"Hey bro!", Jean-Robert Bellande shouted at yours truly who walked over and received a friendly fist bump. We noticed Bellande was in a hand and wrote down the action. The board read and Bellande check-raised his opponent all-in for 6,675. After the call we saw the following showdown:
Jean-Robert Bellande
Opponent
The river was the and Bellande lost a big pot. "Thanks!", he said sarcastically, "You can go now" he laughed as his opponent was stacking the new found chips. Bellande is still doing very well with a 27,000 chip stack, but he isn't likely to call over anymore reporters today!
Layne Flack is building towers over in the Gold section of the room and here he is in action.
There was a raise to 525 from middle position, the cutoff called as did Flack on the button. The flop was and the action checked to the cutoff who bet 1,400. Flack made a very quick call, the original raiser folded and we were heads up going to fourth street. The turn was the and the cutoff bet 3,400 and Flack made a very quick call. This pot was getting quite big and when the river hit the felt Flack put the player in the cutoff all-in, once checked to. The cutoff tanked for a good while, including an attempted stare down with Flack which left both players laughing. Eventually the cutoff folded and Flack showed him for the flush.
Shawn Buchanan just got all the money into the middle in excellent shape but ended in fatal shape. He was holding for two pair versus his opponent holding . We believe the money went in on the turn and a cruel on the river brought his opponent a broadway straight and Buchanan was out.
Eli Elezra limped in first position and three people joined him (including the two blinds). The flop was and the action checked to the player sat in last position and he bet 650. The two blinds folded and Elezra check-raised to 2,200, leaving himself 3,500 behind and it was enough to win the pot.
Garry Gates just informed us he knocked out Hafiz Khan. Khan shoved all-in from the under the gun position for 4,300 and Gates opted to re-shove from the cut-off. The other players got out of the way and Khan saw his lose against when the board ran out .