David Grey raised to 800 from under the gun only to have defending champion John Juanda three-bet to 3,000. Action folded back to Grey and he tossed out a call.
Grey opted to take one and said "I hate to have to do this to you, John. I won't feel bad about it, it's going to a good cause."
Juanda laughed and stood pat.
Grey took a look at his card and said "Or not," checking to Juanda. Juanda checked behind and showed .
"All of those are good," said Grey as he mucked his hand, awarding Juanda the pot.
Action started with a player in early position raising it to 1,000. Jennifer Harman was next to act, and she made it 2,100 to go. It folded back to the original raiser, and he put out a four-bet to 4,500. Harman called, and both players stood pat. Harman's opponent put out a small bet of 2,000, and Harman thought for about 15 seconds before raising it to 7,500. Her opponent tanked for about 45 seconds before tossing in the call.
Harman said "you probably got me" and showed . She was right, as she was shown for an eight low. After that hand, Harman is down to just 6,650.
We caught up with the action after the draw to see Galen Hall move all in for 5,525. Hall still had two lammers behind but was all in for his chips that were currently in play.
Action was up to Ali Eslami who thought for about a minute before calling. Naoya Kihara folded his hand and Hall triumphantly tabled . Eslami flung his hand at the muck and Hall was able to scoop up the pot.
Michael Binger opened to 1,000 from the button and Barry Greenstein called from the small blind. Greenstein took two cards and Binger opted to take one.
Greenstein checked post-draw and Binger fired 1,600. Greenstein put out a check-raise, making it 5,000 to go and Binger quickly threw away his hand.
The 4th of July might have been yesterday, but we are expecting to hear some talking that will be louder than that at table 362. Daniel Negreanu and Shawn Sheikhan were already set up over there, and they were joined by the latest entrant in this event: none other then Mike "The Mouth" Matusow.
In case you forgot, Matusow and Sheikhan have a bit of history together. Both players made a deep run in the 2005 Main Event, and they had a few verbal altercations along the way. It ultimately ended with Matusow busting Sheikhan in 11th place, so we expect that he has revenge on his mind today. You can catch the video of the incidents here.
When we left for dinner, we had 89 people. As we look at the clock now, that number has shot up to 100. Here's a list of the new players that are here (they are all big names). There's also rumors that the godfather himself Doyle Brunson may be joining us, thought we haven't spotted him yet.
There was a bit of an altercation at table 365 to start the level. The issue was over using the blue t500 chips to bet. The argument was that by throwing in two t500 chips the raise should be to 1,000. In fact, David Williams and Jason Mercier both took this side in a bet with David Peat, who argued that it should be 800 as that is the bring in.
The floor was called and despite the entire table disagreeing with the ruling, it was ruled that two t500 chips meant 800 and thus just a call. According to the tournament supervisor this issue was discussed prior to the tournament and despite rulings in other tournaments, this is how it would be for this tournament.
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