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We arrived to see the board reading 
and Matthew Pang, wearing a Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap, tabling his 
. His opponent was donning an L.A. Dodgers cap and could not produce a hand capable of beating Pang's cowboys. A huge pot of over 27,000 chips was shipped Pang's way, crippling his opponent in this battle between poker playing baseball fans.
Kara Scott has been chipping up nicely since dinner break.
In a recent hand, Men Nguyen limped for 300 from early position, as did another player to his left. Not having it, Scott raised to 1,350 from the button. The blinds, Nguyen and the other player quickly folded.
Scott is currently sitting with 23,000
In a three-way pot in which two players found their tournament lives on the line, Craig Fishman tabled the 
and found himself in great shape against the 
and 
of his opponents.
The player holding the worst hand was optimistic upon seeing the similar high-card hands held by the others, stating "you guys are toast, I got the ten-four."
The flop rolled out 
and Fishman's big slick remained in the lead. A 
on the turn officially eliminated the previously hopeful player holding ten-high, and we were off to the river with Fishman needing to dodge a queen to win the pot.
River: 
And with that, Fishman's two pair were good and he dragged a very large pot of nearly 18,000 chips his way.
While many players tend to be very straight-faced and serious when they play poker, it's nice to see someone having a bit of fun.
We recently caught a hand where David Chiu and two other players saw a flop of 
. Chiu was first to act and bet 1,825. Both the other players folded fairly quickly and Chiu flipped over his 
and was nearly giggling about it.
Who doesn't love a good bluff now and then? Chiu was up to around 17,000 after the hand.
Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
We missed the action but according to a tablemate, Jennifer Tilly has been eliminated in the worst way a poker player can imagine, holding 
against the 
of her opponent.
Our source informed us that the six-seven was indeed suited, so the hand was slightly more justified, but Tilly would most likely disagree. Apparently the worse hand materialized into the nut straight on the turn and Tilly was bounced from today's proceedings.
Unfortunately for Tilly, this was not even her worst bad beat of day, as we overheard the actress turned poker pro telling a friend that an autograph seeker confused her with Tiffany Michelle in the hallway during the dinner break. Apparently the "fan" was disappointed when she scrawled her name and asked, "weren't you the one from Amazing Race?"
On a board reading 
, Layne Flack fired a 5,500 bet into a roughly 10,000 pot. Flack's opponent tanked for a while and eventually made the call. Flack triumphantly tabled the 
for the stone-cold nuts. His opponent mucked without showing.
Flack is currently sitting right around 40,000.
As we scanned the remaining tables for big stacks we happened upon an exciting hand. A player in mid position raised to 1,100 and Marc Karam re-raised to 2,200. The other player called and the flop came 
. The initial preflop raiser pushed all in for 4,250 and Karam tanked for a bit before deciding to call.
Karam: 
Opponent: 
Although Karam was already in the lead, the on the turn secured him the win and helped boost his stack up to around 40,000.
Action folded around to Barry Shulman in middle position who raised to 400, before the next player to act decided to commit his remaining stack of 2,600. The action then folded around to the big blind who deliberated for a minute before eventually folding. Shulman counted out the bet, and called.
Shulman: 
Opponent: 
Before the flop was shown, the player in the big blind announced "That's what I had!," pointing to the all-in player's cards.
The all-in player responded "Oh, that's terrible," but it wouldn't matter as the flop came out 
for him to take the lead.
The turn of and the river 
were no help to Shulman as he dropped back down to 8,000 in chips.
Gavin Griffin, already among the chip leaders in this Day 1b, made it 900 to go from under-the-gun and the player in the small blind made the call.
Both players checked the flop of 
and the dealer placed the on the turn.
The small blind checked once again and this time Griffin fired a bet of 1,100 into the middle. After some thought, the small blind made the call and we were off to the river.
The on the river was an all purpose card, completing a possible flush, and the small blind checked it to Griffin for a third time. Griffin cut out a stack of chips worth 1,700 and slid them into the middle of the table, only to hear his opponent announce himself all-in for 8,050. After asking for a count, Griffin studied his man for a minute or so before deciding to look him up.
The player in the small blind dejectedly said "nice call" while turning over his 
for one pair.
Griffin tabled the 
for an amazing call, astonishing the rest of the table while one player announced "he just looked through your soul." The win added another wing to Griffin's impressive castle and he now owns just over 60,000 chips.
