A player under the gun raised to 2,300 and got two callers, including Freddy Deeb. The flop came . The preflop raiser checked, then the player to Deeb's right bet 4,000. Deeb rechecked his cards, then decided that flop was friendly enough to raise to 10,000. The UTG player got out, and after a bit of thought the third player folded as well.
Deeb has been steadily adding to his stack today, and now sits with 148,000.
We caught up with the action on a board, where Sandra Naujoks bet 5,300 from late position. Her lone opponent on the button flatted.
The completed the board and both players checked. Naujoks opponent tabled for a top pair, but Naujoks flipped over for a rivered straight and scooped the pot.
We didn't catch all the specifics, but we do know that Paul Wasicka was eliminated from the Main Event after slow playing aces and allowing his opponent to flop a flush.
It was a less than spectacular WSOP for Wasicka, who needs only $3,149 to qualify for the Epic Poker League, as he failed to cash at this year's Series.
We just reported to you how table #261 in Amazon Tan had been playing eight cards short for about 40 minutes, but we just got the full story from some of the tournament directors.
Apparently what happened is that when everyone went on dinner break, one of the dealers noticed that some of the cards in their red deck had been dented and she asked for replacement cards. When they replaced the cards, they replaced them with the wrong color and the replacement cards never made it to the correct deck. According to the floor, this meant that they had only been playing short for six or seven hands (after they reviewed surveillance etc.) and that was it. The floor also maintains that for the first half an hour, they were playing with a 52 card deck, but the players at the table are still convinced they were playing with 60, and then 44 (due to the eight replacement cards being the wrong color and being added to the wrong deck). After those "six or seven" hands is when the dealer who pushed noticed the short deck. Obviously there is still a little confusion amongst everyone and the whole section is buzzing about it, but for now there is nothing to be done but for them to continue play with the standard deck.
They did ask for some extra food vouchers for their troubles though. Seems fair.
Robert Varkonyi made a bet from late position and made it 2,500. Action folded around to Daniel Suied on the button who made the call, both blinds folded and we got to see a flop. It was here that Varkonyi bet out making it 2,500 again. Suied then wasted little time and raised to 5,700. Varkonyi seemed a bit distraught but still decided to make the call.
A river allowed for Varkonyi to check and Suied to fire out 11,500. Varkonyi played with his cards mixing and matching, moving them over the felt while he stared down the pot deciphering the best maneuver. In the end Varkonyi folded and Suied was awarded the pot.
With the flop reading , Randall Flowers' opponent bet out 4,000 and Flowers made the call. The turn brought the and both players checked.
The fell on the river, completing the flush draw and pairing the board. Flowers' opponent checked and Flowers counted out a bet of 10,600. Rather quickly, Flowers' opponent tossed out a raised, making it 30,000 to go. Flowers went into the tank and began talking to himself about the hand. Eventually he mucked his cards face up, showing for a king high flush.
"You have to show now," said Flowers to his opponent. His opponent did not comply, however, and instaed opted to quietly stack his newly won chips.
Jonathan Spinks isn't enjoying his day very much. Earlier he suffered having a set of kings against a set of aces to cripple him. Then having worked his stack back up to around 75,000 he has just been re-crippled for a 110,000 pot when he lost with to all in preflop with the door card an unlucky lady...
Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon opened to 2,600 from early position, a player called directly behind him, and the rest of the players released. The flop fell , and Kroon led for 2,600. His opponent called.
The turn was the , and Kroon quickly tossed out 3,600. His opponent again called.
Both players knuckled after the was dealt on the river, and Kroon tabled for a pair of tens. His opponent mucked, and the P0ker H0 picked up the pot.
. The preflop raiser checked, then the player to Deeb's right bet 4,000. Deeb rechecked his cards, then decided that flop was friendly enough to raise to 10,000. The UTG player got out, and after a bit of thought the third player folded as well.
board, where Sandra Naujoks bet 5,300 from late position. Her lone opponent on the button flatted.
completed the board and both players checked. Naujoks opponent tabled 
for a top pair, but Naujoks flipped over 
for a rivered straight and scooped the pot.
flop. It was here that Varkonyi bet out making it 2,500 again. Suied then wasted little time and raised to 5,700. Varkonyi seemed a bit distraught but still decided to make the call.
allowed for Varkonyi to check and Suied to fire out 11,500. Varkonyi played with his cards mixing and matching, moving them over the felt while he stared down the pot deciphering the best maneuver. In the end Varkonyi folded and Suied was awarded the pot.
, Randall Flowers' opponent bet out 4,000 and Flowers made the call. The turn brought the 
for a king high flush.
, and Kroon led for 2,600. His opponent called.
, and Kroon quickly tossed out 3,600. His opponent again called.
was dealt on the river, and Kroon tabled 
for a pair of tens. His opponent mucked, and the P0ker H0 picked up the pot.
