Event #46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

There are three distinctly different rails out here at the moment. You have the very large and exuberant American rail, you have the equally as large but comparatively reserved French rail and then you have the everybody else rail. Talking about batches of three's here are three heads-up pots for you.

In the first hand it was Jeremy Quehen who raised to 120,000 and Joey Weissman who made the call. The flop was       and Weissman check-called a 120,000 Quehen bet. That was the end of the action as the   and   were checked through and Weissman dragged in the pot with    .

Then Weissman limped and Quehen checked. The flop was       and Quehen check-called a 60,000 Weissman bet. The   turn was checked through before we saw the   on the river. Quehen bet 150,000, Weissman called and Quehen took the pot after tabling    .

Finally, the biggest hand of them all.

Quehen raised to 120,000 and Weissman made the call. The flop was a lowly looking       and Weissman check-called a 125,000 Quehen bet. The pattern changed on the   turn because Weissman decided to bet 240,000 and Quehen called. The same action ensued on the   river - for 400,000 - and Quehen called. Weissman showed     and Quehen's hand went into the muck.

Joey Weissman	9,600,000	1,000,000
Jeremy Quehen	2,450,000	-950,000

Fernando Brito just went on a surge, that for a short while looked like it was driving him into contention in this three way battle. But if he was really going to get serious he needed to win a big showdown and when it mattered the most, the cards let him down.

Brito shut down both Weissman and then Quehen with three-bets pre flop before he was facing one himself. It was Weissman who pulled it out of the bag and Brito called bringing us to a flop of      . Weissman bet 400,000 and Brito moved all-in.

"What do you have?" puzzled Weissman before folding.

So the momentum was very much with Brito when he once again three-bet pre flop. Once again it was Weissman and he moved all-in. Brito called and we had the showdown that Brito needed to cement his progress with an accumulation of serious chips.

The flop brought some oohs and aahs from the crown when some of them mistook the queen for a jack -      . The turn card was the   and the crowd once again was maniacal. This time, however, Weissman remained unmoved. The river card was the   and it was over for Brito. A very sporting Weissman heading over to Brito to console him before heading to the rail for the jubilant high-fives (and the low paw for the mutt).

Joey Weissman	8,400,000	2,400,000
Jeremy Quehen	3,600,000	0
Fernando Brito	0	-2,500,000

Our chip leader had just lost a few pots to Jeremy Quehen when this happened…

Joey Weissman raised to 120,000 in the cutoff and Jeremy Quehen three-bet to 330,000 from the small blind (this was the third time that Quehen had three-bet Weissman in succession). Fernando Brito moved out of the way in the small blind but Philip Meulyzer didn't want to move anywhere except into the thick of the action. He pushed his 1.1 million chips across the line indicating he was all in.

Weissman looked at his cards, then at Quehen before he announced he was all-in. Quehen folded and we had a showdown.

The flop was       but you could barely hear the commentator over the bedlam coming out of the Weissman rail. The turn card was the   and the crowd were sucking Weissman's outs out of the deck. We looked at Weissman and we are sure a smile perked up on his face…he knew it was coming! The   on the river sent Weissman reeling to the rail and the rail went nuts. Absolutely everyone was jumping up and down except for the dog. Yes, you heard right, there is a dog in the rail!

Joey Weissman	8,200,000	1,200,000
Philip Meulyzer	0	-1,300,000

Philip Meulyzer has just shipped half of his stack to Bradley Lipsey and here he is getting it back from Joey Weissman. Meulyzer moved all-in from first position and Weissman also moved all-in from the button. Both blinds folded and we had a flip with Meulyzer at risk of elimination.

The flop was       prompting a huge cheer from the American side of the rail, but the   was met with grunts and groans. The   hit the river and Meulyzer had doubled up.

Joey Weissman	5,600,000	-600,000
Philip Meulyzer	1,300,000	700,000

Philip Meulyzer raised it up from the button and Bradley Lipsey moved all in from the small blind. Meulyzer made the call and cards were exposed.

Meulyzer:   
Lipsey:   

The board came       and with a pair of sevens Lipsey doubled up.

Bradley Lipsey	1,300,000	525,000
Philip Meulyzer	600,000	-600,000

Bradley Lipsey has been reduced to a shove and fold strategy after losing this critical pot to - yes you've guessed it - Joey Weissman.

The action folded around to Lipsey in the small blind who raised to 105,000 and Weissman called in the big. The action checked through to the turn on a board of         and Lipsey check-called a 105,000 Weissman bet. The fifth and final card was the   and once again the action was check-call, this time for 220,000. Weissman turned over     and Lipsey mucked his cards unseen.

Joey Weissman	7,000,000	900,000
Bradley Lipsey	775,000	-935,000

We have lost the man with the snake skin boots. Here is how.

Fernando Brito had moved all-in three-times in a row and each time he had tabled monsters. Then in the fourth hand he raised to 140,000 from the cutoff and Joe Gualtieri moved all-in for 575,000 in the small blind. Brito called and we had a flip with Gualtieri at risk.

The flop was       and the Brazilians on the rail went berserk. The turn   and river   just brought even more noise, and finally, with the exit of Gualtieri, this final table creates some atmosphere.

Fernando Brito	1,800,000	1,185,000
Joe Gualtieri	0	-750,000

The players are on a sixty-minute dinner break