In a recent hand, a player in middle position opened for 450 and Judah defended from the small blind. Judah proceeded to check-call a bet of 650 on the flop and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Judah grabbed a single orange T1,000 and flipped it in the pot. His opponent thought for about 15 seconds and then gently dropped his cards in front of the dealer.
Mel Judah is a poker legend. Since 1988 the Australian has amassed 38 World Series of Poker cashes for $1,321,500. Oh, and he has two gold bracelets to his name.
Meanwhile, both Chino Rheem and Brian Hastings have been eliminated from the tournament.
We found Eric Crain on seventh street of a Stud Hi/Lo hand against an all-in opponent. Crain's cards were all turned over to reveal . His straight and low combination scooped the pot and sent his opponent to the rail. Crain ranks among the top stacks in the room.
With 3,300 in the pot and a board reading , World Series of Poker bracelet winner Vincent van der Fluit checked and watched Chino Rheem, who recently won the World Poker Tour $25,000 Championship for $1,150,297, fire out a bet of 1,850. Van der Fluit then woke up with an all-in check-raise to 5,250 and Rheem, who was none to happy, made the call.
Van der Fluit tabled the for two pair and Rheem mucked. "I'm drawing dead," he declared even before the was put out on the river.
Action folded around to the button, who raised to 400. Naoya Kihara three-bet to 1,275 from the big blind, and his opponent called.
Kihara continuation-bet on the flop, and his opponent put him all in. Kihara called off his remaining chips.
Kihara:
Opponent:
Kihara had top pair and a backdoor flush draw, but his opponent was slightly ahead with the nut flush draw and a pair of eights. The turn brought a , and the river a for good measure, sending Kihara out of the tournament.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the 2003 World Series of Poker, which most people remember as the year Chris Moneymaker helped spark the boom. What they may have forgotten is that David Singer was at that year's final table, ultimately finishing in ninth place for $120,000. Singer, who won his first and only bracelet back in 2008, is in action today more than a decade after his historic final table appearance.
Limit Hold'em
In a recent hand, action folded around to James Van Alstyne, who you may recall won the 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event for $ 247,033 four year ago, and he raised from the small blind. A short-stacked Singer three-bet, Van Alstyne four-bet and the former ended up getting his stack of 1,475 all in.
Van Alstyne:
Singer:
Both players shared an ace, but Singer's kicker had him way out in front. The flop made things interesting as Van Alstyne could make a straight with a jack, but neither the turn nor river was what he was looking for. With that, Singer doubled... though he's still quite short.
Phil Hellmuth, in middle position, had called a raise from the cutoff and the two were heads up to the flop.
The flop came , and Hellmuth check-called 1,150. Both players checked a turn, and Hellmuth checked again on a river. This time, his opponent bet 1,875, and Hellmuth winged his cards into the muck before leaning back in his seat.
After a flop of , the player in the small blind at Table 100 fired out 300. Paul Volpe called from the big blind, and Josh Arieh raised from the button. Both players called. Everyone checked through the turn, and the brick river.
Arieh showed , and his opponents' cards hit the muck.