We caught the action on the turn with a board reading and after Jimmy Fricke had bet 850. His opponent in Seat 6 responded by raising pot, and after a moment's hesitation, Fricke moved all in. His opponent called off and the cards were tabled.
Showdown
Fricke:
Seat 6:
Fricke held top two pair but it was no good against his opponent's set. The river changed nothing, and Fricke watched the pot shipped to his opponent. Despite that loss, Fricke is still sitting pretty with a stack of 8,500.
RyanTepen Ryan TepenUp to 16.2k after stacking a guy in PLO aqjjss>tt87ss aiot on j56 t board. River q. #teamdevotion #TeamRunGoodJune 19 2012
SuddenlyBryce Bryce Yockeygood news is I spotted leaks in every game in the first orbit. Bad news is the player with the leaks is me. #justkiddingobv #seriouslythoJune 19 2012
AMFrankenberger Andy FrankenbergerInsta busted the 8-game (in NLH!). 44<A5ss in 3 way pot on 34Q2X board.June 19 2012
RealKidPoker Daniel NegreanuGuy just handed me two cents in the hopes that he will run good live. Had that happen on PokerStars tons, but that's a first in person! HaJune 19 2012
"Seat open Table 355," we heard a nearby dealer yell. We got up to check who the unfortunate casualty was, and it turned out to be noted poker author Chris "Fox" Wallace. We're not sure of the details, but based upon their stacks, it looks like Jeff Madsen and/or Leif Force may have had a hand in it.
Speaking of those two, we recently caught them mixing it up in a hand of pot-limit Omaha when Force check-called a bet of 675 from Madsen on a flop. The turn saw Force check again, but this time he folded when Madsen bet 850.
We wouldn't be surprised to see Madsen, the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year, and Force, who won his first bracelet earlier this summer in Event 3: $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha, duking it out throughout the evening as both have a reputation as being quite active players.
John Monnette winning his first WSOP bracelet in this event in 2011.
If you don’t know who John Monette is by now, you obviously haven’t been paying close enough attention to the 2012 World Series of Poker. Through 36 events the man has racked up 524.25 Player of the Year points, thanks to five cashes and three top-three finishes:
Here's a look at Monnette’s 2012 WSOP thus far:
Event
Place
Prize
Event #32 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.
2nd
$279,206
Event #27 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
94th
$2,676
Event #15 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low
3rd
$109,444
Event #10 $5,000 Seven Card Stud
1st
$190,826
Event #4 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
12th
$10,051
Not too shabby for less than three week’s worth of work. As you can see, Monnette captured his second gold bracelet in Event #10, the other coming last year in this very event when he defeated 488 other players to capture the $278,144 first-place prize.
The non-hold’em cash-game specialist from Palmdale, California has 25 WSOP cashes for $1,224,734, but what’s really impressive is only eight of them come in no-limit hold’em related events. What does that mean? Simple, Monnette is one of the best-mixed game players in the world.
Given his skill level, combined with how well he’s run this summer, we wouldn’t be surprised if Monnette puts up a long and hardy fight in defending his title.
We just noticed Andrew Robl sitting over in the Orange section, and he had the floor called over.
"About 15 minutes ago I gave a waiter $100 and asked him for change, but I haven't seen him since," Robl said to the floor who went out to do some research right away.
Players at the table were joking that the waiter had quit his job after getting such a big tip, but moments later the floor staff came back.
The waiter was on his way, but had a hard time finding change for a $100 bill. Right as we sat down at our desk the waiter came up to us, and asked if we could maybe break his $100 bill. We had to decline, and his search went on.
Times are tough in the poker world, but not for Andrew Robl who's only carrying $100 bills.
It seems the players are quite pleased with the order of games here in the eight-game mix, as evidenced by the following tweets:
JeffMadsenobv Jeff Madsen@WSOPTD the way you guys arranged the mixed games for this 8-game tournament is great.. So much more fun.. This should be the standardJune 19 2012
chipjett Chip Jett@WSOPTD liking the new order of the games in the 8game mix.June 19 2012
and after Jimmy Fricke had bet 850. His opponent in Seat 6 responded by raising pot, and after a moment's hesitation, Fricke moved all in. His opponent called off and the cards were tabled.
river changed nothing, and Fricke watched the pot shipped to his opponent. Despite that loss, Fricke is still sitting pretty with a stack of 8,500.
flop. The 
turn saw Force check again, but this time he folded when Madsen bet 850.
