Spectator: "Hey. Who's that in Seat 1 right there?"
Media: "That's Robert Mizrachi."
Spectator: "Really? Dang, I thought that was one of The Grinder's brothers. Guess not."
Media: "... You do know that "The Grinder" is not his actual last name, right?"
At this point, the spectator furrowed his brow, looking awfully confused. He promptly turned and walked away from the conversation.
Jason Somerville entered the pot from the cutoff with a raise, only to have the big blind move all in for around 10,000 as Somerville made the call.
Somerville:
Opponent:
The board ran out to see the big blind stand up and attempt to leave the table, only to be informed that he had made a straight as Somerville slips to 79,500 in chips.
Jim Bechtel opened to 1,200 from middle position, and "Hollywood Dave" Stann three-bet to 3,200. Bechtel called to go heads up to a flop.
The dealer rolled out , and Bechtel let Stann bet 5,200 before check-raising to 20,000 straight. That was enough to cover Stann, and he started chatting while he was in the tank.
"Phil Hellmuth might be good enough to lay this down. I don't know about me, though."
"You'll make the right decision," Bechtel said with smirk, and that threw Stann for a loop.
"Oh man! I wanna put my chips in there so bad and see you roll over tens. Then I go POW! I win!" Eventually, and with much reluctance, Stann folded, offering Bechtel $100 to show. When he declined, Stann offered $200, then $300, but neither offer was accepted.
A player under the gun limped before Jackie Glazier raised to 2,100 from the next seat. The big blind and the limper called. The flop came down and Glazier fired a continuation bet of 3,300 after action checked to her. Both her opponents folded and she moved to 83,000 in chips.
On the flop of , Leo Margets called her opponent's all-in bet with the . Her opponent held two black kings. The turn was the and the river the , knocking Margets all the way down to 9,700 after she sent over the 13,600 chips needed to pay the player off.
Dragan Galic has pretty much been on fire this afternoon, winning pot after pot and moving his stack upward all day thus far. We just caught a couple of interesting hands in succession involving Galic.
The first was a hand in which he and a single opponent saw a ten-high flop, then Galic folded his face up to his opponent's bet. His opponent wouldn't show afterwards, but the consensus at the table suggested it wasn't a recommended fold.
Galic wasn't going to fold the next one, however. With the board showing , Jason Gray bet 10,000 into a 25,000-chip pot, and Galic raised all in. Gray called with his remaining stack.
Gray turned over for two pair, while Galic showed for the straight and flush draws. The turn was the , and Gray was still good. "Come on!" he said, hoping his hand would hold. Alas for him, the river was the , giving Galic the straight and sending Gray to the rail.
After the hand, Galic reaffirmed his commitment to that hand. "With this flop, I put in everything," he explained with a grin. "Everything! My car, my house, my wife... my second wife..."
Good to see he can commit to something. Galic now has 180,000.
On the river with the board reading , Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh had "Hollywood" Dave Stann all in. Stann only flashed the after he put all of his chips in and saw the for Leigh. Stann had the least amount of chips and was eliminated while Leigh moved herself to 65,000 in chips.
Matt Graham had raised preflop from the button and the big blind defended to see the flop come down . The big blind checked and Graham fired 1,800. His opponent called.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river completed the board with the and both players checked.
Graham announce queen high and his opponent tabled the to win the pot. Graham slipped to 57,000 in chips.
On a flop of action checked to Garry Gates who fired 2,500. His opponent put in a check-raise to 7,000 which got Gates thinking. After two minutes of deliberation he made the call and the hit the turn.
Gates' opponent then led out for 14,000 to send Gates deep into the tank. Our field reporters estimated that five minutes elapsed before Gates conceded the hand with a fold. He's down to 21,000.