Ray Dehkharghani recalled for us how Matt Woodward was recently eliminated from the tournament.
Philip Long raised from under the gun before Woodward reraised from the small blind. Long called and both players watched the flop come . Woodward bet and Long raised. The two exchanged several more bets until Woodward was all in.
Long:
Woodward:
Long had flopped a set of deuces, which would ultimately win him the hand, resulting in Woodward being the first player eliminated today.
Aron Dermer raised from the button and Fabrice Soulier defended the big blind.
On the flop Soulier check-raised Dermer's bet and Dermer attempted to move all in however he had too many chips to do so. Before Soulier could act, Dermer flipped over his for a flopped full house.
Soulier sat quietly without saying anything as he hadn't called yet but Dermer said that Soulier had called his shove and accused Soulier of angle shooting. Soulier eventually called the bet so Dermer still had chips behind and he was all in and at risk when the hit the turn.
Soulier turned over for a low draw to split the pot but the river was a and Dermer doubled up.
Dermer then put out his hand to shake Soulier's and make peace however Soulier refused and said "Now you win so you want to shake my hand" and Dermer responded with "#$%* you".
The floor man came over and eventually both players shook hands however the conversation was the hot topic of conversation at the table for a while.
Owais Ahmed raised from middle position and was called by John Monnette in the big blind. The flop came and Monnette bet. Ahmed called. The turn brought the and Monnette bet again. Ahmed followed with a call onc emore.
The completed the board and Monnette checked. Ahmed bet. Monnette called.
Ahmed then tabled , and scooped the pot with the ace-three low and nut flush for the high after Monnette mucked his hand.
On the first hand, Mike Matusow raised from under the gun and Abe Mosseri who was next to act re-raised. Ilya Dyment called from the small blind as did Matusow.
On the flop Dyment checked, Matusow bet and Mosseri folded. Dyment raised enough to put Matusow all in who called.
Mike Matusow:
Ilya Dyment:
The board bricked out for Dyment, Matusow won the pot and said "Double-up first hand, I told you." Meanwhile Fabrice Soulier noted that it was more of a triple-up. Matusow then said "Over 200 now, watch out" to his railbirds.
Daniel Negreanu raised from the cutoff and was called by Ray Dehkharghani and Philip Long in the blinds.
The flop came and Dehkharghani bet. Long and Negreanu called. The turn then brought the and Dehkharghani bet again. Long called and Negreanu released his hand.
The completed the board and Dehkharghani fired one last bet. Long mucked shortly after.