 
for two pair.
and all three players in the hand checked.
and action checked to Henninigan who was last up. He fired 1,700. The under-the-gun player raised all in for 10,450 and the player in middle position folded. Hennigan made the call. When the hands were turned up, the all-in player was in a world of hurt.
, but Hennigan had him crushed with the 
and that was the end of the line for the player who was all in. He was sent to the rail as Hennigan moved up to 87,000 in chips.
flop and the action was checked around. The turn came the 
and both players checked.
for a flush draw with a gutshot. His opponent held 
for top pair, top kicker. The 
, she tried a bet of 2,000 that Robl called. That took both players to the 
board. The same opponent snap-called with the nuts, 
in bad shape. The board blanked out 
landed on the turn.
.
for a busted flush draw and ace-high. Unfortunately it would be his opponent's 
