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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
With the final board reading , Sandra Naujoks fired 2,600. She was acting out of the small blind and the big blind raised her to 7,600. Naujoks made the call. Her opponent tabled the for the nutterballs and Naujoks mucked. She's back down to 23,500 after just moving up a few hands ago with a set.
Chris Moneymaker raised it to 725 from under the gun and found a caller before the player in the big blind popped it to 3,000. Both opponents made the call and they took a flop of .
The big blind led out for 4,000 and Moneymaker called as the third player stepped aside. The turn was the and this time the play checked to Moneymaker who tossed out 4,500. His opponent soaked up a little camera tape before eventually finding a fold.
We passed by Andre Akkari's table to see him lead out for 2,200 into a pot of about 6,000 on a board that read . Akkari was facing two opponents. One of them folded, but the other called. Akkari silently turned over for trip fours. His opponent nodded her head as if she expected that and then mucked.
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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.
board. The same opponent snap-called with the nuts, 
, leaving Robl's top pair 
in bad shape. The board blanked out 
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 
flop and the action was checked around. The turn came the 
. Golser is sitting on about 62,000 in chips.
and all three players in the hand checked.
, Andre Akkari called his opponent's bet of 3,600 and the cards were on their backs.
) and river (
) were checked by both players before Mueller announced that he held king high. Perry tabled the 
.
. Akkari was facing two opponents. One of them folded, but the other called. Akkari silently turned over