There was a preflop raise and two callers, but we just walked up in time to catch the dealer spreading out a flop. Peter Jetten was in the big blind, and he tapped the table. The preflop raiser continued out with a bet of 350, Kyle Bowker called on the button, and Jetten ducked out of the pot.
The turn drew another bet from the raiser, 700 this time. Bowker furrowed his brow and gave a good long stare before stacking out the call and tumbling it forward. That brought them to the river, and there was no slowing down now. Bowker saw his opponent fire one last bullet of 1,775 chips, and he called rather quickly this time.
The bettor pushed his cards toward the muck, but the dealer gestured at them and said, "Showdown, please."
"I muck," said the bettor, pushing them further. The dealer looked a bit confused, but he pulled the cards into the trash pile, and Bowker showed for the pot. He's got 8,600 chips now, the biggest of the stacks we're tracking thus far.
I joined the action with the board reading and Andrew Teng facing a bet of 1,500. Teng thought for a while, feigned the call, before releasing his chips onto the felt. The feign obviously didn't elicit the appropriate response, as his opponent showed for the turned set.
Although it's very dark in that corner of the balcony, it looks as though Teng is struggling with around 2,000, whilst neighbour Huck Seed is flying high with 6,000.
I spotted Sorel Mizzi trundling across the balcony, so like a coiled panther I leapt over and unscrupulously inquired as to his demise. As expected, Mizzi was happy to oblige:
"I had 950 and there were a few limpers before me, so I shoved K-J in the big blind. The button called with A-9."
Kevin 'Lovejoy' O'Leary was staring at a board and the 650 chip bet that Priyan de Mel had made. O'Leary made the call, checking dark before the river.
De Mel asked for a count and O'Leary replied he had 1,400 behind which De Mel barely covered by 100 chips. De Mel moved all-in and quickly said, "Well, at least you didn't snap call!"
Finally after much debating, O'Leary made the call and De Mel flipped for the rivered straight which had the former sighing as he mucked and was eliminated from the tournament.
"Miami" John Cernuto raised to 200 from middle position and the hijack seat made the call. James Sudworth was in the cutoff seat and reraised to 550. Cernuto was the only caller.
The flop came down and Cernuto checked with 1,350 behind. Sudworth bet 1,400 to put him all in and Cernuto folded.
Scott Fischman limped in from middle position and Kyle Bowker joined him with a limp from the cutoff seat. The button also limped and then Peter Jetten made it 300 from the small blind. The big blind folded before Fischman asked Jetten how much he was playing. Jetten told him it was about 1,800 and then Fischman stuck in a reraise to 2,750. Everyone folded back to Jetten and he called all in.
"Just a small pair," said Fischman, tabling the .
"That's kind of misleading," said Bowker, referencing that a pair of eights is often referred to as a medium pair.
"It's small now," said Jetten after seeing the flop come down to give him the lead. The turn brought the and the river the to earn him the double up.
Jetten was all in for 1,850 and is up near 4,000 now. Fischman dropped back to about 4,800.
We just had a three-way all in over in the cornermost table of the Casino. The only gentleman we recognized in the battle was Albert Sapiano, and he was the middle stack in the fight with and 2,575 chips. A short-stacked player had shoved his 1,500 chips in with , and the third gentleman had and both of his opponents covered.
The board was friendly to Sapiano's queens the whole way as it ran out . Five hearts make a flush, and the player with ace-king has been eliminated. Sapiano has nearly tripled up over 7,000 while the third gentleman is all but out of here with just a few chips left.
With three-limpers before him, Tom Dwan decided to raised it up to 300 from the small blind, only for UTG to reraise to 850. Dwan mulled over his options for 30 seconds before sliding his remaining 2,700 across the felt.
No snap-call was a good sign for Dwan (unless he had the bullets, of course), his opponent instead asking for a count. Dwan, meanwhile, was as still as a bottle of Evian water, staring straight ahead with his mouth slightly ajar.
Dwan was statuesque, and for a moment, it reminded me of his posture during that hand on High Stakes Poker with Phil Ivey, except for slightly smaller stakes and without those darn lights watering his eyes. It was clear, that whatever the tournament, Dwan's response remained the same.
After a long dwell, his opponent lay it down, and Dwan took the pot.
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Fischman sending everyone home early
Scott Fischman is doing all the work over on his table of sending some big guns to the rails early. He first eliminated Barny Boatman in straight-over-set fashion and now just sent Danny Wong to the rail as well.
Wong moved all in from early position for his last 400. Fischman called from the next seat and Peter Jetten called on the button. Everyone else folded, creating a main pot worth 1,275 that Wong could win.
After a flop of , Fischman fired 600 and Jetten called. The turn brought the and Fischman fired 2,500 and Jetten folded. Fischman picked up the side pot first and then revealed he flopped a set of sevens with the . Wong held the and was eliminated when the river completed the board with the .
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flop. Peter Jetten was in the big blind, and he tapped the table. The preflop raiser continued out with a bet of 350, Kyle Bowker called on the button, and Jetten ducked out of the pot.
drew another bet from the raiser, 700 this time. Bowker furrowed his brow and gave a good long stare before stacking out the call and tumbling it forward. That brought them to the 
river, and there was no slowing down now. Bowker saw his opponent fire one last bullet of 1,775 chips, and he called rather quickly this time.
for the pot. He's got 8,600 chips now, the biggest of the stacks we're tracking thus far.
for the turned set.
board and the 650 chip bet that Priyan de Mel had made. O'Leary made the call, checking dark before the 
for the rivered straight which had the former sighing as he mucked and was eliminated from the tournament.
and Cernuto checked with 1,350 behind. Sudworth bet 1,400 to put him all in and Cernuto folded.
and the river the 
to earn him the double up.
and 2,575 chips. A short-stacked player had shoved his 1,500 chips in with 
, and the third gentleman had 
and Fischman fired 2,500 and Jetten folded. Fischman picked up the side pot first and then revealed he flopped a set of sevens with the 
. Wong held the 
and was eliminated when the river completed the board with the 
