Along with three other limpers, William Thorson saw a flop from the small blind where his check led to a bet of 800 from the small blind. A player in early position called, but Thorson repopped to 3,000 with 7,150 behind.
The big blind thought for a moment before moving all in for 9,000. The other player sidestepped out of the way and Thorson made the call.
With versus , Thorson was in dominating shape, and remained in tact despite a harmless turn and river.
Thorson back up to 26,600 after hitting a few early hurdles.
We just saw all the players at Table 375, including Jeff Shulman, Scott Clements and Johannes Steindl, leaving for the Pavilion Room. What happened?, we asked.
The lights went out.
Well, moments after every player bagged their chips and exited, the light came back on.
We just rolled up on a hand in which a player bet out on an board, and his opponent called.
The bettor showed for the Broadway straight. The caller also had Broadway with . Another player pointed out that he'd called with the nuts -- which he apparently didn't realize -- and the caller was assessed a one-round penalty.
Tom Braband got the action started by opening in middle position with the button and the small blind both calling.
The flop was . Action was checked to the button who bet with the small blind and calling and Braband raising to 4,000. The button went all in over top, making it 5,200 for the small blind to continue. The player in the small blind decided to fold and we were heads-up to the turn.
Braband:
Button:
Things were looking good for Braband, as it looked like he would soon be sending an opponent to the rail. However, when the came on the turn, the button picked up a straight draw that he hit with the on the river.
After doubling up his opponent, Braband is down to 19,000.
Catching the action on the board of and the pot sitting at around 18,000, both Phil Ivey and his opponent checked the action.
The river landed the and Ivey slid in a stack of 5,000- and 1,000-denomination chips into the pot amounting to a bet of roughly 38,000 to effectively put his opponent all in for his last 12,000.
Ivey's eyes darted back-and-forth at his lone opponent on his direct left, the ESPN TV camera crew, the pot and at anything that seemed to move within his peripheral vision.
"Wow!" gasped Ivey's opponent as the camera switched solely on him and another few minutes went by.
"I have a big hand!" he added before flashing a card at Ivey.
Ivey remained in his emotionless seated position as his eyes darted faster than the excitement meter on Allen Kessler soars after registering a min-cash!
Eventually Ivey's opponent tossed in his face up while uttering, "Go ahead man!"
Ivey pushed his cards towards the muck and collected the pot to send him to 62,000 in chips.
No sooner than he had knocked out a player to put him back up to near his starting stack, the downward slide began again for everyone's favorite singing Swede William Thorson.
We're not sure who did the betting, but Thorson (cutoff) and his one opponent (small blind) put 1,200 apiece into the pot on the flop. They both checked the turn and indeed checked the river as well before Thorson revealed . His opponent turned over for winning trips, and Thorson dropped back to 22,000.
Maybe it's his Scandinavian roots showing through, but William Thorson appears to be involved in more hands than a manicurist. On his latest encounter, Thorson (UTG+1) checked the turn of an board before leading out 8,400 on the river, a thousand or two more than what was already in the pot.
Without hesitation, his opponent dropped two orange chips into the middle, but swiftly folded upon being shown for ze nuts.
The Thorson roller coaster continues; he's up to 35,000.
An under the gun player raised to 600 and action folded to Ylon Schwartz on the button who made the call. Both blinds got out of the way and the flop came . The under the gun player threw out a continuation bet of 1,000 and Schwartz gave it up. Schwartz is holding steady with 28,000.
A player under the gun limped, Jeff Shulman raised to 750 from middle position, and all but the limper skedaddled.
The flop came . The UTG player checked, and Shulman -- on the short side to start this hand with less than 11,000 -- bet 1,000. His opponent then checked-raised to 2,300, and Shulman called.
By this point the camera crew had begun to edge their way over to the table, sensing a possible bustout hand of a 2009 November Niner. The turn brought the . The UTG player checked again, and an undeterred Shulman bet 2,400. His opponent called.
The river was the , pairing the board. Shulman's opponent again checked, and Shulman pushed his remaining 5,000 forward. His opponent, showing a bit of nervousness before the cameras, cut out the chips to call.
Shulman turned over for a full house, and his opponent mucked.
As the cameras moved on, seeking other prey, Shulman stacked his new stack of 22,000.
flop from the small blind where his check led to a bet of 800 from the small blind. A player in early position called, but Thorson repopped to 3,000 with 7,150 behind.
versus 
, Thorson was in dominating shape, and remained in tact despite a harmless 
turn and 
river.
board, and his opponent called.
for the Broadway straight. The caller also had Broadway with 
. Another player pointed out that he'd called with the nuts -- which he apparently didn't realize -- and the caller was assessed a one-round penalty.
. Action was checked to the button who bet with the small blind and calling and Braband raising to 4,000. The button went all in over top, making it 5,200 for the small blind to continue. The player in the small blind decided to fold and we were heads-up to the turn.
came on the turn, the button picked up a straight draw that he hit with the 
and the pot sitting at around 18,000, both Phil Ivey and his opponent checked the action.
flop. They both checked the 
turn and indeed checked the 
for winning trips, and Thorson dropped back to 22,000.
for ze nuts.
. The under the gun player threw out a continuation bet of 1,000 and Schwartz gave it up. Schwartz is holding steady with 28,000.
. The UTG player checked, and Shulman -- on the short side to start this hand with less than 11,000 -- bet 1,000. His opponent then checked-raised to 2,300, and Shulman called.
. The UTG player checked again, and an undeterred Shulman bet 2,400. His opponent called.
