Fireworks During the Break
As everyone was filing out of the room to take a break, a big hand was brewing on Table 1. When we arrived, there was about 15,000 in the middle on a flop of , and Sean Wallace had a bet of 12,000 in front of him. Anthony Conte moved all in for 57,000, and James Woods was in the tank.
"There's so much in the pot," Woods grumbled. "S***!"
He eventually cold-called, and Wallace folded.
Conte showed for a flopped set of sevens, and Woods wanted to muck.
"I can't win," he sighed, showing .
Woods wasn't drawing dead though - running cards could give him a full house, or if the turn and river put a straight on board the duo would chop the pot - and the turn was a repeat ten; the . Conte filled up, making sevens full of tens, but any eight or deuce on the river would give Woods a superior full house.
The on the river was a brick, however, and Conte shipped a massive pot. Woods fell to around 30,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anthony Conte | 130,000 | |
James Woods |
30,000
-51,400
|
-51,400 |
Sean Wallace |
27,000
-17,500
|
-17,500 |