A player in middle-position raised to 2,000 only to have Erik Seidel three-bet to 7,200 from the hijack. Action folded all the way around to the original raiser and he made the call. When the flop fell , Seidel moved all in for 4,600 after his opponent had checked. A call was made and the cards were turned up.
Seidel:
Opponent:
Both players flopped the nut-low draw, with Seidel holding flush draw to the high. The turn gave Seidel some added outs to a straight headed to the river. The dealer slowly burned and revealed the . Seidel not only hit the straight, he hit his flush at the same time. It was good enough to scoop the pot, doubling eight-time bracelet winner to 24,800,
Dan Kelly opened with a raise to 1,800 from the cutoff and got one caller in the big blind. The flop came . The big blind checked, Kelly bet 3,700, his opponent reraised pot, Kelly reraised all in, and his opponent called.
Kelly had and his opponent . The turn was the and river , which meant no low for Kelly and his opponent's aces and fives were best for the high. Kelly hits the rail.
2005 Main Event Champ Joe Hachem just looked up from an enthralling episode of Mad Men on his IPad to score a nice little double up. He can always be found on his IPad either playing Chinese or watching an episode of something, and he is still at it late in the day here.
Hachem got very short, but got it all in preflop with versus the of his opponent. The board ran out and Hachem scooped. Hachem didn't realize he'd scooped at first and said, "Did I win the lot?" The dealer nodded his head and he called over to someone at another table and said, "I won the lot!" After his double up, he is still short and still watching Mad Men.
Alexander Kostritsyn opened with a raise from middle position and got three callers -- one sitting to his left and the two in the blinds. The flop came a provocative and all four checked. The turn was the and it checked again to Kostritsyn who bet 3,200 this time. His neighbor folded, and the small blind spent some time counting out chips as if he were going to raise. Then he shook his head with a I-can-only-win-half-or-less kind of look and let it go. The big blind folded, too.
Kostritsyn has 26,600 as we approach the end of the level.
We didn't catch all the action, but we do know that David Singer ended up all in for his last 6,000 or so on a flop of against Kathy Liebert.
Singer:
Liebert:
Liebert had flopped trips and was a big favorite to win the hand. The gave Singer a straight possibility to go along with his flush draw, but the river completed neither. Liebert took down the pot to increase her stack to 50,000 while Singer exited the tournament area.
So said Tommy Ly at a key moment in a three-way hand involving himself, Alex Outhred, and a third all-in opponent. The turn had been dealt, and the board showed . Outhred had checked from the small blind, the short-stack in middle position was all in, and Ly, sitting to the short-stack's left, had repotted, putting himself all in, too.
Outhred went deep into the tank. "Save it, Alex," advised Ly. before finally folding. The short stack showed and hopes for a low while Ly for the straight. The river was the , no help to the short stack who hit the rail.
Outhred said afterwards he'd folded , adding how he should've played the flop more aggressively with top two. Ly is now up to 59,000, while Outhred has about 27,000.
At a seven-handed table all seven players limped (unusual.....) and saw a flop. It checked around to Barry Shulman who bet 4,800. Everyone folded and Shulman picked up the pot and moved to 14,000. Not a very notable hand except that it might be the first family pot of this year's WSOP. A rare occurrence for sure.
, Seidel moved all in for 4,600 after his opponent had checked. A call was made and the cards were turned up.
turn gave Seidel some added outs to a straight headed to the river. The dealer slowly burned and revealed the 
. Seidel not only hit the straight, he hit his flush at the same time. It was good enough to scoop the pot, doubling eight-time bracelet winner to 24,800,
. The big blind checked, Kelly bet 3,700, his opponent reraised pot, Kelly reraised all in, and his opponent called.
and his opponent 
and river 
and Hachem scooped. Hachem didn't realize he'd scooped at first and said, "Did I win the lot?" The dealer nodded his head and he called over to someone at another table and said, "I won the lot!" After his double up, he is still short and still watching Mad Men.
and all four checked. The turn was the 
and it checked again to Kostritsyn who bet 3,200 this time. His neighbor folded, and the small blind spent some time counting out chips as if he were going to raise. Then he shook his head with a I-can-only-win-half-or-less kind of look and let it go. The big blind folded, too.
, adding how he should've played the flop more aggressively with top two. Ly is now up to 59,000, while Outhred has about 27,000.