Elie Payan and Jean-Robert Bellande were heads up with the board reading . Payan bet out 4,000 from the small blind, and Bellande called. The river was the , and Payan led for 16,000.
Bellande went into the tank. "Why such a big bet?" he repeated over, and over again.
He finally called, and Payan mucked. Bellande showed for a pair of queens, and raked in the pot.
Tim West came in for a raise in the cutoff to 1,500, and Francesco Nguyen made it 3,800 in the small blind. The big blind folded, and West made the call. The flop came out , and Nguyen bet out 5,000. West thought for about 15 seconds before announcing all in. Nguyen asked for an exact count, and when he got it, he slid a stack of orange T5000 chips, making the call.
West:
Nguyen,
"Well that's not the hand I wanted you to have!" joked West who was clearly hoping for an overpair. West would need to dodge a nine or a four, and he survived the turn, the . The river brought the , filling West up, and he scored to double up to get himself back up close to 50,000.
With the board showing and about 3,000 in the middle, the small blind checked, the player in middle position fired 1,800, and Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri called from the button. The third player folded, and the remaining two players saw the turn come the . Barbieri's opponent bet 3,625, and Barbieri made the call.
The river brought the and another bet from the middle position player -- 7,300 this time. Looking out over the tops of his eyeglasses, Barbieri rolled his eyes, then let his hand go, preserving the 15,500 he has left.
We rolled up on this hand with 7,000 in the pot and a board reading . David "Devilfish" Ulliott had bet 3,000 from the big blind only to have the hijack raise to 8,000. Devilfish thought for a few moments before announcing a raise and making it 6,000 more to go. "We're playing limit here aren't we," Ulliott joked as he put out the small raise.
Devilfish left himself just 17,000 behind while his opponent had a little less. The hijack thought long and hard before putting in a four-bet to 20,000. "Well, I'm on a stone-cold bluff," the Devilfish said as he showed the and tossed them to the muck.
Not content and a little curious, Devilfish then grabbed the stub of the deck and rabbit hunted the on the river. Ulliott is down to just 17,000.
We don't know what the action was preflop, but we know there was a raise because there was a decent amount of chips already in the middle. With a already in the spread out Barry Greenstein bet out 2,200 and received a call from a player on the button.
The then made an appearance on the turn and it was here that Greenstein bet out 5,000. His opponent went into the tank for a minute or so, and then put out 15,000 worth of chips to put Greenstein all in. Greenstein made the call and flipped over for a pair of queens while his opponent countered and showed for a set of queens. Greenstein was drawing dead and already brought his book out and signed it, before the river ever landed.
A player opened the action on the button by raising to 1,600. Garry Gates made the call from the small blind and Maya Geller shoved all in from the big blind for 5,650 more. The original raiser made the call and Gates folded.
Geller:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Geller was sent packing by her opponent's rivered pair of tens.
Veronica Dabul was crippled in a previous hand, and open shoved her last 6,700 on the button. A player in the small blind called, and the hands were opened.
Dabul:
Opponent:
Dabul remained ahead after the flop (), but the spiked on the turn, giving her opponent a leading pair of aces. The hit the river to give him two pair just for kicks, and Dabul was eliminated from the tournament.
She rapped the tabled, wished her opponents the best of luck, then exited the Amazon Room.
We're not sure how the action exactly went down, but we came in when Ray Henson was scooping a pot that he played with Moshin Charania (both of whom have been very short all day).
Henson had on a board and Charania tossed the amount of Henson's stack in there, leaving him with only 2,300.
Two hands later, Charania was under the gun and put his last few chips in and got a call from the small blind. Charania had against the of his opponent. The board ran out Charania sighed, wished his table good luck, and walked off into the sunset.
Henson is still super short (one third of average) with 19,500.
The flop fell and Garry Gates lead out with a bet of 2,800. A middle position player folded and Dario Minieri made the call.
The came on the turn and Gates checked. Minieri checked behind and the hit the river. Gates fired out a bet of 5,500 and Minieri made the call. Gates tabled for a flopped nut flush and Minieri mucked his hand.
. Payan bet out 4,000 from the small blind, and Bellande called. The river was the 
, and Payan led for 16,000.
for a pair of queens, and raked in the pot.
. The river brought the 
, filling West up, and he scored to double up to get himself back up close to 50,000.
and about 3,000 in the middle, the small blind checked, the player in middle position fired 1,800, and Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri called from the button. The third player folded, and the remaining two players saw the turn come the 
. Barbieri's opponent bet 3,625, and Barbieri made the call.
and another bet from the middle position player -- 7,300 this time. Looking out over the tops of his eyeglasses, Barbieri rolled his eyes, then let his hand go, preserving the 15,500 he has left.
. David "Devilfish" Ulliott had bet 3,000 from the big blind only to have the hijack raise to 8,000. Devilfish thought for a few moments before announcing a raise and making it 6,000 more to go. "We're playing limit here aren't we," Ulliott joked as he put out the small raise.
and tossed them to the muck.
on the river. Ulliott is down to just 17,000.
then made an appearance on the turn and it was here that Greenstein bet out 5,000. His opponent went into the tank for a minute or so, and then put out 15,000 worth of chips to put Greenstein all in. Greenstein made the call and flipped over 
for a set of queens. Greenstein was drawing dead and already brought his book out and signed it, before the 
), but the 
board and Charania tossed the amount of Henson's stack in there, leaving him with only 2,300.
of his opponent. The board ran out 
came on the turn and Gates checked. Minieri checked behind and the 
hit the river. Gates fired out a bet of 5,500 and Minieri made the call. Gates tabled 
