Vanessa Rousso opened pre-flop for 1,500 and was raised by the button player to 3,750. Before calling the re-raise, Rousso asked her opponent how many chips he had. The answer was roughly 55,000.
Rousso then called out of position for a flop of . She check-called a bet of 4,800. Both she and her opponent checked the turn. The river was the . Rousso, with first action, made it 10,000 to go. Her opponent took two full minutes before making the call but couldn't beat Rousso's straight, . Rousso is now up to about 130,000.
Holy, smoke! The player dressed as Batman, who we originally assumed was Bruce Wayne, isn't Bruce Wayne at all - he's an impostor called Philip Dwek!
Anyhow, Batman was just involved in a pot, whereby he three-bet to 2,800 from the cut-off after an early position raise and a call. Both opponents called leading to a flop of where Batman took it down with a bet of 12,000.
At this point, Batman turned to our field reporter and, in a deadpan tone, declared, "Justice will prevail."
On the flop of , Steve Billirakis check-called a bet of 2,375 before the dealer placed the out there on the turn. Both players checked and the river completed the board with the . Billirakis checked and his opponent tapped the table behind him.
Billirakis had to show first and turned up the for a missed flush draw. His opponent held the and won the pot. Billirakis has 233,000 in chips.
After a player raised to 1,500 from middle position, Bryan Micon called from the button. The flop came down and action checked to the turn where the fell. The prelop raiser fired 2,000 and Micon made the call.
The river card was the and the first player fired 6,500. Micon tanked before making the call. His opponent showed the and Micon mucked, dropping back to 23,325.
Tom Schneider, still seated at the Orange Section feature table, apparently has a recording of his wife Julie cheering him on from last year's WSOP Main Event. With the single push of a button, Schneider can hear "Angry" Julie scream, "Stack 'em, stack 'em, stack 'em, stack 'em... TO THE TOP!"
With the final board of in the middle, a pot of about 7,000 chips was up for grabs between Ronnie Bardah and Giovanni Safina. Safina had checked the river to Bardah, who fired a bet of 2,300. Safina counted down his stack while he tanked and then eventually tossed in the call. Bardah tabled the , but was beaten by the for a better pair for Safina.
Safina improved to 59,000 in chips while Bardah is on 80,000.
Sergey Rybachenko just won a small pot against an opponent to put him up to 77,000 chips.
Play was heads-up on a flop of after Rybachenko had raised to 1,250 and called a re-raise to 3,400. Both players checked, allowing the to come on the turn. They both checked once more and the river was the .
Rybachenko bet 5,000 and was called by his opponent. Rybachenko showed for a turned broadway straight which bested his opponent's .
Karina Jett alerted us to a big hand. It turned out she and two other players had seen a flop. The first player to act bet out 2,200 and Jett called. Layne Flack, who'd also made it to the flop, folded.
The first player checked the turn and then called 4,000 from Jett. They saw a river and this time the first player bet out 11,000. Jett raised all in, her opponent called, and they were on their backs.
Jett's opponent turned over for a rivered flush - but Jett had flopped a boat with . She moved on up to a very healthy 110,000.
My old gym partner Erik Cajelias is out, the Canadian WSOPE bracelet winner pushing in his last 6,000 with , but coming unstuck against on an ensuing board.
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. She check-called a bet of 4,800. Both she and her opponent checked the 
turn. The river was the 
. Rousso, with first action, made it 10,000 to go. Her opponent took two full minutes before making the call but couldn't beat Rousso's straight, 
. Rousso is now up to about 130,000.
, adding insult to injury for Benyamine's opponents. They both hit the rail while Benyamine chipped up to about 150,000.
out there on the turn. Both players checked and the river completed the board with the 
. Billirakis checked and his opponent tapped the table behind him.
and won the pot. Billirakis has 233,000 in chips.
and action checked to the turn where the 
and Micon mucked, dropping back to 23,325.
after Rybachenko had raised to 1,250 and called a re-raise to 3,400. Both players checked, allowing the 
.
for a turned broadway straight which bested his opponent's 
river and this time the first player bet out 11,000. Jett raised all in, her opponent called, and they were on their backs.
board.