We heard the all-in cry from the dealer over on Dani Stern's table and arrived to find a flop out on the felt, with Stern's going up against Steffen Retterholt's . The dealer paused while the ESPN crew rushed over to the table and Stern watched on, hoping that club wouldn't send him to the rail.
Unfortunately for Stern, the turn would do some fatal damage and with no eight or paired board on the river, Stern's 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event was all over.
There was already 70,000 in the middle when we saw that Freddy Deeb and Michael Ferrell were heads up on a board that read . Deeb checked to Ferrell, who fired out 60,000. Deeb made the call, and the river brought the . Deeb checked again, and Ferrell tanked for about 90 seconds before assembling a bet of 120,000, and tossed it in.
Now it was Deeb's turn in the tank, and after about a minute he said "well I'll give you the good news I can only beat a bluff. I have a small pair." Eventually, he folded his hand, and said " I can wait for another hand".
After that pot, Deeb is down to 330,000, while Ferrell is back up to 950,000.
We found Shaun Deeb and Timothy Chang looking down at a board of . Chang checked to Deeb and Deeb checked right behind.
The turn was the and both players checked once more. The action began when the completed the board on the river. Chang fired 18,000 only to have Deeb make it 68,000 to go.
Chang sat contemplating for over a minute before making it 140,000 total.
"F**k," Deeb muttered under his breath.
After about thirty seconds, Deeb moved all in and Chang snap called. Deeb tabled for the nut straight and Chang showed for the same hand.
"...Did you say 'f**k' when I raised?" Chang asked as they took their chips back.
"Yeah," replied Deeb. "It was because I knew we were chopping."
Deeb is currently sitting on a stack of about 375,000.
When we wandered past Dan Shak's table, we noticed he was sitting behind a much healthier stack than just a short while ago. According to the man himself, he acquired those chips when one person shoved holding , Shak then over-shoved holding , before a player holding shoved over the top. The flop housed the all-important that Shak needed and he raked in the triple up.
Michael Lipman, who has shouted "Bang! Bang! Bang!" after winning a few pots recently, has just played his last hand of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Lipman was all in with on a board of , and Scott Abrams had him at risk with .
"Seven!" Lipman shouted.
The turn was not a seven, it was the .
"Seven!" Lipman repeated.
The river was not a seven either, it was the suicide king (), and Lipman was eliminated.