Jimmy Fricke and David Levi were all in before the flop for 1,400 and 900, respectively, and Thayer Rasmussen and Maria Mayrinck saw the first three community cards as well in a side pot. Rasmussen bet the flop, and Mayrinck raised. Rasmussen folded.
Mayrinck:
Fricke:
Levi:
The turn and river were a and , and Mayrinck's trips scooped the pot. Rasmussen said he would have won with a queen-high straight. Levi and Fricke both busted, but since Fricke had more chips to start the hand, he received a payout ticket while Levi got nil. Fricke was understandably pleased to score a cash in a spot where he had less than half of a big bet left.
Rasmussen joked that Mayrinck should have just called him so he could have gotten there.
"I didn't fly 17 hours from Brazil to fold three aces," Mayrinck said.
Perry Green check-called a bet from Jimmy Fricke on a flop. The players checked through the turn and river, and Green showed for a low and kings up. He scooped the pot.
We picked up with the action to see a large pot brewing going into the third draw. Arthur Morris announced that he was pat and Brandon Cantu stayed pat behind. Morris checked, Cantu bet, and Morris called.
Cantu fanned for an eight badugi. Morris mucked his hand and Cantu picked up the pot. He's now sitting on 78,000 while Morris has dropped to 52,000.
David Levi and Jimmy Fricke, formerly toting big stacks at Table 442, find themselves with considerably less since the last time we checked on them. Meanwhile, former Main Event runner-up Perry Green and Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen now have heaps.
Just before Table 436 broke, a small controversy broke out around the embattled Brandon Cantu.
Apparently, Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck drew one card during a hand of badacey while Cantu patted, but Mayrinck had taken back the card she put out and placed it back in her hand after Cantu patted. She then placed the card back out.
Cantu called the floor, and Mayrinck told the floor the only reason she had taken the card back is because she thought she had been dealt a new card. Mayrinck's neighbor confirmed she had put out the same card, as did the dealer.
Cantu pointed out that since she had put the card back in her hand, she could have easily changed her mind about what she wanted to do and put out a different card after seeing him stand pat. Since Cantu hadn't seen the card, he had no way of knowing if it was the same one.
"I thought you said yesterday you didn't angle," a player at the table said. "There's no scenario in which she would change her draw."
It was ruled that since she had placed the card back in her hand, the draw was dead and she had to stay pat for that round. Cantu patted behind and both players checked, then they checked the end as well. They ended up chopping the pot, as Cantu had an eight-low while Mayrinck had a badugi.
Zeev Lukacs opened with a raise from the cutoff and Kyle Loman made it three bets to go from the small blind. The big blind folded and Lukacs thought for about 30 seconds before dropping out a call. For the first draw, Loman pulled two new cards and Lukacs opted for one. Loman checked blind and Lukacs fired out a bet. Loman called.
The second draw saw Loman once again pull two cards while Lukacs once again took one. Loman took the lead on this street, putting out one big bet. Lukacs called to see the final draw. Loman stood pat and Lukacs took one card for a third time. Loman bet all in for 2,250 and Lukacs went deep into the tank. After about a minute, he spoke up.
"You going to show me the bluff, or what?" asked Lukacs.
"What did you make?" quickly replied Loman. "What's the big lay down you've got?"
At that, Lukacs took about another ten seconds before folding his hand. Loman pulled in the pot and now has about 19,000.
flop, and Mayrinck raised. Rasmussen folded.
and 
, and Mayrinck's trips scooped the pot. Rasmussen said he would have won with a queen-high straight. Levi and Fricke both busted, but since Fricke had more chips to start the hand, he received a payout ticket while Levi got nil. Fricke was understandably pleased to score a cash in a spot where he had less than half of a big bet left.
flop. The players checked through the 
turn and 
river, and Green showed 
for a low and kings up. He scooped the pot.
for a seven-badugi.
for a six-badugi, and Wright was done for.
