Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:29 PM Local Time
Action folded around to Barry Greenstein on the button and he raised to 48,000. Jeffrey Lisandro called the raise from the small blind and Mike Matusow folded from the big blind. Each player drew one card and action was on Lisandro. He slid out 40,000. Greenstein looked him up and down and then eventually pushed out 140,000. Lisandro knew he'd been caught. He turned over
and said "not a bad start." He then flashed the
with it as he tossed in his hand. Barry Greenstein picked up the pot.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:26 PM Local Time
Erick Lindgren - 1,120,000
Barry Greenstein - 895,000
Jeff Lisandro - 730,000
Mike Matusow - 568,000
Tom Schneider - 272,000
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:24 PM Local Time
Erick Lindgren raised to 45,000 from under the gun. Barry Greenstein folded and Jeffrey Lisandro made the call from the button. Mike Matusow called from the small blind as did Tom Schneider from the big blind.
There were four players to the draw. Matusow took one card and Schneider took two. Lindgren stood pat and Lisandro opted for one. Matusow was first to act and he slid out a leg of pink chips worth 100,000. One by one, each of his opponents folded. As Matusow awkwardly clung to his cards, Schneider said, "show it, Mikey!" Matusow replied "You guys know I made it." About ten seconds later, just as he mucked he quipped "...maybe."
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:18 PM Local Time
Erick Lindgren raised to 50,000 from the small blind and Barry Greenstein, who has shown this afternoon that he seems to be the one in the mood to gamble the most, called from the big blind. Lindgren discarded one card, while Greenstein threw away two.
Both players checked after the flop. Greenstein turned over a jack-ten of all black cards to take down the pot. "Oh, they're all clubs!" he said with a smile, referring to Mike Matusow's gaffe last night when he didn't realize he held a club flush. The table roared at the joke, and even Matusow couldn't supress a smile.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:13 PM Local Time
Barry Greenstein has stayed actively involved in the last few hands as well.
In the last of these, Jeffrey Lisandro raised to 52,000 from under the gun and Greenstein made the call from the big blind. Lisandro drew one while Greenstein took two cards. Greenstein checked, presumably trying to induce a bet from Lisandro, but he checked behind. Greenstein flipped up
. A surprised Lisandro tossed his hand in right away.
A few hands prior, after just having tangled, Barry put in a raise to 48,000 from under the gun only to have Mike Matusow move all in from the cutoff seat. Greenstein gave his hand up right away.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:07 PM Local Time
The action has been a bit tighter since play resumed after the break. Several hands were won uncontested or with a single bet after the draw. All that changed when Barry Greenstein and Mike Matusow mixed it up.
Matusow raised to 46,000 from under the gun. Greenstein, in the small blind, reraised to 150,000. Matusow made the call without much deliberation. On the draw, Greenstein stood pat and Matusow drew one. Once the draw was completed, Greenstein bet 100,000.
Matusow squeezed out his card, then went into the tank. He thought for about a minute before giving up the ghost and mucking his hand.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:55 PM Local Time
Play resumes.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:50 PM Local Time
Erick Lindgren - 1,450,000
Barry Greenstein - 679,000
Mike Matusow - 565,000
Jeffrey Lisandro - 525,000
Tom Schneider - 413,000
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:36 PM Local Time
Play will resume in 20 minutes.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:35 PM Local Time
On the last hand before the break, Erick Lindgren raised to 40,000. After thinking it over for 30 seconds, Barry Greenstein moved all in for about 500,000. Lindgren let loose a "Mother..." as the action folded back to him. He eyed Greenstein's stack a few times before reluctantly giving up his hand.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:33 PM Local Time
Erick Lindgren raised to 45,000 from under the gun. Action folded around to Jeff Lisandro on the button and he called. Mike Matusow called from the small blind as well. Each player took a single card. Matusow was first to act and he bet 70,000, which prompted a quick fold from both of his opponents. The instant the last card hit the muck, Matusow loudly groaned and sarcastically said "I finally tried to steal a pot and you guys let me get away with it." Matusow flipped up
as he stacked the pot.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:30 PM Local Time
Erick Lindgren is having his way with today's final able. After Tom Schneider raised to 35,000, Lindgren, on the button, was the only caller. Both men drew one card. After the draw was completed, Schneider bet 50,000. Lindgren paused for a few seconds, then raised to 190,000.
