In a battle of the blinds encounter, Josh Arieh (small blind) and Martin Fournier-Giguere (big blind) found themselves coin-flipping with versus respectively.
The flop was a decisive one, but the gave hope of a chop. A river provided no such fortune, forcing the shorter stack, by just 300, to hit the bricks.
"Holy neck snappage," commented a relieved Arieh, whatever that might mean. "Pots come in bunches, ya'll be careful."
As a result of that victory, Arieh is now on 125,000, whilst Fournier-Giguere is on the rail.
Robin Keston made a raise from late position before Jeff Garza reraised all in from the small blind. Keston made the call with and was racing Garza's .
Thomas Bentham, who's seen more pots than Bill and Ben, is now out after his were gunned down by Panicos Panagi's pocket cowboys, . A board gave Panagi the keys to his cell, whilst Bentham could only tap the table, say "nice hand" and make his way out of the cardroom.
Will Haughey
William Haughey has just doubled-up again, this time through Scott Fischman. It all went in preflop with Haughey having the better of it with to Fischman's .
The board changed nothing enabling Haughey up to 56,000, whereas Fischman is slipping back a little and now sits on 180,000.
Bengt Sonnert raises to 6,500 preflop, Johnny Lodden calls from midposition and Andy Bloch calls from the small blind. The flop is and Sonnert bets 17,000 after Bloch checks. Lodden quickly folds but Block takes his time before carefully putting out the call. Both players check the turn before Bloch bets out 20,000 on the river. Sonnert thinks for a moment before folding disgustedly.
Meanwhile, Soren Kongsgaard has doubled up with against catching a vital on the flop to push back up to around 70,000 and the zone of almost relative comfort.
The Mouth
As a board lay patiently on the felt, Chris Moorman bet 41,000 into what was quickly becoming a substantial pot. Matusow, however, took no time in announcing all in and slid over a 100,000 across the felt, effectively putting Moorman all in for his remaining stack. Choosing not to go the Oscar route, Moorman made a swift fold, and Matusow took the pot.
"Sick," commented John Juanda.
"What, you think I got nothing?" replied Matusow. "Figured he was pot committed. Why would I not move all in?"
As Matusow was urged to show his hand to the mobile camera, a disgruntled Juanda joked, "Hey, show one, show all."
Matusow brushed aside the demands, but did add, "My gut feeling said ship it in, and if it's going in the middle he mucks. And that's exactly what happened."
Matusow now on 325,000, whilst Moorman drops down to 100,000.
Okay, it may not be spring, but I was surprised to hear the whirring sound of a vacuum as the camera crew cleaned underneath Daniel Negreanu's seat at the feature table. But don't worry, Kid Poker hasn't been molting or suffering from a bad case of dandruff, it was simply a DIY job from ESPN who needed to undertake some drilling work underneath the hole cameras. All is fixed now, and play has recommenced.