The action folded around to the player in the small blind who limped before Joe Hachem raised pot from the big blind. The small blind called, then checked the flop of . Hachem led out for 4,500, but flung his hand into the muck angrily after the small blind bet the pot.
"Show me something!" Hachem said to the player. The player flashed . Hachem then addressed the table with a smile: "You reckon you guys could put out of my misery before the break?"
No dice. Three other players did take a flop with Hachem, but he folded after another player led out. Guess we'll be seeing back after this break!
Table 366 is like a case study in poker across boarders. First up is Jesper Hougaard, the young Danish phenomenon who in 2008 became the first person to win a bracelet at both the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and the World Series of Poker Europe in London. He doesn't seem to be having any trouble chatting it up with the all-American Ken doll on his left, Erick Lindgren. Then there's the UK's living Austin Powers, David "Devilfish" Ulliott.
Swiss pro Anton Allemann adds another language to the table, as does Frenchman Julien "Garrincho54" Claudepierre, who is here as part of an Everest Poker contest. Claudepierre won a spot on Everest's Live the Dream Team and a year-long $100,000 sponsorship deal.
We caught a big hand between Jason Mercier and Ryan Dellazizzo that saw Mercier add to his wall of chips. Mercier, Dellazizzo and Shaun Deeb took a flop of . Dellazizzo was first to act, and put out a bet of 8,500. Deeb quickly folded, and they took the on the turn. Dellazizzo announced "pot", which totally to 29,300 exactly. Mercier thought for about a minute before cutting the chips out and tossing them in for the call, ballooning the pot to 90,000. The river brought the , completing a straight and a flush. Dellazizzo checked, and Mercier took advantage of the check, and fired out 41,000. Dellazizzo tanked for about four minutes into the break, and finally folded his hand. Mercier took the pot, and when Deeb asked him to show two cards, he oblidged and showed the .
Last year's $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha runner-up, Kevin Boudreau, was just busted by 2011 LAPC champ Gregory Brooks.
On a flop of Brooks in the cutoff bet out 11,500 and Boudreau called on the button.
The turn was the and Brooks checked to Boudreau who bet the pot which essentially put him all in (2,500 behind). Brooks made the raise/call and showed for the nut straight and Boudreau had for straight and flush draws. The river came and Boudreau's journey to back-to-back $5,000 PLO final tables is over.
Brooks on the other hand, has continued to climb up the chip count ladder and he has 230,000