James Obst raised his opponent on sixth street and his opponent called. On seventh, his opponent checked and Obst bet. His opponent called and Obst showed for a seven low.
We picked up the action on fourth street. Dzmitry Urbanovich led out at the pot with a bet. Andrew Barber called him. On fifth, Urbanovich led again and Barber called once more.
On sixth street, Urbanovich bet a for a third time, but this time, Barber checked his cards and tossed them away, awarding the pot to Urbanovich.
"The young prince tortures the barber," said Brandon Shack-Harris, who was also seated at the table. Urbanovich gave a wry smile at the comment.
"Just don't use the barber pun," Barber said. "It's been done so many times already."
Mike Matusow and Scott Bohlman were heads up to fourth street. Matusow hit a six and Bohlman a jack. Matusow bet and Bohlman called. Matusow checked on fifth when he hit a ten, but Bohlman bet and Matusow called. On sixth, both players checked. and on seventh Matusow bet.
Bohlman was considering his next move and seemed perplexed.
"What if I told you I misread my hand when I checked on the five," Matusow said.
"That sounded really sincere," said Bohlman and he mucked.
"I thought I had two pair, but when I looked back I only had one pair."
"Oh here we go. It's story time," said Mike Ross.
"These guys win a pot and they gotta tell stories."
Action was already on seventh street and there was over 8,000 already in the middle of the pot. Adam Owen put out a bet and Jens Lakemeier was in the tank. He thought for about a minute before finally releasing his hand. As he went to muck his cards, Lakemeier accidentally revealed a .
Owen took down the pot and added to his already impressive stack from here on Day 1.
Our weary adventurers have navigated the first eight levels of Event #69 and only have two levels remaining before they travel to the magical place known as Day 2.
On fifth street, Benny Glaser and Frankie O'Dell checked to Scott Abrams. He bet and Glaser was the lone caller. On sixth, Benny Glaser took the lead and bet. Abrams called. On seventh both players checked and Glaser won the hand showing to make an eight low.
Frankie O'Dell bet on fifth street and Phil Hellmuth called. On sixth, Hellmuth took over the lead and both players checked. On seventh, Hellmuth bet and O'Dell folded.
Benny Glaser had the lead on fourth and bet. Frankie O'Dell called. On fifth, O'Dell took the lead and bet. Glaser called. O'Dell bet again when he caught an ace and Glaser caught an eight. Glaser called. O'Dell bet once more on seventh street and Glaser called.
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