With 5,500 in the pot and a board reading , Bill Chen moved all in for 7,375, putting the pressure on Eric Crain. The latter, who had the bigger stack, looked a bit perplexed by the bet, and after a little thought, he made the call.
Showdown
Crain:
Chen:
"Wow," Chen said with a hint of surprise in his voice. "Good call."
"We'll see," Crain said in anticipation of the river. Indeed it was a good call as the blanked and he laid claim to the pot.
Happy_Freaked
Allen Bari after his bracelet win back in 2011
Allen Bari has $2,765,110 in live tournament earnings. Allen Bari has a WSOP gold bracelet from 2011, when he won $874,116 beating Maria Ho heads up in the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament. Allen Bari also has quite a big ego.
Cyndy Violette was familiar with none of these things.
"I just bet Allen $100 that Cyndy didn't know who he was," Matt Glantz just told us while everyone at the table was joking around.
"I even said, 'Do you know Allen?' about five minutes before I made the bet," Glantz smiled as he also asked Greg Raymer if he knew who the guy on his direct left was.
"Allen Boring right?" Raymer said with a straight face after which the whole table started laughing.
"How's your ego doing?" we asked Bari who smiled and said, "It's still pretty big".
Glantz and Bari are having a lot of fun together at their stacked table, which also includes David Sklansky and Ryan Tepen. While we were standing at the table the following hand went down as well.
2-7 Triple Draw
Ryan Tepen raised from the button to 800, Matt Glantz called in the small blind and Allen Bari three-bet from the big blind, after which both his opponents called.
Glantz needed three cards, Bari stood pat and Tepen took two cards on the first draw.
Both Glantz and Tepen called Bari's bet. On the second draw Glantz and Tepen both needed two cards. This time only Glantz called Bari's bet as we went to the third and final draw.
Glantz took one more card and obviously Bari stood pat again. Glantz check-folded to Bari's 800 chip bet and this got Bari up to well over twice the starting stack.
Allen Bari's ego might have taken a little beat from Cyndy Violette, but since his chip stack is looking good that might've already been forgotton.
After the player in the hijack raised to 500, Greg Raymer three-bet to 1,500 from the button. David Sklansky was in the small blind with a stack of 6,000 and opted to four-bet all in. Much to the surprise of the table, Ryan Tepen, who was the big stack, moved all in over the top from the big blind. The original raiser got out of the way while Raymer simply shrugged and said, "Call."
Showdown
Raymer:
Tepen:
Sklansky:
Three big hands created a monster pot, but it was Sklansky out in front with Raymer leading for the side pot. We'd like to say there was some craziness to come, but the fact of the matter is the board ran out a dry and Sklansky tripled to 18,500; meanwhile, Raymer claimed the 5,300 side pot and Tepen was knocked down to 5,300.
With 1,350 in the pot and a flop of , Ali Eslami checked from the small blind and the player in the big did the same. That put action on the 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champ, Huck Seed, who wasted little time in betting 500. Both his opponents made the call and it was off to the turn.
This time Eslami took the initiative and led out for a pot-sized bet, which was 2,850. The big blind proceeded to raise all in for 5,775, which Seed called. The big blind thought the action was over and briefly tabled his hand, which allowed Eslami, who had just 1,500, to catch a peak. He obviously didn't like what he saw as he laid down his hand.
Showdown
Seed:
Big Blind:
Seed had his opponent drawing to the case four, which didn't come as the appeared on the river. With that, Seed scored the elimination, chipped up to 26,000, and left Eslami on a short stack.
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, Bill Chen moved all in for 7,375, putting the pressure on Eric Crain. The latter, who had the bigger stack, looked a bit perplexed by the bet, and after a little thought, he made the call.
blanked and he laid claim to the pot.
and Sklansky tripled to 18,500; meanwhile, Raymer claimed the 5,300 side pot and Tepen was knocked down to 5,300.
, Ali Eslami checked from the small blind and the player in the big did the same. That put action on the 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champ, Huck Seed, who wasted little time in betting 500. Both his opponents made the call and it was off to the 
turn.
appeared on the river. With that, Seed scored the elimination, chipped up to 26,000, and left Eslami on a short stack.
