Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:37 PM Local Time
Dan Shak raised in the hijack, and Joe Ritzie, to his immediate left on the button, reraised. Shak flat-called. There was perhaps 250,000 in the pot by this point.
They saw a flop and Shak immediately announced all in. Ritzie immediately called.
Shak: for a flush draw and a somewhat dodgy low draw
Ritzie: for aces and the nut low draw
Turn: making Ritzie a wheel for the low and Shak a flush for the high
River:
They chopped it up.
"Wow, and I was going to do the stop and go no matter what," drawled Dan Shak, sounding amazingly like Jack Nicholson. "Risky, boy, risky. Gamble gamble gamble."
Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:31 PM Local Time
Nathan Wiesner raised pot and then called all in to a reraise from Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott. On their backs.
Wiesner:
Ulliott:
Board:
It was all looking rather good for Wiesner until the three on the river made Ulliott the wheel to scoop the pot. They shook hands, and it was only after Wiesner had left that he let out an enormous sigh. Devilfish didn't look particularly bothered either way and was up to 475,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:24 PM Local Time
Perry Green opened for 35,000 pre-flop before Rob Hollink moved in from the button for 89,000 total. Green asked the dealer to pull the 35,000 before making the call with . Hollink's was in trouble but secured the double up by making a full house, . Hollink is up to 196,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:19 PM Local Time
"Miami" John Cernuto open-shoved in early position and we think that Cam McKinley reraised; either way everyone else folded and Cernuto and McKinley turned the cards over.
Cernuto:
McKinley:
Flop:
"Hold on," said Cernuto to the dealer, "Let me look at the texture."
[Our tired blogging hands leapt for joy as we were granted a few extra seconds to write down all the cards.]
"I need a queen, a six or a jack," Cernuto announced.
Turn: ask and ye shall receive -
River:
They chopped it up and Cernuto stayed in the game.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:10 PM Local Time
Sergey Altbregin managed to chop a pot, meaning that he was up to 13,000 when he called all in from the small blind to an under-the-gun raise from Rob Hollink and a pot-sized reraise from Perry Green on the button. Hollink folded, and Green and Altbregin were on their backs.
Green:
Altbregin:
Board:
Altbregin flopped a straight, but Green turned a flush, and as Green took the low as well, the plucky Russian was bust.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:04 PM Local Time
Joe Ritzie checked the flop and Sergey Altbregin bet 100,000. Over to Chris Bell, who thought about it for a while before announcing, "I had 240 total, I'm all in."
Ritzie got out of the way, but Altbregin made the call. Bell turned over his cards. Altbregin waited. Said Bell, "I can't do nothing but turn over my cards," which was lost on Altbregin as he speaks a total of zero English. Nevertheless he eventually turned his hand over and they were at showdown.
Bell:
Altbregin:
Turn:
River:
Bell made the wheel to scoop the whole pot. Once the stacks had been counted, it was assessed that Altbregin had Bell covered - by a mere 10,000 chips. Yikes.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:57 PM Local Time
What happens when three people get dealt ace-deuce? The pot becomes a mess to split. Perry Green opened pre-flop for 30,000 and was called by Sergei Altbregin and Joe Ritzie from the big blind. Ritzie acted first on a flop of and bet the pot. Both of his opponents called.
The turn came , with Ritzie moving all in for 127,000. Again both of his opponents called. They were playing on the side when the river came. Green checked to Altbregin. He then moved all in, with Green calling all in himself!
The side pot between Altbregin and Green went three-quarters to Green with his making the nut low and two pair, jacks and sixes. Altbregin's , the nut low and two pair, jacks and fives, was quartered. As for the main pot, Ritzie opened his own ace-deuce, . He made the nut low and the nut full house to get all of the high half, and a third of the low half, with Green and Altbregin taking a third each.
After the hand Ritzie was up to 535,000, Green was up to 815,000, and Altbregin -- the big loser in the hand -- was down to 280,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:47 PM Local Time
We didn't catch the hand, but it's been terribly quiet on Table 338 since Andy Black departed in 15th place. We'll just have to hope that Devilfish starts singing again on the other table soon.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:45 PM Local Time
Erik Seidel, down to just 28,000, open-shoved shoved from the button. Small blind "Miami" John Cernuto reshoved, the big blind folded, and they were on their backs.
Cernuto:
Seidel:
Board:
The two of them chopped the high, and Seidel's took the whole of the low, meaning that he was up to 49,000 at the end of the hand and Cernuto was down to 45,000. That's still less than five big blinds apiece.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:41 PM Local Time
David Hunt, down to 45,000, opened with a pot-sized raise to 35,000. The next player to act was former Main Event final tablist Perry Green, who re-raised pot to 120,000. The rest of the table got the message and folded. Hunt put his last 10,000 into the pot quite sure that he was behind. He was right. His was looking for lots of low cards against Green's .
"That's no good," said Hunt upon seeing a flop of . The turn gave him some faint hope of rivering a chop, but it wasn't to be. The river paired the board and gave Green the best high hand with aces and sevens. With no low on board, Hunt immediately answered the phone and gave the person on the other end the bad news.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:33 PM Local Time
Joe Ritzie was all in on the flop, and scooped the pot to double to 300,000. Cameron McKinley was left with 200,000.
