David Saab's early-position raise was called by the player on the button.
The flop came down and Saab bet 1,000. His opponent popped it to 3,125 and Saab immediately dropped the rest of his stack into the pot, 12,125 more. His opponent thought it over for about a minute before giving it up.
We arrived at Joe Hachem's table to see a flop of spread on the table with just over 1,000 chips in the middle. Hachem had made a bet of 1,425 from middle position with a player two seats to his left raising to 3,600.
Hachem thought for a while and made the fold, asking his opponent to "Show the bluff one time." Hachem's opponent slid his cards face-down to Hachem, who flipped them over showing . Hachem said, "They beat kings" and gave the cards back to the dealer.
Now we're not in the business of giving lessons, but this reported certainly doesn't recommend showing a pro your cards after getting them to fold theirs. But then again, this reporter is just a reporter.
Seat 3 raised to 600 from early position and the player in the hijack reraised to 1,375. John "The Razor" Phan, who was on the button, then made it 3,300 to go. Action folded back to Seat 3 who eyed up his opponent's stacks and then moved all in for 34,500 more.
The hijack folded and action was back on Phan. He uttered, "Another sick hand," before going into the tank. Phan only had 26,800 and a call would mean his tournament was at stake. The cameras soon surrounded the table as Phan was faced with a big decision. Eventually, he mucked the face-up and Seat 3 was kind enough to show .
Layne Flack was shirtless just now. Yes, it's true.
The Milwaukee's Best Light girls were coming through with free t-shirts, apparently, and Flack demonstrated his desire for one by removing the shirt he'd been wearing.
No longer topless, Flack was just involved in a hand in which he led with a bet of 4,000 on the turn with the board showing , then his opponent raised to 10,000. Flack shook his head and folded his face up.
"I can't let you win the shirt off my back," said Flack with a grin. "I just got it."
A player in early position raised to 450 and got three callers. The cutoff seat called and the two blinds called. Freddy Deeb was the player in the big blind.
The four players took a flop of and the first two players checked to the preflop raiser. He fired 800 and the cutoff seat called. The small blind folded. Deeb made the call, leaving three players to the turn.
Fourth street produced the and all three players checked to see the fall on the river. Deeb checked, the preflop raiser checked and then the cutoff bet 1,500. Deeb was the only called.
Deeb held the and his opponent the . Deeb's flush won him the pot and pushed his stack to 35,000 in chips.
Audley Harrison is an incredibly imposing figure at the poker table. Even sitting down, his sheer mass is obvious - clear head and shoulders taller than anyone else at the table, including the dealer in his high chair, he is a true giant.
The same cannot be said of his stack - he's been nursing a rather short one for some time now. However, just now he made a slight recovery, although he remains below the 10,000 mark.
Harrison and one other player limped in early position before a player a few seats down made it 1,000 to go. Harrison was the only caller, and the two of them saw a flop.
Harrison checked the flop and then called the 1,200 continuation bet from his opponent. Both players checked the turn, and come the river Harrison bet out 2,000. His opponent folded, and Harrison made a bit of a recovery to a still rather short 9,500.
On a flop, UTG led for 1,200, the hijack called, and Andreas Hoivold raised to 5,025 with just 5,950 behind. The initial aggressor folded, and, albeit after a long tortured dwell, the caller followed suit rather than dipping into his 70,000 stack. Hoivold showed the .
John Phan was just now back in action. As John Phan will do.
With 1,200 in the middle and the board showing , Chris "Jesus" Ferguson bet 700 and Phan made the call behind him. The turn was the . This time Ferguson checked, Phan bet 1,100, and Ferguson called.
The river brought the . Ferguson checked again, and Phan checked as well. Ferguson showed , and Phan mucked.
The player who came up with the idea of getting everyone to wear Snuggies at Table 63 has just been eliminated from the tournament. As a show of camaraderie he left his Snuggie behind for the next player to take his seat. Another player at the table took his number and promised to return it somehow by the end of the day.