Lindgren's raise put Schneider into the tank. He tanked for a solid two minutes. At least three times, he looked like he was about to push a 140,000 chip call into the pot, only to change his mind. Then he started talking out loud.
"I think he paired," Schneider said to nobody in particular. "God! Good bet, but I think he paired." Schneider then mucked his hand.
Mike Matusow had an opinion on the hand (of course). "I always say, go with your gut," said Matusow. "If I had followed my heart in 2001, I'd have won a World Series and I didn't do it."
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:24 PM Local Time
Action folded around to Tom Schneider on the button and he raised to 35,000. Barry Greenstein made the call from the big blind and asked for two cards. Schneider took just one card. After the draw, Greenstein checked and Schneider pushed out 50,000. Greenstein thought a bit, then made the call. Schneider smiled and turned up
. Matusow quipped, "Uh oh. Tom got his hand caught in the cookie jar." Greenstein tabled
for the win and took down the pot.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:20 PM Local Time
Erick Lindgren opened yet another pot for 40,000. On the button, Tony 'G' Guoga moved all in for his last 141,000. Action folded back to Lindgren, who made the call. Each player discarded one card and opened his hand:
Lindgren: 9-8-6-4
Tony G: 8-5-3-2
Tony G was in good shape but he still had to either make his draw or duck Lindgren's. Lindgren pulled a 5 to make 9-8-6-5-4; Tony G pulled another deuce to make a pair of deuces. He is out of today's tournament and earns $78,075 for his finish.
Lindgren is up to over 1.2 million in chips
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:15 PM Local Time
With little to no regard for the action around him, Mike Matusow has served as a color commentator's best friend. "The Mouth," after a few hands of bad cards, was just quoted as saying, "I might be the only nice guy that never wins. I always pull for the nice guys cuz, well, they're nice guys."
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:13 PM Local Time
Action folded to Tony G in middle position and he raised to 35,000. Tom Schneider called from the big blind and both players drew one card. Both players checked and Schneider tabled
. Tony G mucked and Schneider won the pot.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:11 PM Local Time
Tom Schneider is making his climb back up the leaderboard. After Erick Lindgren opened the pot for 40,000 and Jeff Lisandro called from the button, Schneider reraised to 120,000 out of the big blind. Lindgren quickly folded, but Lisandro elected to call and discard one. Schneider stood pat.
After the draw, Schneider was first to act. He looked like he was considering a bet, but at the last second tapped the felt and checked the action to Lisandro. Lisandro squeezed his draw card, then checked behind. Schneider turned up 7-6-4-3-2, the second wheel. Lisandro tossed his hand into the muck.
"Tom, you're gonna be alright if you keep getting dealt sevens," joked Mike Matusow.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:06 PM Local Time
Action folded to Tom Schneider and he raised to 35,000 from middle position. Jeffrey Lisandro made the call from the big blind and both players drew a single card. After the draw, Lisandro pushed out a bet of 60,000. Schneider thought for upwards of two minutes before pushing out a total of 140,000. As soon as Schneider's hands left the chips, Lisandro said "call." Schneider confidently flipped up
but was quite surprised to see Lisandro table
. Jeff Lisandro wins his first substantial pot of the day and is now sits on a stack of about 715,000.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:02 PM Local Time
In a battle of the blinds, Barry Greenstein raised to 35,000. After asking the dealer to confirm the amount of the raise, Tony G called from the big blind. Greenstein drew two cards; Tony G drew one.
After the draw, Greenstein checked. Perhaps seeking to take advantage of Greenstein's weakness (he drew two), Tony G fired what looked like a value bet of 40,000. Greenstein didn't seem happy, but he made the call. As soon as his chips hit the felt, Tony G mucked his hand. Greenstein won the pot without showing.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:58 PM Local Time
Mike Matusow was overheard talking to the table about fellow Full-Tilter Erick Lindgren. "Erick is the nicest guy I know," he said. "He'll give the shirt off his back to a guy he barely knows." With literally dozens of spectators within earshot, Lindgren looked up at Matusow and smiled. "Don't say that too loud," he said. "I don't need any more phone calls." The table laughed it up a bit. Tom Schneider, seated directly to Lindgren's right turned to him and said "Say...what size shirt is that?" Lindgren quipped back "I don't know, I need a new one every day."