We just noticed Dutch Boyd in this growing field, and we walked up as he was involved in a small pot. Boyd had called a raise before the flop, and a third player called all in for less. Boyd made an isolating bet on the flop, and he showed . The at-risk player was well in front with , and he made quads on the river to double up.
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Brandon Cantu and another player at the table have each received a one orbit penalty for a verbal altercation. Cantu took exception to the other player's reaction to winning a hand. Cantu felt that the player's celebration and antics were out of line and let him know about it. A verbal altercation ensued and the Tournament Floorman gave both players a penalty to blow off the steam.
The pair are seated in the Black section of the Pavilion Room, which is always the last section to break. They could be uncomfortable for quite a long time.
Nam Le has worked his starting stack up to 16,200 now, and the last pot saw him standing his ground with on a board. His opponent bet the turn and the river, and Le called him down with the best hand to drag the pot.
Lee has the 2010 Main Event champ, Jonathan Duhamel seated to his direct right.
From early position David Pham raised to 400 and got two callers, one of them Eric Froehlich. The flop came and Pham led out with 725. Both other players called and the turn came . Pham led again for 1,550, one player folded and Froehlich called. The river came , Pham bet out 2,475 and Froehlich sat for a minute before folding. Pham tossed his cards back to the dealer and is up to 11,300.
A fresh batch of tables just got underway for the players that registered late. They include Andrew Lichtenberger, Paul Volpe, John Van Fleet, Inesa Paberzs, Antonio Esfandiari, John Juanda, Noah Schwartz, Men "The Master" Nguyen, John Phan, Josh Tieman and Jeff Madsen.