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.
We caught up with the action on a flop, where a first-to-act Tony Dunst checked to his opponent on the button - who bet 300. Dunst called to see a turn, which brought the . Dunst again checked, prompting a 525 bet from his opponent. Dunst called.
However, when the fell on the river, Dunst decided to suddenly lead out for 900. His opponent quickly called and Dunst said, "I've got the eight" and revealed the for a rivered pair of eights. His opponent acknowledged Dunst with a nod and mucked his hand.
Dunst is rolling in the early going - he is up to 20,000.
We unfortunately missed both bust-out hands, but according to a member of the WSOP staff, Daniel Negreanu opened and was called by two players. The flop was , and Negreanu continued. One player called.
The turned, and Negreanu was check-raised. He three-bet all in, and was called. Negreanu tabled , but his opponent held , and the river bricked, eliminating Kid Poker from the tournament.
Action began with the player first-to-act, who opened to 250. His opponent directly behind him on the button three-bet to 650 and right behind *him,* Jon Turner four-bet to 1,450 from the small blind. The big blind and original raiser got out of the way, however, the player on the button mulled it over and decided to five-bet to 3,175.
Action was back on Turner, who thought it over and six-bet to 5,450! Turner's opponent had apparently had enough as he mucked his hand shortly thereafter.
Turner, popularly known for being co-author of the poker tournament book series "Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time," is up to 32,000.
Todd Terry had an older gentleman all in and at risk moments ago, Terry's was ahead of his opponent's , but board ran out , and Terry's opponent doubled up.
When we arrived at the table, Aaron Jones was grabbing his things, and two tens lay in front of him. There was an ace-high board spread on the table, and Davidi Kitai was raking in the pot.
From the conversation after the hand, we think Kitai had , but we're not positive. What we do know is that he has over 20,000 chips.
When we reached the table, Stuart Rutter was heads up with a gentleman on his direct right, and the board read . The man checked, Rutter bet, and the man check-raised to 2,225. Rutter called.
The completed the board, and the player moved all in for 3,725. Rutter quickly called with , but it was no good against his opponent's .
We recently noticed Layne Flack take a seat here in Brasilia, however, almost just as quickly - Flack was getting up and heading out.
We caught up with Flack at the very end of his last hand. He pushed all in on the turn on a board (with two hearts) and was called by his lone opponent.
Flack:
Opponent:
Flack would need to spike a heart or a ten to stay alive, however, the river bricked out for Flack and he wished his table goodluck before exiting.