Tai Phan is down to just a handful of chips after running into what can only be described as the uber-cooler.
"Holy macaroni and cheeseburgers!" Phan shouted, making us jump out of our chair at media row. We rushed over and saw that Phan had moved all-in preflop with , but was snapped off by Jon Zigler who tabled !
"What did I do wrong?" Phan asked.
"Nothing, man, you did everything right," said another player, "There's nothing you can do there."
The board was an uneventful , but fortunately Phan was able to double up a short time later when his held up against another player who called out of the blinds with .
Daniel Kelly opened to 2,800 in early position, a middle position player raised to 6,000 and Claudio Rinaldi four-bet all in for just under 20,000 from the small blind. Kelly called Rinaldi's all in and the mid position player folded.
Rinaldi turned over and Kelly held . The board ran dry for Kelly going and he shipped a large stack of chips over to Rinaldi.
Sean Liebscher went all-in for his last 11,000 from early position preflop with and the action folded around to Garrett Beckman who snap-called from the big blind wtih .
Fortunately for Liebscher, he caught a runner-runner flush down the board of to double up and stay alive.
Over on table 370, we witnessed another big all-in-preflop situation between Hungarian Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth and Patrick Spinelli; Toth had Spinelli covered and tabled , but would need a lot of help against Spinelli's .
The flop of improved neither hand, but the appeared on the turn to give Toth extra outs. Needing either a jack or ten to win, or the six to chop, the river was a useless and Spinelli doubled up.
The action folded to Jesse Yaginuma who raised to 2,300 from middle position before Kerry Kennedy shoved from the button for 15,200. The blinds got out of the way before Yaginuma called, tabling against Kennedy's .
Fortunately for Kennedy, he won the flip for his tournament life after the dealer spread the board of and doubled up, leaving Yaginuma with just a handful of chips.
The action folded around to Quang Tran who raised to 2,500 before the flop in middle position. The player in the small blind called, but Kenny Nguyen quickly reraised from the big blind, making it 8,500 to go.
Tran called and the small blind got out of the way to let them go heads up to the flop of . Nguyen opened for 11,000 and Tran called, only to fold after Nguyen fired out a second shell worth 24,000 on the turn of the .
Bobby Poe started the action by raising to 2,500 preflop and was called by Robbie Ribble on the button. Mark Epstein moved all in from the big blind for his reaming 20,300 chips. Poe folded and Ribble called.
Our field reporter picked up the action between Jon Turner and Joe Tehan on a board that read ; Turner bet 15,000 into a 40,000-chip pot and Tehan called before Turner checked his option on the river of the .
Tehan moved all in for around 35,000 and Turner went deep into the tank. After what seemed like infinity, he called, showing down for a turned two pair. Tehan sheepishly turned up for nothing but a small pair and that hand-in-the-cookie-jar moment cost him his tournament life.
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, but was snapped off by Jon Zigler who tabled 
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, but fortunately Phan was able to double up a short time later when his 
held up against another player who called out of the blinds with 
.
. The board ran dry for Kelly going 
and he shipped a large stack of chips over to Rinaldi.
and the action folded around to Garrett Beckman who snap-called from the big blind wtih 
to double up and stay alive.
, but would need a lot of help against Spinelli's 
improved neither hand, but the 
and Spinelli doubled up.
against Kennedy's 
. Nguyen opened for 11,000 and Tran called, only to fold after Nguyen fired out a second shell worth 24,000 on the turn of the 
for a turned two pair. Tehan sheepishly turned up 
