Sean Getzwiller and Josh Evans have been playing heads up for an entire level over on Table 70.
"I want to play heads up," Chance Kornuth said from an adjacent table.
Shaun Deeb, who was at a third table, agreed.
"One of them has an edge," Deeb said. "I'm not going to say who though."
Getzwiller and Evans were playing the popular "box game" as well. To win, you have to fold your two cards into the box designated for the flop, turn, and river, without touching the lines. The two were playing for $20 a toss.
"Hey," Deeb piped up again. "Are you guys just folding and taking that guys stack?"
There was a third stack at the table that was blinding out, but Getzwiller and Evans weren't just folding every hand.
"Why are you even thinking of that?" Kornuth shouted to Deeb. "Just because you have no integrity...and no shoes..."
We didn't understand the latter part of that statement until we looked down at Deeb's feet, and saw that they are bare.
While we were leaving, a third player sat down with a bag of chips, so the heads-up match is finally over - for now.
Lex Veldhuis opened to 125 from the button and found one caller in Dan O'Brien from the big blind.
The flop came and both players checked. O'Brien checked again when a fell on the turn and Veldhuis led out for 150. O'Brien then check-raised to 550, which caused Veldhuis to pause, but he tossed in a call anyways.
The river came the and this time O'Brien fired out 1,800. Veldhuis non-nonchalantly threw in a call and O'Brien revealed for a busted straight draw. Veldhuis tabled for trip eights and scooped the pot.
"How much do you have?" we heard Chance Kornuth ask an opponent moments ago.
The board was completed , and Kornuth was the first to act. When his opponent showed that he had around 5,000 behind, Kornuth tanked for a bit then moved all in.
His opponent immediately mucked, and Kornuth raked in the pot.
Dan O'HairWSOP bracelet (Photo courtesy of Jason of Beverly Hills)
Hello and good morning from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, where players are beginning to settle in for an all-new event this year: No-Limit Hold'em Four-Handed.
Now, if you thought six-handed Hold'em was action packed, you ain't seen nothing yet. Players will be dishing out blind money in at least half of the hands they play, which means no one will have the luxury of sitting back and waiting for premium cards. Rather, if players wish to stay afloat - they will have to press the action and make decisions far more frequently than if it were a full-ring game.
Play is set to begin at 12:00 PM local time. Stay tuned with us here at PokerNews for coverage that is sure to contain anything but ABC poker!