"Bring the camera over here... this is an all-star table."
So said Ryan Fair at Table 424, spotting the ESPN cameras circling about. Noah Schwartz had just been moved to the table, taking a seat to Sorel Mizzi's right, the two of them sitting across from Fair. In fact, the cameraman did come over... and just in time to capture a bit of drama in a hand involving Schwartz.
A player under the gun opened for 1,100, and Schwartz, sitting one seat over, examined his short stack for a while before making the call. It folded to the button who then reraised to 3,600, forcing out the blinds. The original raiser called, and after tanking a bit Schwartz called as well, leaving himself only about 6,300 behind.
The flop came 
. The original raiser led out for 5,300, then Schwartz raised all in for a bit more. The button then responded with an all-in shove of his own, which caused the UTG player to walk away from the table for a moment, he was so exasperated. Finally he folded, saying he had pocket queens.
Schwartz quickly tabled 
for top set, while his opponent showed 
. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Schwartz survived.
"Set mining!" said Mizzi with a grin. "There is no method to my madness," said Schwartz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
15,900
|
15,900 |
|
||
. There was about 4,000 in the pot, and Hansen checked to his opponent on the button, who fired out 2,000. Hansen did his usual grimace face whenever he has any kind of tough decision, and eventually chucked the 2,000 into the middle.
, and Hansen rolled over 
. That's good enough for just queen high, but it was good enough to win here. Hansen is up to 74,000 after that pot.
flop was checked around, landing the 
on the turn. Two checks to Clements led to a bet of 3,200, but the player in the big blind put in a check-raise to 11,000. The player in the cutoff folded, Clements re-raised all in, and the player in the big blind called all in for about 35,000 with 
.
and was not helped by the 
, and the short-stacked player 
.
to give Zimmerman the set, and the 
river opened up two seats at Table 431.
, which was enough to send Mercier's cards, and the other player's, into the muck.
and Brunson's opponent checked. Brunson fired out 1,500 and received a call. The turn was the 
.
