Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:17 PM Local Time
After a series of a series of preflop raises, Howard Lederer is all in before the flop with
against the
of the button.
The board came
allowing Lederer's pocket jacks to hold up. He doubles and is now at 39,400.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:16 PM Local Time
Action folded to Dan Harrington in the small blind and he made it 1,150 to play. The big blind immediately moved all in for 17,575 and Harrington looked pained.
He rubbed his eyes, checked his cards and pondered his position. "I don't really want to call half my stack on a coin flip," he said pretty much to himself. After another 30 seconds, Harrington said "I'll give it to you," and mucked his hand.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:16 PM Local Time
Brandon Cantu was all in on the flop of
holding
against his oppoenent's nut flush draw with the
. The turn brought the
, making the flush and sending Cantu to the rail. The river completed the board with the
.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:11 PM Local Time
Jeffery Lisandro has just moved into the blue section and continues to build his stack at his new table.
Lisandro raised to 900 from late position and the big blind called. The flop came
. The big blind checked, Lisandro made a continuation bet of 1,700 and his opponent made the call.
The turn brought the
and the big blind led out for 2,600. Lisandro called.
The river was the
and both players checked it down.
Big blind:
Lisandro:
Lisandro took down the pot with tens and eights, ace kicker. He is now up to 135,200.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:04 PM Local Time
After a raising war to open the hand, Joe Tehan and another player went to the flop heads up with a big pot already up for grabs. When the dealer spread
, Tehan got the remaining 19,750 of his chips into the pot, and his opponent was right there to put him at risk with
. Tehan's
was miles ahead though, and the board would run out blanks to lock up the pot. Tehan more than doubles up, sitting pretty with 70,500 now.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:59 PM Local Time
Chad Batista was all in preflop with about 10,000 chips holding a wheel draw with the
. His opponent held a dominating position though with a broadway draw,
.
The board ran out
. Despite neither player hitting their wheel or broadway, Batista's opponent's pair of kings eliminated Chad from the tournament.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:56 PM Local Time
Brett Richey found himself all in on a flop of
. Richey had flopped middle set with
and was called a player who was drawing two ways,
. The turn paired the board
to take all of the drama out of the hand. It was a good thing for Richey; the river fell
to fill Richey's opponent's flush.
Richey doubled up to 24,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:55 PM Local Time
Gregg Merkow raised from the button to 1,000 and the big blind raised to 4,900. Merkow took a solid minute and a half before making the call.
The flop came
. The big blind led out for 4,500 and Merkow called.
The turn brought the
and after a check from the big blind, Merkow bet 6,000. The big blind sheepishly mucked his hand and Merkow slammed
to the felt yelling "You want to gamble!? We can gamble!"
He rakes in the pot and is currently at 65,500.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:55 PM Local Time
In a big blind versus blind battle, Brandon Cantu check-raised his opponent to 8,500 on a flop of
. The player than reraised to 18,800. Cantu asked for a count on his opponent's stack and got an approximate amount. He then moved all in and was met with a call after the slightest of hesitations from the player.
"God damnit!! F**k!! F**k!!" yelled Cantu as he smacked his fist on the felt in front of his chips. he then tabled nothing but king high with
. His opponent held
for a flopped set.
The turn brought the
before Cantu pleaded, "Ten! Ten!" It wouldn't come though when the
hit the river to give his opponent a full house.
The total amount owed was 49,100 owed to his opponent and Cantu shipped it on over as he sat completely upset with the hand. He was left with just 10,000 chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:54 PM Local Time
It's not looking good for former middle heavyweight boxing champion Antonio "the Magic Man" Tarver. He isn't down for the count just yet, but with only 2,200 chips left in his stack it could just be a matter of time. Tarver has been sandwiched between Scotty Nguyen and Lee Watkinson for most of the day and hasn't been able to get anything going.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:53 PM Local Time
Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri had a tough time getting anything going today, never getting above his starting stack as far as we could tell. Looking over at his chair now, we find a player who is not Al Barbieri occupying his former spot. Table mate Blair Rodman confirms that the Sugar Bear has gone busto.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:52 PM Local Time
We walked past Adam Junglen's table just in time to see him bet 1,800 on a flop of
. He got one call and went heads up to the turn after Di "urindanger" Dang mucked his hand.
