With the board reading , Alessio Isaia bet, Shannon Shorr raised, Isaia made it three bets, and Shorr upped it once more. Isaia called and both players saw the hit on the river. Isaia opted to check and Shorr tossed out a bet. With a substantial amount of money already in the pot it seemed like Isaia would call but instead he tossed his cards into the muck and Shorr took down a sizable pot.
We happened to walk by Erik Seidel's table and saw that he was playing a game of "Words with Friends" on his iPad. We don't like to read over someone's shoulder, but we couldn't help but notice some of the words he had written down:
Modal
Jobs
Whoosh
Ooze
Defied
Tug
Adorn
Dart
Hauls
Damages
Torn
Skin
Tits
Barry Greenstein caught some shuteye as the dealer dealt the cards. Once they were dealt, the hijack raised and Greenstein called from the big blind. On the flop, Greenstein check-raised his opponent who called. Greenstein then bet on both the turn and river but on the end, his opponent raised which got him to fold. Even with the loss from that pot, Greenstein has already more doubled his starting stack though.
The official numbers are in. Event #27 $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship has drawn 152 players, down slightly from last year's field of 171, and created a prizepool of $1,428,800. Only 18 players will be paid as follows:
We missed all of the action but saw a short-stacked player all in with against Greg Debora’s . The flop was a good one for the player at risk as it came to give him two overs and an open-ended straight draw. The on the turn gave him the straight and had Debora drawing dead even though he would hit a set on the river. Nevertheless, Debora was still sitting with one of the largest stacks in the room.
We were passing by Erick Lindgren's table as the dealer was passing out cards. Lindgren was under the gun, but his chair was empty. The dealer reached to muck his cards, but as soon as he began bring them in, Lindgren shouted, "I'm here."
He quickly stood in his spot and gave the dealer some puppy eyes in the vain attempt to get his cards back. "Arm's length," Lindgren explained, meaning he should get his hand back since he was within arm's length of the cards. The dealer gave him a look as if to say, "C'mon, man," before pulling the cards into the muck.
Lindgren smiled as the rest of the table chimed in as to whether or not he should have received his cards back. The general consensus was negative, suggesting his table mates believe E-Dawg is too dangerous with cards.
We've seen some odd prop bets in our time, but this has to be one of the most "juvenile."
Mike Thorpe and Brett Richey were just discussing playing each other heads up, but not in any variation of poker; rather, in games that you won't find within the walls of any casino.
First the board game Stratego was mentioned, but Richey admitted that he once threw a board across a room after losing that game to another person. Thorpe then suggested Hungry Hungry Hippos. "Hungry Hungry Hippos requires skill!" Thorpe quipped.
Another player suggested Candyland to which Richie replied, "Isn't Candyland just pure flipping?" Another player commented that Chutes and Ladders would be pure flipping.
"What about Operation?" someone else suggested. Both Thorpe and Richie seemed to like the idea but no official bet was made yet. They seem to be set on some kind of competition with $10,000 at stake after the Series ends. Maybe we can be there to film the epic battle.
We have to admit, watching those two duke it out "Hungry Hungry Hippo-style" sounds like a lot of fun.
An under-the-gun player raised and was called by Phil Hellmuth in middle position. When the flop fell , the UTG bet, Hellmuth called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Once again the UTG led out, but this time Hellmuth threw in a raise. The UTG thought for a moment before making the call, subsequently checking the river.
Hellmuth took the opportunity to fire at it one more time, which proved enough to take down the pot without a showdown. Hellmuth, who lost much of his stack early, is back up to around 23,000.
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, Alessio Isaia bet, Shannon Shorr raised, Isaia made it three bets, and Shorr upped it once more. Isaia called and both players saw the 
hit on the river. Isaia opted to check and Shorr tossed out a bet. With a substantial amount of money already in the pot it seemed like Isaia would call but instead he tossed his cards into the muck and Shorr took down a sizable pot.
flop, Greenstein check-raised his opponent who called. Greenstein then bet on both the 
turn and 
river but on the end, his opponent raised which got him to fold. Even with the loss from that pot, Greenstein has already more doubled his starting stack though.
against Greg Debora’s 
to give him two overs and an open-ended straight draw. The 
on the turn gave him the straight and had Debora drawing dead even though he would hit a set on the 
river. Nevertheless, Debora was still sitting with one of the largest stacks in the room.
, the UTG bet, Hellmuth called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
river.
