We arrived tableside to see a flop. Alec Torelli (mid position) bet out. Florian Langmann (cutoff) raised. Torelli shoved, and Langmann called. They waited briefly for some TV cameras which never appeared, and then revealed their hands.
Torelli: for the flopped straight
Langmann: for top pair and an open-ended straight draw
Turn: making both players a queen-high straight
River:
"Sorry man," said Langmann as the turn dropped on the felt. The dealer started to chop the pot, and pushed half of it to Torelli. "Hey hey, what are you doing?" asked Langmann, suddenly alarmed; he hadn't registered that it was a chopped pot. The dealer turned over all the mucked cards to prove it.
"I play too much Omaha," laughed Langmann once he'd realized his mistake. "Then I'm not sorry."
The disappointed Torelli remained on around 24,000. Langmann is still flying high, although not as high as he thought he would be after that, on 85,000.
We walked up to a flop of , and a player in the two seat was betting 4,000 into a pot of about that much. Phil Laak check-called from the big blind, and the dropped on the turn. Laak checked again but then shoved when he faced a second bet of 5,000. His opponent called all in for the rest of his own chips, and the cards were on their backs:
Laak:
Opponent:
Laak had made his flush, and his opponent was going to need to fill up or better to stay alive. The river was safe, though, and Laak's vaulted up to 104,500 as he reduces the field size by one.
John Kabbaj is up to 93,000 after flopping a set of sevens from er... heavens. It was last year's bracelet winner who kick-started the action, raising it up preflop to 750 with before being reraised to 2,500. Kabbaj made the call.
The flop rolled out to give Kabbaj top set. His opponent led for 2,800, Kabbaj raised to 10,500, and the initial aggressor made the call. On the turn, Kabbaj took the lead, betting 17,000, which was subsequently called.
on the river triggered a check, followed by an all-in for 16,500 from Kabbaj. The Brit's foe called, but quickly mucked upon being met with the bad news.
We found Roland de Wolfe calling a 1,500 bet from the gent in the small blind on a flop. Two other players who had made it as far as the flop folded behind, and they went heads up to the turn.
Both players checked the turn, and they checked again on the river. De Wolfe tabled a somewhat unlikely for a flopped straight.
Jean-Robert Bellande was in middle position and raised to 800. He was called by the player in the cutoff as well as the button and Oliverla Pinlao in the small blind.
The flop came . The small blind checked and Bellande bet 2,000. His only taker was the player in the cutoff.
Bellande and his opponent checked through the on the turn as well as the on the river. Bellande mucked after seeing his opponent's and is now down to 37,000.
On the flop of , Alexander Kostritsyn bet 3,000 before his opponent raised to 10,000. Kostritsyn made the call.
The turn brought the and Kostritsyn check-called a bet of 10,000 before seeing the land on the river. Kostritsyn checked again and his opponent checked behind after a minute in the tank. Kostritsyn tabled the and his opponent mucked.
Some curiousness from the moustachioed mind of Mike Piper.
We caught the action with Piper and his one opponent checking the flop and thus seeing a turn for free. Piper bet out 5,100 into the rather small pot and his opponent called. They saw an river and this time Piper bet 7,100; again, his opponent made the call.
Cards on their backs, and Piper's opponent flipped for an overpair that had morphed into a flush. Piper - by the by wearing a rather awesome linen suit with short trousers, AC/DC style - could only boast a rather esoteric for a pair of fours, and dropped to 11,000.
[EDIT] - Piper seems to have doubled up since that hand - we strolled by his table and happened to notice he was back up to 25,000. It must be the power of the Motorhead moustache.
Jason Reisenberg raised from early position and Ronnie Bardah reraised when the table folded around to his big blind. Reisenberg shoved for 8,600 total and Bardah called to put him at risk.
Showdown
Reisenberg:
Bardah:
There was no funny stuff on board, and Reisenberg's found his double back to 18,000.
One of the biggest stacks in the room belongs to Gabe Walls, who recently tried to bully a German player named Steven Thomsen out of a pot preflop but to no avail.
Walls opened to 900 from middle position, a player called in the cutoff and our German friend three-bet to 3,750 with the button. The blinds folded and as ESPN cameras rushed to the table, Walls made a huge raise moving all in. The player in the cutoff released, but Thomsen called all in for 16,075 more.
Walls: (Weeeeee)
Thomsen:
The flop:
"That's a fun flop," Walls said with a smile.
Thomsen stood up in frustration as the turned, keeping him alive. There were two aces in the deck that could win Thomsen the pot.
Lightning struck in the form of the , and Thomsen went crazy.
"Yeahhhhhhh!!!" he shouted. "That's how we do it in Europe!!!"
Thomsen was warned for excessive celebration, but he had reason to shout after the suck and re-suck doubled him to over 40,000 chips.
Oh, and don't worry about Walls. He's still atop our leader board with 162,500 to his name.
flop. Alec Torelli (mid position) bet out. Florian Langmann (cutoff) raised. Torelli shoved, and Langmann called. They waited briefly for some TV cameras which never appeared, and then revealed their hands.
for the flopped straight
for top pair and an open-ended straight draw
making both players a queen-high straight
dropped on the turn. Laak checked again but then shoved when he faced a second bet of 5,000. His opponent called all in for the rest of his own chips, and the cards were on their backs:
to give Kabbaj top set. His opponent led for 2,800, Kabbaj raised to 10,500, and the initial aggressor made the call. On the 
turn, Kabbaj took the lead, betting 17,000, which was subsequently called.
on the river triggered a check, followed by an all-in for 16,500 from Kabbaj. The Brit's foe called, but quickly mucked upon being met with the bad news.
flop. Two other players who had made it as far as the flop folded behind, and they went heads up to the turn.
turn, and they checked again on the 
river. De Wolfe tabled a somewhat unlikely 
for a flopped straight.
on the turn as well as the 
and is now down to 37,000.
and Kostritsyn check-called a bet of 10,000 before seeing the 
land on the river. Kostritsyn checked again and his opponent checked behind after a minute in the tank. Kostritsyn tabled the 
and his opponent mucked.
and action was checked to Cahail, who fired 9,000. His opponent mucked and Cahail moved to 60,000 in chips.
for a pair of fours, and dropped to 11,000.
