We came into this hand when we saw a ton of chips in the middle and an all in player.
The board read and Benny Spindler had already been in the tank for a couple minutes. There was around 30,000 in the pot and Emilio Boyd had shoved his last 16,200 from the small blind on the river. After another five or so minutes passed, someone at the table called the clock on Spindler. The camera crews rushed over as did a floor person and Spindler was given one minute. After time was up, Spindler still hadn't acted and his hand was dead.
Matt Glantz told Boyd, "Show the bluff for the camera crews." Boyd declined and threw it into the muck. He scooped the big pot and moved up to around 50,000. Spindler was still left with 35,000 but he looked on the verge of tears after the obviously frustrating hand.
A middle position player limped, the hijack raised to 1,500, and Olivier Busquet called from the button. The big blind also called, then MP limper repopped it to 4,000. Just Busquet and the big blind called the reraise, and the three of them saw the flop come .
It checked to Busquet who fired 6,500, and both of his opponents folded. Busquet has been steadily accumulating chips all day, and now sits with more than 130,000.
Three players, including Brian Hastings in the small blind, saw a flop come . It checked around to the player on the button who bet 1,500, then Hastings pushed out a reraise to 5,300. The player in the cutoff folded, and the player on the button thought a beat before folding as well.
Hastings has been up and down a bit today, but now sits with 31,100 -- just a touch above the starting stack, though now below the average in the room which is presently around about 46,000.
We might just have a new chip leader after we walked up to see Fred Berger winning a huge pot to bust Scott Montgomery.
The board read with two hearts on the flop and Berger had for a flush draw on the flop that turned into trips by the end. Montgomery had for top pair on the flop and two pair by the end.
It appeared as though the 56,000 that Montgomery had in front of him went in on the river but no matter when it went in, it now belongs to Berger as Montgomery is out. After stacking up his chips, it looked like Berger might be the first to crack the 200,000 chip mark with around 207,000. With a little under a half hour left in the day, we’ll see if Berger can hold onto his big stack to end the day atop the leaderboard.
The board showed and there was about 7,000 in the middle when a player in late position bet 3,500, and George Danzer, sitting to his left called the bet. The river brought the and another bet from Danzer's opponent, this time for 8,000. Danzer hemmed and hawed for about a minute, then tossed out the calling chips with a somewhat displeased look.
He became even less enthused at the sight of his opponent's hand -- for trip eights -- in response to which Danzer mucked his cards. The German slips a little to 58,000 as we start to approach the end of Level 5.
It looked like there was at least 6,000 in the pot already with the board reading . Tristan Clemencon bet 4,625 from under the gun and Pat Pezzin tanked before he threw in the chips for the call. Clemencon turned over for the ace high flush which was good when Pezzin mucked as the two headed in opposite directions towards the end of the day.
A big gathering around Johnny Chan's table caught our attention. When we arrived Chan was facing a decision for most of his stack as an opponent was all in on a board. Chan, with about 29,000 behind, was in the tank for a good while before laying down .
We missed most of the action on this big hand, but the player who benefited from it, Cedric Annen, recapped the action for us. The board read , and Lodden had led out for 8,500. Annen raised it up to 19,000, and Lodden put in a reraise of 40,000. Annen called, leaving himself 27,000 behind. The river came the , and Lodden and Annen got the rest of it in.
Lodden:
Annen:
Lodden had made a straight on the turn that improved to a flush on the river. However, Annen had made a higher flush on the river, which gave him a huge double up, while Lodden ends his day on a sour note.
and Benny Spindler had already been in the tank for a couple minutes. There was around 30,000 in the pot and Emilio Boyd had shoved his last 16,200 from the small blind on the river. After another five or so minutes passed, someone at the table called the clock on Spindler. The camera crews rushed over as did a floor person and Spindler was given one minute. After time was up, Spindler still hadn't acted and his hand was dead.
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for a flush draw on the flop that turned into trips by the end. Montgomery had 
for top pair on the flop and two pair by the end.
and there was about 7,000 in the middle when a player in late position bet 3,500, and George Danzer, sitting to his left called the bet. The river brought the 
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and she was eliminated just as all the other players started to bag up their chips.
, and Lodden had led out for 8,500. Annen raised it up to 19,000, and Lodden put in a reraise of 40,000. Annen called, leaving himself 27,000 behind. The river came the 
