Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon and Robert Varkonyi and started to butt heads. As their banter indicated when Varkonyi arrived at the table not long ago, this confrontation was probably inevitable.
Kroon raised to 22500 preflop, and Varkonyi announced he was all in. His about was for about 180,000. Kroon went into the tank. As he was thinking about his decision, he turned to Varkonyi and, "I don't think you realize I got all these chips with real cards." He then asked Varkonyi if he'd show his cards if he folded. Eventually, Kroon slid his cards to the dealer. As Varkonyi was collecting his chips, he turned over . Kroon did not seem pleased, and he told the table he folded pocket jacks. "I just don't think you shove with tens there," he said.
As it was told to us by Larry Wright with confirmation from Mark Kroon and Robert Langdon, Robert Varkonyi announced all in a flop of low cards with . Robert Langdon called with queens and they held through the river eliminating the former Main Event champion from the tournament.
Dan Heimiller was recently moved to a new table, and he tried to get involved in the action right away. He raised to 22,000 under the gun, but Makram Merhom, seated to Heimiller's immediately left, three-bet to 72,000. Action folded around to Heimiller, who said, "I was just kidding," as he tossed his cards into the muck. Merhom turned over as he stacked the chips that had, until a few moments earlier, belonged to Heimiller.
We heard a player at the nearest table make an all-in call, and he kindly informed Cynthia Foster "I've got the rockets."
Foster could only turn over her , and matched up against the , she was looking for a lucky lady to come to her rescue.
The flop came , and Foster appeared resigned to her fate. The on the turn had her preparing to stand, but like a bolt from the heavens, the rained down on the turn.
"Oh my God!," cried the fallen player, shocked to see that a two-outer had ended his Seniors Championship run.
Poker can be a cruel game, a fact which we were just reminded of courtesy of Gary Margolis. After a player opened for 26,000, Margolis elected to make his stand, moving all in for his last 90,000 or so chips. The raiser quickly called and announced "I have a pair," while tabling the .
"Your pair's bigger than my pair," replied Margolis, referencing his inferior .
Flop:
The first card off was a dagger through the heart of the player with the overpair, and before he could even calculate his slim odds of finding a third jack to catch up, the rained down on the turn to officially end his tournament.
Then, with no regard for the mental anguish this would case, the deck decided to deliver the on the river, giving the freshly broken player something to think about for a long time to come.
With his stack sitting around 11 big blinds, William Misener knew it was time make a move with the first decent hand he ran into. When he looked down to find , the pocket pair was all the motivation he needed to move his stack into the middle.
He was quickly called by an opponent, however, and the sign of strength let Misener know he was likely behind.
"You probably got me, but..." said Misener, his voice trailing off as he saw the caller roll over . "Aces again? I'ts always those dang aces."
The dealer then burned and turned, and wouldn't you know it, the first card on the flop was the . The and filled out the flop, and although there were chop possibilities when the came down on the turn, the on the river left Misener with the winning hand.
. Kroon did not seem pleased, and he told the table he folded pocket jacks. "I just don't think you shove with tens there," he said.
. Robert Langdon called with queens and they held through the river eliminating the former Main Event champion from the tournament.
, and matched up against the 
, she was looking for a lucky lady to come to her rescue.
, and Foster appeared resigned to her fate. The 
on the turn had her preparing to stand, but like a bolt from the heavens, the 
rained down on the turn.
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rained down on the turn to officially end his tournament.
on the river, giving the freshly broken player something to think about for a long time to come.
turn for 23,000. The initial raiser folded and Kunichoff called.
river and Kunichoff folded. As Kroon showed 
, the pocket pair was all the motivation he needed to move his stack into the middle.
and 
came down on the turn, the 
on the river left Misener with the winning hand.