Junglen check-called for 3,025 when the turn brought the
and both players checked the river, which brought the
. Junglen turned over
for top pair and his opponent shook his head.
"I thought I had the straight," he said before mucking. When the hand finished, the floor handed out chip racks to the players and broke the table.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:48 PM Local Time
Tuan Le opened the action with a raise to 850 from middle position and action folded all the way around to Rob Hollink in the big blind. Hollink made the call. The flop came down
and Hollink checked. Le fired out a bet of 2,300 and Hollink called.
The turn brought the
and Hollink checked again. Le fired 3,400 this time and was able to get Hollink to release his hand.
Le - 47,000
Hollink - 43,000
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:47 PM Local Time
Eric Liu made it 800 to play and got called by both the button and the small blind before the big blind raised to 12,000.
"It's a big hand, obviously," he said as the table folded to him. "I know you all want to see," he added before tossing his cards in the muck with a smile.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:42 PM Local Time
There were roughly 12,000 chips in the pot when we passed by Liz Lieu's table. The Poker Diva had checked the turn of a
board to her lone opponent. He made a bet of 8,200. Lieu considered the bet for about thirty seconds and then mucked her hand, preserving her count at 22,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:39 PM Local Time
Table 151 is looking a little sleepy over there, and Joe Bartholdi tried to wake everyone up with a little story.
Apparently, Bartholdi had a dream about Phil Ivey, and he felt comfortable sharing this with the rest of the table. To make a short story shorter, Ivey was golfing (as he occasionally does), and he was having a rough day. Standing over his ball, Phil took two swings and fell to the ground. His stumble caused him to roll down a hill and plow into a tree. After that, Bartholdi and his friends got into a minivan and left.
"Isn't that a cool dream, guys?"
"....."
"Guys?"
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:36 PM Local Time
Alfonso Cammarota hasn't had much going for himself today. He's been sliding for most of the day, but things outside of poker are far more joyous than he could ask for. Just a couple of days ago, Cammarota's wife gave birth to a baby boy. His backpack is full of celebratory cigars and the expressions on his face have been nothing but smiles. He'd also like to say hello to his wife and kids back home on the East Coast and to tell them that he loves them.
Cammarota's chip stack dropped down to 18,000, but he just earned a double up to around 40,000 after he was all in holding two aces,
. His opponent held two tens. The board ran out
to keep Cammarota's aces in the lead.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:30 PM Local Time
After some small preflop action, the flop came down
. Tuan Le checked and then the second player checked. Hevad Khan bet 3,000. Le got out of the way and then the other player called.
The turn brought the
and action checked to Khan. He fired 8,000 and was met with a raise to over 25,000 after his opponent just tossed out a bunch of chips in one stack. Khan cocked his head to get a better look at his opponent and then mucked his hand. He still has over 80,000 chips though.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:30 PM Local Time
When a player in late position raised to 1,025, Jeff Lisandro made the call from the button. Lisandro quickly called another 1,100 on a flop of
and bet 2,000 after his opponent checked the
on the turn.
That bet was enough to induce a fold, and Lisandro raked in the chips. His stack sits at about 135,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 8:29 PM Local Time
A player in middle position opened with a raise, and Robert Mizrachi made the call out of the big blind. Heads up then, the flop came out
. Mizrachi checked, and his opponent bet 1,600 before being raised to 4,600. The player called the check-raise, and the turn card fell the
. Mizrachi checked again, and once again his opponent put out a bet, 5,550 this time. Mizrachi called and the river card was the
. This time, Mizrachi took back the betting lead, firing 11,000 chips at the pot. His opponent was having none of it though, and he moved all in with the covering stack. After a face-saving session in the think tank, Mizrachi folded, leaving himself 11,500 chips with which to pick a better spot.