About fifteen minutes ago, we saw the following tweet from Tony Dunst:
Bond_18 Tony DunstRan it up to 6k winning pots then got AKo in vs QQ for 4k and won the flip: 10.5kJune 03 2012
Upon reading this information, we walked over to his table to see how he was dictating the action. Sure enough, we found him engaged in a hand with an opponent. The board read and Dunst's opponent checked. With about 2,400 in the pot, Dunst threw out a bet of 1,850.
His opponent sat in silence for about forty seconds before peeking down at his hand and meekly pushing them toward the muck. Dunst scooped up the pot and is now sitting just under 12,000.
We may have just witness Vanessa Selbst take down a pot, but she still sits with a pittance of what she started the day with. In the hand we saw, Selbst and one opponent committed 200 chips each on a flop. The on the turn saw Selbst fire out a bet. It was too strong for her opponent and she took down the small pot. She still has plenty of work to do though, we will let you know how she ends up doing.
VanessaRousso Vanessa RoussoRode one of these to red rock this morning for a hike...great way to start the day! Now at WSOP playin $1500 nlh tourny http://t.co/EDUlyebqJune 03 2012
Vanessa Rousso has clearly been busy off the felt, but it is time to play some poker for the Team PokerStars Pro.
Matt Jarvis is probably most well known for being part of the 'November Nine' in 2010. He took 8th in that event to finish with a score over $1 million. Last year he proved his worth as a professional poker player when he took down the WSOP bracelet in the $5,000 No-Limit Holdem Six-Max event. He has had a great start to this event, despite seeing him recently lose a pot.
It started when Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened the pot to 225 preflop. The player directly on Timoshenko's left made the call, along with Jarvis in the big blind.
The flop would see Jarvis check and Timoshenko throw out a bet of 350. The player on his left again called and this time Jarvis check-raised to 950. It was too much for timoshenko, but the other player made the call.
The on the turn would see Jarvis slowly bet 1,100. Another call from his opponent and a would peel off on the river. This time Jarvis flicked out a stack of 5,000-denomination chips - enough to put his opponent all in.
The player gave a bit of a shrug and then threw all his chips in. At this point Jarvis turned over for a turned flush. "What do you have?" the man asked, apparently unable to see Jarvis' hand. When the table obliged with an answer, the man confidently turned over his for the nut flush.