Ashly Butler recently took a seat in today's tournament, and as our PokerNews field reporter was walking down the aisles searching for that big scoop hand, he heard a commotion over at Butler's table.
As he quietly sneaked up to hear what was going on, it appeared as though Matt Grapenthien - seating on Butler's direct right - wasn't happy that Butler placed his up-card on his down cards.
The Tournament Director was called over and ruled that it was perfectly fine what Butler did, however, that didn't stop Grapenthien continuing the argument as the hand placed out.
"Can you just stop it now? He made a ruling. You were wrong and we're just trying to play!" stated Butler as he tried to play the pot without Grapenthien distracting him.
Catching the action on fourth street, we found a short stacked Vanessa Selbst betting and her three opponents calling. Selbst led again on fifth as only one opponent called before they bet out on sixth and seventh. Selbst called sixth, but raised seventh with her opponent calling and both player's board reading as follows:
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Selbst tabled her for a trips and an eight-seven low to scoop the pot from her opponent and move to 1,850 in chips.
The PokerNews Podcast crew covers several huge stories, including the PokerStars sale, Mike Matusow's penalty, and the decline of pot-limit hold'em. They are then joined by defending Main Event champion Ryan Riess to talk about his banner, his recent run bad, and much more.
We are just about to tick into level two and there are 443 entrants already in the tournament.
We are still roughly 115 players away from topping last year's mark, and with five more levels remaining before registration closes (approximately 10:45 p.m. PST), the 558-player mark will get a good push.
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for a trips and an eight-seven low to scoop the pot from her opponent and move to 1,850 in chips.
