We picked up on the action with the board reading . Barry Shulman checked from the small blind and Vanessa Selbst checked from the big blind. The player on the button led out for 1,225 and Shulman opted to get out of the way. Selbst made the call and the turn came . Both players checked and saw the strike the river.
Selbst decided to lead out this time, pushing out a bet of 1,400. Her opponent made it 4,050 rather quickly and Selbst then went into the tank. After about a minute and a half, she dropped in a call and her opponent flipped over two jacks, one by one. First the then the .
"Ouch!" remarked Barry Shulman as Selbst shook her head and dropped her cards into the muck.
Picking up the action on an board, a player check-called 1,000 from Johnny Lodden. The dealer, though, prematurely put the on the turn. A floor was called over and it was ruled that it would be shuffled into the deck after a new turn was dealt. The became the new turn and the action was the same, with Lodden's opponent check-calling 2,050.
Once the was shuffled back into the remaining deck, the hit the river. It was more of the same as Lodden's opponent check-called 5,000. He mucked when Lodden tabled for trips.
Bill Chen raised under the gun to 700, and he got calls from Chris Oliver in middle position, and Chip Jett in the small blind. The flop came , and Chen bet 1,500 after Jett checked. Both Oliver and Jett called, and the turn brought the . All three players checked, and the river came the . Jett checked a third time, and this time, Chen bet out 3,000. Oliver folded, but Jett stuck in the call. Chen showed for rivered broadway, and Jett mucked. Chen boosted his stack to 37,000 on that hand, while Jett dropped to 24,000.
We just had a big hand involving 2010 November Niner Filippo Candio.
There was 3,000 in the middle when the flop came . Candio tossed out a bet of 1,700 from early position, then his opponent on the button raised to 4,200. Soon Candio was all in for his entire stack of 31,300, and his opponent -- covered by Candio -- made the call.
Candio showed for the nut flush draw plus outs to a wheel, while his opponent turned over for two pair. There was a delay while the players waited for the cameras to arrive to shoot the hand's conclusion, during which Candio stood quietly, looking up toward the ceiling and swaying back and forth.
Finally, the dealer burned and dealt the turn -- the !
Candio had caught a heart to make his flush, but still had to dodge his opponent filling up on the river. The river brought the and a brief pump of the fist from Candio. He'd eliminated an opponent, and moves up to 66,000.
It was folded around to the cutoff who raised to 800 but was met with a three-bet to 2,450 from Faraz Jaka in the small blind. The big blind came in with a four-bet to 6,100 and the cutoff folded. Jaka then went into the tank for around four minutes before he moved all in. The big blind laid his hand down and Jaka showed and raked in the pot.
The under-the-gun player opened to 700 and was called in four places from the player to his immediate left, the hi-jack, Olivier Busquet from the cutoff and the big blind.
The flop came and the big blind checked, prompting a 1,700 c-bet from the original preflop raiser. The player to his immediate left called, the hi-jack folded, Busquet called and the big blind folded.
The turn brought a and the under-the-gun player led out again for 3,275. The player to his left again called, as did Busquet.
The completed the board and the under-the-gun player checked. The player to his immediate left fired a 6,500 bet and Busquet called. The under-the-gun player looked unhappy and mucked. The early position player tabled for aces and sixes, but Busquet flipped over for a flopped flush, which was good enough to scoop the very large pot.
Busquet is currently all smiles and rightly so, as he is sitting with just about 85,000.
We caught up with the action heads up on a flop where the big blind check-called a bet of 1,825 from Jeff Williams who was under the gun. Both players checked the on the turn and the big blind check-called another Williams bet of 2,500 when the hit the river. Williams turned over for top pair with a weak kicker which came into play when the big blind showed up with for a better kicker to win the pot.
On a board reading , Darya Hulyk's opponent bet out 1,500. Hulyk quickly put in a raise, making it 3,500 total. After some pondering, her opponent made the call.
The river came and her opponent checked almost instantly. Hulyk thought for about a minute before rapping the table. Her opponent flipped over and Hulyk nodded her head, acknowledging that the hand was good. She sent her cards to the muck and took a hit to her stack.
Janno Cazemier raised to 800 from middle position and Doyle Brunson called from the small blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn brought the and after Brunson checked again Cazemier fired out a bet of 1,050 which prompted Brunson to lay his hand down.
Brunson has been having a rough go of it for the past couple of hours. We've seen him raise preflop a number of times only to fold to a re-raise or after an unfavorable flop. After this hand his stack was down to 20,300.
. Barry Shulman checked from the small blind and Vanessa Selbst checked from the big blind. The player on the button led out for 1,225 and Shulman opted to get out of the way. Selbst made the call and the turn came 
. Both players checked and saw the 
strike the river.
then the 
.
board, a player check-called 1,000 from Johnny Lodden. The dealer, though, prematurely put the 
on the turn. A floor was called over and it was ruled that it would be shuffled into the deck after a new turn was dealt. The 
became the new turn and the action was the same, with Lodden's opponent check-calling 2,050.
hit the river. It was more of the same as Lodden's opponent check-called 5,000. He mucked when Lodden tabled 
for trips.
. All three players checked, and the river came the 
for rivered broadway, and Jett mucked. Chen boosted his stack to 37,000 on that hand, while Jett dropped to 24,000.
. Candio tossed out a bet of 1,700 from early position, then his opponent on the button raised to 4,200. Soon Candio was all in for his entire stack of 31,300, and his opponent -- covered by Candio -- made the call.
for the nut flush draw plus outs to a wheel, while his opponent turned over 
for two pair. There was a delay while the players waited for the cameras to arrive to shoot the hand's conclusion, during which Candio stood quietly, looking up toward the ceiling and swaying back and forth.
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and a brief pump of the fist from Candio. He'd eliminated an opponent, and moves up to 66,000.
and raked in the pot.
and the under-the-gun player led out again for 3,275. The player to his left again called, as did Busquet.
completed the board and the under-the-gun player checked. The player to his immediate left fired a 6,500 bet and Busquet called. The under-the-gun player looked unhappy and mucked. The early position player tabled 
flop where the big blind check-called a bet of 1,825 from Jeff Williams who was under the gun. Both players checked the 
for a better kicker to win the pot.
