Amit Makhija was all in preflop holding and in bad shape against the of Neil Channing. The flop gave Channing top pair with top kicker, but Makhija could still make a straight with a ten.
The turn improved Channing to trips, but it still left Makhija with the same straight outs. Unfortunately for the latter, the river was not what he needed and he was eliminated from the tournament.
amak316 Amit MakhijaBusto 5k not much you cando when you literally never make the best handJune 29 2012
SenseiChanning Neil ChanningWent all-in after an utg raise & a half avg utg+1 shove. I had AK which beat AJ & I now have 60k, which is avg with 243 left.June 29 2012
A player in middle position opened to 2,500 and was called by Phil Hellmuth in the cutoff. Action folded around to the player in the big blind, who squeezed to 7,000 and change. The original raiser folded but Hellmuth quickly tossed in a call.
The flop came and Hellmuth's opponent led out. He was quickly called by Hellmuth and the turn brought the . This time, Hellmuth's opponent checked, prompting an all-in shove from Hellmuth for his last several thousand. His opponent called and hands were revealed.
Hellmuth:
Opponent:
The river?
- giving Hellmuth's opponent a winning ace on the river and knocking Hellmuth out of the tournament.
A steaming Hellmuth shot up from his seat and made a hasty exit from the Amazon Room.
Phil Hellmuth started the day with 79,000 but got off to a horrendous start, being knocked all the way down to just under 6,000. Just when it seemed the "Poker Brat" would meet an untimely demise, he caught some cards to double in back-to-back hands.
In the first, Hellmuth got all in preflop with and was up against the of an unknown opponent. The board ran out a clean and Hellmuth double to around 14,000.
In the very next hand, Hellmuth got it all in preflop with against the of Marco Bognanni. The board ran out clean again for Hellmuth, falling , and he put himself back in contention with a stack of 32,000.
We caught the action on the turn with the board reading . Galen Hall had a bet of 8,300 out in front of him and action was on Phil Ivey, who opted to move all in for right around 20,000. Hall snap-called and had Ivey in dire straits.
Showdown
Ivey:
Hall:
Hall held top pair with top kicker, meaning Ivey needed to hit his open-ended straight to stay alive. Unfortunately for Ivey fans everywhere, it was not in the cards as the blanked on the river.
galenhall Galen HallI open AK utg1, Ivey flats on 35bb. AT9r, I cbet he calls. Turn 8s second spade. I barrel, he rips it I snap he has KJo I hold. Got emJune 29 2012
Stephen Chidwick recently doubled a player up, with Chidwick's not able to catch up against on a board. The player was all in for around 35,000 and so it was just a small dent to Chidwick's big stack.
We caught up with the action just as Yevgeniy Timoshenko was surrendering his chips to an opponent.
Timoshenko held the and his opponent the on a board reading . We are unsure of the action leading up to the all in, but in any case, Timoshenko's opponent doubled through him for about 24,000 - leaving Timoshenko with 32,500 to work with.
When we arrived at Table 414, there was a flop showing and Robert Macdonald was betting 18,000 into Tommy Vedes. Within a few second Vedes had literally grabbed a handful of of his chips and enthusiastically splashed them into the pot - it was enough to put Macdonald all in. Macdonald seemed taken aback by the splashing, but once he understood that he would be calling all in, he committed the remainder of his chips.
Vedes:
Macdonald
Vedes had the set, but Macdonald had plenty of outs to the flush. When the hit the turn, Macdonald celebrated, but he wasn't out of the dark yet. If the board paired, he would be going home. However, the river was safe and Macdonald doubled, while Vedes took a small hit to his stack.