Michael Reed opened, Brad Libson three-bet from the blinds, and Reed called. The flop came and Libson bet quickly. Reed called without hesitation as well. The turn was the , and Libson didn't wait before betting again. This time Reed paused a few beats, then raised. Libson once more acted in a rapid manner by three-betting, and Reed called.
The river was the , bringing a fourth heart and a check from Libson. Reed bet, Libson exhaled and called, and Reed showed for the nut flush. Noting how "sick" the hand was, Libson raised his cards up before mucking, enough to show he held a small pair — either fours or fives — and thus had a set.
After a series of preflop raises, four players saw a flop of . Terrence Chan and Andre Akkari checked to the player in Seat 4, who bet. Action folded back to Chan, who raised, and only Seat 4 called. Chan then fired on the turn and river, and his opponent called both bets.
"I think I may have got there," Chan said as he tabled for trip sixes. He was right; the other player looked disgusted as he tossed his face up into the muck. Chan is now sitting on 68,000.
Maria Ho has the type of look that would not look out of place on Broadway, and that is exactly what the little beauty has just flopped. Not only did she flop it, but she also managed to extract three streets of value out of Jason Manger. Manger, who has 2 World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes on his 2012 record, check-called three streets on to push Ho up to 43,700.
A few tables over and we saw Scott Seiver and Dan Shak sharing a pot from the blinds. We joined the action on a flop of and Shak called the Seiver bet. The turn went check-bet-call and the river went check-check. Seiver turned over and Shak tuned over the slightly lesser attractive .
The conversation over on Table 431 has turned to baseball, with Rep Porter, John Hennigan, and Chad Brown all discussing the long gone phenomenon of major league starters pitching extra-inning complete games.
Brown told the others how he believed Gaylord Perry (who pitched from the 1960s through the early 1980s) had something like 20-plus extra inning complete games in his career. In fact, Perry had 37 games in his career in which he pitched 10 or more innings. (No shinola.)
Poker players know something about endurance, of course. This event has extended into its 12th hour of play, and likely hasn't reached its halfway point. And it goes without saying that every one of the 48 players left is hoping to make Event 40 a complete game.
Intrepid reporter Shamus brought you news of the Andre Akkari slide earlier. The Brazlian currently has 23,500 chips, which is below average, but we have just seen him take down a few minor pots.
In the first hand we joined it on a flop of , Akkari bet out of the big blind and Chris Roth called in the cutoff. The same action occurred when we saw the on the turn before the action ground to a halt on the river. Akkari showed down and it was enough to win the pot.
Then Akkari raised from the button holding and won a hand versus the big blind when neither player put in a bet on a board of .
Jeff Lisandro also has a below average stack (24,500) but just like Akkari we just saw him win a few pots. Lisandro raised from the hijack and then called a three-bet from the button. The flop was and Lisandro came in with a check-raise to win the pot.
Then Lisandro and Ruslan Dykshteyn had a tete-a-tete in the blinds. The flop was and Lisandro check-called a Dykshteyn bet. The turn checked through and Lisandro gleaned one additional bet on the . Lisandro showed down and Dykshteyn folded.
"Quality" Dan Alspach has been playing poker a long time and he would rather be lucky than good. We just witnessed him getting it in against Ronnie Bardah on a board of . When the cards were turned over Alspach was dominated.
Alspach
Bardah
The dealer placed the on the river and Bardah flew out of his chair in disappointment, not helped by the incessant laughter from Alspach.
"Luck is better than skill," shouted Alspach.
Bardah just gave Alspach one of those looks, and the laughter quickly died down.
Vincent Gironda raised on the button and got a single caller in Scott Seiver sitting in the big blind. The flop came all babies — — and Seiver checked. Gironda set out a couple of purple chips (500 each) to bet, and Seiver responded by tossing two orange chips (1,000 each) as a check-raise. Gironda called.
Seiver fired once more — 2,000 this time — after the fell on the turn, and Gironda called again. The river then brought the and a check from Seiver. Gironda took the opening to bet, and Seiver quickly called.
Gironda turned over for a full house, and Seiver mucked, shaking his head in way that suggested all had been hunky dory until that river card.