Ritzie:
McKinley:
Board:
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:26 PM Local Time
Yesterday Felix Gubitz went running out of the room when he was all in. Today he actually stayed at the table but started packing his things. He was all in for 10,000 from under the gun and was called by Sergei Altbregin, Chris Bell, and small blind Dan Shak. Big blind David Nowakowski checked his option.
Action checked to Bell on a flop of . He bet 20,000 and was called by all live opponents except for Shak. When the turn came , Altbregin took the lead with a bet of 110,000. Bell and Nowakowski quickly folded, allowing Altbregin to open for the nut straight. Gubitz had four low cards in his hand and was drawing dead. He'll collect $14,455 for a 17th-place finish.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:25 PM Local Time
David Hunt shoved in early position and Jeremy Harkin called in the big blind. All in and call, as they say.
Hunt:
Harkin:
Board: ("Ooh, I like that hand," said Harkin looking over at Hunt's cards)
Hunt scooped and doubled up to 56,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:18 PM Local Time
Orange 336
Seat 1: Andy Black
Seat 2: Chris Bell
Seat 3: Rob Hollink
Seat 4: Dan Shak
Seat 5: Joe Ritzie
Seat 6: --empty--
Seat 7: Felix Gubitz
Seat 8: Perry Green
Seat 9: Sergey Altbregin
Orange 337
Seat 1: Dave Ulliott
Seat 2: Erik Seidel
Seat 3: John Cernuto
Seat 4: Jeremy Harkin
Seat 5: Cam McKinley
Seat 6: Leif Force
Seat 7: David Hunt
Seat 8: Joe Ritzie
Seat 9: Nathan Wiesner
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:13 PM Local Time
Before they'd had time to break a table following the exit of Dan Heimiller, a ridiculous pot nigh-on exploded at one of the other tables.
It looked as though Allen Kessler, Jeremy Harkin and Felix "RiverMe" Gubitz had put in 65,000 apiece preflop. Kessler got his last 27,000 in blind on the flop - and the other two followed suit.
Three-way all-in showdown!
Kessler:
Harkin:
Gubitz:
Board:
Harkin made a straight, and it was good enough to scoop the whole pot. Kessler busted, Gubitz was left with 13,000 or around one big blind, and although Harkin was still stacking his chips so we can't be certain, it looked as though he was chip leader on around 500,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:10 PM Local Time
Dan Heimiller probably didn't expect that his Day 3 in this event would conclude so swiftly. He played a hand against Perry Green, the second-place player to start the day. They two were heads-up to a flop of , with Green checking and then calling a bet of 70,000 from Heimiller.
The turn produced lots of drama when Green bet pot, which was enough to put the shorter-stacked Heimiller all in if he called. Heimiller tought that matter through for about two to three minutes before saying, "I've got to gamble," and putting his whole stack at risk with a call.
Heimiller: , a pair of eights and the nut spade draw
Green: , the nut low draw and the nut diamond draw
It turned out that Heimiller's hand was in the lead, but he'd need to dodge a boat-load of outs in order to scoop the pot. Heimiller's worst-case scenario was realized when a diamond, , hit the river to give Green the nut flush. Heimiller was out of board cards and thus is out of chips. He leaves in 19th place.
We're now re-drawing to two tables.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:03 PM Local Time
In a battle of the blinds, Rob Hollink raised pre-flop to 30,000 and was called by Cam McKinley. The rest of the chips went in on a flop of . McKinley made a set of kings, and was in the lead against Hollink's flush draw, . The turn and river came and to improve McKinely to an unnecessary straight. He doubled up to about 165,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:01 PM Local Time
Dan Heimiller, sitting in late position, opened for pot (35,000) pre-flop. David Nowakowski was in the small blind and re-raised to 115,000, almost enough to put himself all in. Heimiller tanked for about two minutes before just calling the raise. That call prompted Nowakowski to throw his last 13,000 into the pot blind, before the flop came.
Heimiller called the bet on a flop of . "I do have a flush draw," he said.
"So do I," Nowakowski responded.
"That's not good." Heimiller showed . His pair of fours was temporarily best against Nowakowski's . The turn gave Nowakowski a second flush draw, which filled with the river .
"That would have been a sick fade," said Nowakowski, meaning if he had somehow lost both halves of the pot by not improving. Instead he dragged the whole thing and is up to 260,000. Heimiller is down to 195,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:58 PM Local Time
Francis Lincoln got his whole stack in preflop and was up against Perry Green.
Lincoln:
Green:
Board:
After both players and the dealer had spent a little while assessing the hands it was established that Green had made a straight and a 6-5-4-3-A low to scoop the pot. With a polite, "Good luck, guys," Lincoln headed to the payout desk to collect his min-cash.
Green moved up to 440,000, a little bit closer to winning a fourth bracelet.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:50 PM Local Time
While we were watching a large pot develop on Chris Bell's table (Bell wound up folding the river), Vito Clemente was silently all in on one of the other tables. He was taken on by Leif Force, whose connected best with a board of by making trip sixes. Clemente couldn't do any better than that and so just a few minutes after unbagging his chips he heads to the payout cage to collect $11,479 for 21st place.