When we arrived at Table 439, Heinz Kamutzki and Brendan Flaherty were heads up on a board of . There was about 50,000 in the middle, and Flaherty had fired out a bet of 35,000.
"Will you show?" Kamutzki asked his opponent.
"Yeah, I'll show," the player responded. "If you put the money in the pot."
They went back and forth a bit more, and then Andreas Hoivold got involved.
"You have to show no matter what now," Hoivold told Flaherty. "We're all curious."
"If you all put in five grand," Flaherty shot back, laughing.
Finally, Kamutzki lifted his cards up off of the felt, and started shuffling them so that only Hoivold could see them. This seemed unintentional, but Nathan Goldstein objected, and the dealer ruled that everyone would get to see the hand after Kamutzki had acted.
Kamutzki folded, and the dealer exposed for trip aces.
Stephane Blouin opened with a raise to 1,200 from under the gun +1. Action folded to John Juanda who was on the button and he popped it up with a reraise to 3,600. Action folded back around and after a few seconds Blouin just called.
The flop came down and after a few seconds Blouin checked. Juanda continued firing with a bet of 4,200 and Blouin called after thinking for a bit. The turn was the and both players checked. On the river , Blouin put in a bet of 5,200. Juanda took a second look at his cards, counted his chips, then eventually folded his hand. That hand dropped Juanda to under the Day 1 starting stack and left him looking for some much needed chips here on Day 2.
Gerardo Godinez was all in and at risk holding on a flop of . He was up against the of Adam Weinraub, and Weinraub's hand held up as the turn and river bricked , respectively.
The flop was just dealt and the player in the small blind checked to Dominik Nitsche who bet 1,000. The small blind raised to 2,500 and Nitsche called.
The player led for 3,000 on the turn and Nitsche called. The came on the river and again the small blind led for 3,000. Nitsche stared at his opponent trying to get that "soul read" but the player sat stoically and still for a solid 90 seconds. He then he broke his stance and he glanced over at Nitsche, who must have picked up on something because he folded shortly after.
After a series of preflop bets, Trinidad and Tobago's Ramlal Basdeo was all in with . Unfortunately for the Trinidadian, he was at risk against Randy Pfeifer, who held , but the flop fell , giving him a set of eights.
Not to worry friends of Pfeifer, the turn was the , giving him a set of aces, and the bricked off on the river. Basdeo hit the rail, while Pfeifer now has 59,000 chips.
A three-way preflop situation here during the first hour of Level 6 saw players betting back and forth until Steven Wolansky and another opponent had each committed around 17,000 with the third player stepping aside. Wolansky had and his opponent .
The produced an audible reaction from the table thanks to the possibilities it afforded Wolansky, but after the turn and river he'd lost the hand and quickly got up and departed the Amazon Room.
However, the counting down of chips afterwards revealed that Wolansky actually had his opponent outchipped by 425. Someone was sent after Wolansky, and he returned to his seat saying he'd thought his opponent had him covered.
On the first hand back Wolansky open-raised all in from the cutoff and both blinds called. The other two checked down the board, and when Wolansky tabled it was the best hand and he'd triped his tiny stack.
Not long after that Wolansky doubled up, and is now back over 3,000.
From under the gun Larry Wright made it 1,250 with Brian Rast and the big blind calling.
The dealer dropped a flop and Wright continued for 1,650 with only Rast calling as the landed on the turn.
Wright checked and Rast pushed out a 4,600-chip bet to put Wright in the tank for close to three minutes before saying, "good hand, nice bluff" as he folded.
With Wright slipping to below 100,000, Rast climbs to roughly 37,000 in chips.
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. There was about 50,000 in the middle, and Flaherty had fired out a bet of 35,000.
for trip aces.
and after a few seconds Blouin checked. Juanda continued firing with a bet of 4,200 and Blouin called after thinking for a bit. The turn was the 
, Blouin put in a bet of 5,200. Juanda took a second look at his cards, counted his chips, then eventually folded his hand. That hand dropped Juanda to under the Day 1 starting stack and left him looking for some much needed chips here on Day 2.
, leaving Musu tripling up with top two and Hunichen busting Crespin in the side pot, as they both had Musu covered.
on a flop of 
. He was up against the 
, 
respectively.
turn and Nitsche called. The 
flop with Tognaci calling as the 
bricked off on the river. Basdeo hit the rail, while Pfeifer now has 59,000 chips.
board, and when Wolansky tabled 
it was the best hand and he'd triped his tiny stack.
flop and Wright continued for 1,650 with only Rast calling as the 
landed on the turn.
