There was 3,800 in the middle, and the board read when we arrived and saw that Jason Somerville and Amanda Musumeci were heads up. Both players checked on the turn, and the river came the , completing the flush draw. Somerville fired out 2,200, and Musumeci called after about 20 seconds of thought.
Somerville mucked his hand face down, but Musumeci had to show her hand to claim the pot. She tabled , and raked in the chips to up her stack to 32,000. Meanwhile, Somerville is down to 21,000 after the hand.
We found 6,000 in the pot preflop between Brandon Fish, Steve Landfish and Charles Moore. The flop came , Fish bet 5,200 and Landfish called. Moore tanked for a few moments before folding.
While Moore was in the tank Fish joked outloud, "Is this a re-entry?"
The turn came , Fish checked and Landfish bet 8,100. Fish called and the river came . Fish checked again and Landfish bet 11,100.
Fish tanked for a bit and then tossed in a call. Landfish tabled pocket tens for a flopped set and Fish tabled pocket aces and grumbled a few words not fit for children's ears.
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We walked over to see 2010 November Niner John Dolan heads up in a pot with Tuan Phan. The board read , and even though there was only about 2,000 in the middle, Phan had bet out 4,025. Despite the big bet, Dolan was not deterred, and he check raised to 8,400. Phan was a believer of the bet, as he kicked his cards towards the dealer. Despite winning that pot, Dolan is down from his original starting stack of 30,000.
The WSOP POY qualifiers that have late registered for the event are being seated in the open seats at tables. As they sit we are updating the seat chart below.
As we swung by Table #12, we saw a fresh face in Seat 5: 2011 bracelet winner Sam Stein. We also saw that he was hopping right into the action, as he was heads up with Drew Woodke on a flop of . Stein fired out 400, and Woodke responded with a raise to 1,000. Stein tossed in the call, and the turn brought the , putting two pair on board.
Stein checked to Woodke, and he continued the aggression with a bet of 1,250. Stein tanked for about 20 seconds before grabbing raising chips, and tossed out 3,600. Now it was Woodke's turn in the tank, and he thought for about a minute before kicking in his cards, giving the pot to Stein.
We found Bryan Devonshire, Daniel Lowery and Tim Burt all go to a flop. Devonshire and Lowery checked, Burt bet 500, Devonshire folded and Lowery called.
The turn came and both players checked. The river came , Lowery checked and Burt bet 725. Lowery called, Burt tabled for a flopped two pair and Lowery tabled for a rivered set.