Jean-Robert Bellande was involved in a pot with the small and big blind who both checked to him on a flop of . He fired 600 into the pot and was called by both opponents.
The turn was the and Bellande was checked to once again. When he bet 2,000, the small blind raised to 6,000 with the big blind folding and Bellande making the call.
The river was the and the small blind bet 15,000. Bellande folded and said "Wow, should have got it all in on the flop."
Brandon Adams and Paulo Rink just tangled up in a pot perfect for the TV cameras.
It was a preflop all in, and it was aces against kings. Adams had the and Rink the , and a big crowd of media and players gathered around the table as they heard, "All in and a call, Table 284!"
The flop drew a big reaction from the assembled group as it came out to give both players their set but leave Rink dead to the case king. The turn was most certainly not a king; The on the river, however -- that was in fact a king, the last one in the deck and the only saving card for Rink. Quads beat aces full every day, and Rink has doubled up to 63,000.
On the flip side, that sick beat has left Adams with just 3,900 lonely chips.
Jack Link's Beef Jerky is one of the official sponsors of the 2010 World Series of Poker, and if a player makes quad jacks during the Main Event then they will be awarded with $100 worth of delicious, meaty goodness.
Jason Koszi is the most recent winner of said prize. He held on a -X-X board, shipping him the pot and the jerky.
Perhaps Koszi will share a pack of teriyaki nuggets? One time?
Brett "Gank" Jungblut has been eliminated from the Main Event. We unfortunately missed the hand, but his seat at the feature table in the Red Section of the Amazon Room is vacant, signifying his elimination.
On a turned board showing , we joined the action just as Josh Brikis was checking it over to his lone opponent. He bet 3,000, and Brikis called.
The river filled out the board, and Brikis led out with a bet of 4,000 this time. His opponent called and promptly mucked when Brikis showed him . That nice little pot of close to 20,000 moves Brikis up to 39,000.
John D'Agostino and Alex Bonnin were involved in hand with heavy preflop raising that saw D'Agostino getting his last 17,000 or so into the middle.
D'Agostino:
Bonnin:
We didn't catch the entire hand, but did see that a came on the flop and held through the turn and river, sending all of D'Agostino's chips over to Bonnin, who now has about 78,000.
Andrew Lichtenberger had the flop of checked to him before he fired 1,100. His opponent made the call before the turn added the for the board. Both players checked.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked again. The first player turned up the and Lichtenberger mucked, dropping to 15,000 in chips.
Action folded to a short-stacked player on the button at Table 343 who moved all in for his last 3,700. The small blind released and the action was on Mars Callahan in the big blind.
Callahan, director of the 2002 film Poolhall Junkies, tanked for a very long time forcing his opponent to call the clock.
"C'mon," his opponent pleaded. "I only have like 3,000."
A floorperson came over to give Callahan the rundown, but stumbled over his words saying he had, "A million minutes" rather than, "a minute."
The entire table erupted with laughter and finally, Callahan made the call.
Opponent:
Callahan:
The board ran , and Callahan eliminated his opponent.
Callahan's passion for poker is not restricted to the felt, he told our field reporter. He is preparing a sequel to his first film called Poker Junkies.
A couple million dollars and a Main Event bracelet would surely help greenlight such a venture.
The jovial Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy seems to have peaked. After building his stack up to a chip-leading 130,000, he's now dropped back to a still big-stacked but rather more modest 95,000.
Just now we saw him take down a rather nice pot without any of the hassle of a showdown. One player limped under the gun and to his immediate left Collopy raised to 1,175. Player 2 in mid position made the call, but Player 3 in the cutoff made it 4,100 to go. Player 1 ducked out of their way, and Collopy four-bet to 10,575. Both his remaining opponents folded, and Collopy took the pot.
Next hand, and we found Collopy betting out 2,800 on the turn of the board. His opponent called to see the river - but folded when Collopy bet out a huge stack of orange T5,000 chips, enough to put his opponent all in. Collopy showed him the for his troubles, and was up to 130,000.
Nevertheless, just a little while later we strolled by his table to discover that he had somehow dropped around 35,000 from his stack.
On the turn, Nancy Todd Tyner fired a bet of 2,000 into a board of after one player checked. The next player called and so did the first player.
The river brought the and Tyner fired 3,000 this time after checked to. No one called her, but Tyner did show anyway, the for a straight. Tyner increased to 42,000.
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. He fired 600 into the pot and was called by both opponents.
and Bellande was checked to once again. When he bet 2,000, the small blind raised to 6,000 with the big blind folding and Bellande making the call.
and the small blind bet 15,000. Bellande folded and said "Wow, should have got it all in on the flop."
, and a big crowd of media and players gathered around the table as they heard, "All in and a call, Table 284!"
to give both players their set but leave Rink dead to the case king. The turn 
was most certainly not a king; The 
on the river, however -- that was in fact a king, the last one in the deck and the only saving card for Rink. Quads beat aces full every day, and Rink has doubled up to 63,000.
on a 
, we joined the action just as Josh Brikis was checking it over to his lone opponent. He bet 3,000, and Brikis called.
filled out the board, and Brikis led out with a bet of 4,000 this time. His opponent called and promptly mucked when Brikis showed him 
came on the flop and held through the turn and river, sending all of D'Agostino's chips over to Bonnin, who now has about 78,000.
for the board. Both players checked.
and both players checked again. The first player turned up the 
and Lichtenberger mucked, dropping to 15,000 in chips.
for his troubles, and was up to 130,000.
after one player checked. The next player called and so did the first player.
for a straight. Tyner increased to 42,000.