"Oh my god!" we heard Tony Bracy yelling, so we dashed over to see what the fuss was about. Bracy shot out of his chair and said a few more things, lamenting his bad fortunes. We're not sure when the money went in, but Bracy's had flopped the world on a board. A female player was at risk with , her set needing to fill up to keep her alive. The turn was a blank, but the river filled in that boat and drew the loud reaction from Bracy. The dealer counted out the all in and gave Bracy back his ~11,000 in change.
She then yelled for the floor. When the supervisor arrived to the table, the dealer told him that Bracy had used the dreaded F-word and that the lady at the table did not deserve to be talked to that way. Bracy was baffled, and several players at the table came to his defense and said that she'd mis-heard him. A bit of an argument ensued, and big boss Dennis said, "All right guys, let's play poker. Let's try to watch the language."
Tony Bracy was all in preflop and called up Leonard Swisher and one other player. After the flop came down , both remaining active players called.
The turn brought the and Swisher check-folded to a bet of 10,000 from the other active player. That player turned over the for a straight and was up against the for Bracy. Bracy needed a heart on the river to win and a four to chop the pot.
The river completed the board with the and Bracy was eliminated from the tournament.
Aaron Kanter just saw his tournament dashed and it was all done with a miracle river card that gave George Reese the winning hand. If anyone remembers back to 2005, the year Greg Raymer was running deep in the WSOP Main Event the year following the one where he won the thing, it was Kanter who delivered a crushing blow to Raymer and left him crippled.
Famous 2005 Hand Involving Kanter and Raymer
With only 25 players remaining, Raymer was trying to do the unthinkable -- win back to back, massive-field WSOP Main Events -- before being dealt a beat so crushing it might have made a lesser man leave the game forever. Dealt , Raymer made a standard opening raise and was called by Aaron Kanter, who held . The flop came down and Raymer made a half-pot continuation bet. Kanter called. The on the turn put two hearts on the board and Raymer bet 330,000 -- again, about half the pot. Kanter raised "600,000 more," according to ESPN's Lon McEachern and Raymer set him in for the 700,000 he had behind. Kanter called with only the flush draw but caught lightning in a bottle when the hit the river. Raymer's stack was decimated and Kanter doubled up. Had Raymer won that hand, he would have taken the chip lead. Instead, he was eliminated a short time later in 25th place.
Fast forward to a few moments ago. On the board of , Kanter checked. The next player bet 4,000 and then Reese raised to 12,000. Damjan Radanov was next up and he reraised to 32,000. Kanter thought for a little bit and then moved all in for 52,500. The next player folded and then Reese called all in for 51,200 total. Radanov had slammed the table with his hand immediately after Kanter shoved and was still visibly upset when he tossed his cards into the muck emphatically. The all-in hands were tabled.
Kanter:
Reese:
As you can see, Kanter already had a made full house and was in prime position to take a huge pot and send Reese to the rail. The dealer burned once more and then delivered the on the river to smack Reese with a higher full house than Kanter. Just like the river saved Kanter in 2005 against Raymer, it took everything but 1,300 chips from Kanter. He was decimated just like Raymer was back in 2005. On the next hand, Kanter was eliminated. Reese exploded to 170,000 in chips after the big hand.
Well, that was a bit of a slow level if we're being honest. Still, we've ticked down to 67 players left, and they've all been sent off for one more 10-minute break. We'll play two more levels when we return, and that'll be that for Day 1.
Dusty Leary opened to 5,500, and the player next to him made the call. Apparently, there's some history there. "If I lose this hand against you too," the opponent said, "I'm not playing another one all night."
In any event, it was heads up to the flop, and Leary continued out with another 8,000 chips. His opponent called, and both men checked through the and turn and river.
"Ace!" the opponent piped up as he tabled . It was no good; Leary turned up and pointed to his kicker to take the pot. He's the chip leader, sitting pretty with about 235,000 now.
Ken Churchill raised to 5,600 from middle position. Damjan Radanov reraised to 13,100 from the cutoff seat. After action folded back to Churchill, me made the call.
The flop came down and Churchill checked. Radanov fired 10,000, leaving himself with 26,000 behind. Churchill called.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Churchill fired 20,000 and Radanov snap-mucked disgustedly. He's down to 26,000 while Churchill moved up to 122,000.
The troubles for Damjan Radanov just keep piling up. He just doubled up an opponent who held the . Radanov held the and couldn't get there. He's down to 12,000 in chips now.
Damjan Radanov was all in preflop for 11,700 and called by two players, Leonard Swisher and George Reese. Swisher and Reese checked down the board as it ran out . Both of them tabled , but Radanov tabled the , proclaiming, "Flopped it!" He tripled up and is back to about 36,000 now.
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had flopped the world on a 
board. A female player was at risk with 
, her set needing to fill up to keep her alive. The turn 
was a blank, but the river 
filled in that boat and drew the loud reaction from Bracy. The dealer counted out the all in and gave Bracy back his ~11,000 in change.
and Swisher check-folded to a bet of 10,000 from the other active player. That player turned over the 
for a straight and was up against the 
and Bracy was eliminated from the tournament.
, Raymer made a standard opening raise and was called by Aaron Kanter, who held 
on the turn put two hearts on the board and Raymer bet 330,000 -- again, about half the pot. Kanter raised "600,000 more," according to ESPN's Lon McEachern and Raymer set him in for the 700,000 he had behind. Kanter called with only the flush draw but caught lightning in a bottle when the 
hit the river. Raymer's stack was decimated and Kanter doubled up. Had Raymer won that hand, he would have taken the chip lead. Instead, he was eliminated a short time later in 25th place.
, Kanter checked. The next player bet 4,000 and then Reese raised to 12,000. Damjan Radanov was next up and he reraised to 32,000. Kanter thought for a little bit and then moved all in for 52,500. The next player folded and then Reese called all in for 51,200 total. Radanov had slammed the table with his hand immediately after Kanter shoved and was still visibly upset when he tossed his cards into the muck emphatically. The all-in hands were tabled.
flop, and Leary continued out with another 8,000 chips. His opponent called, and both men checked through the 
and 
turn and river.
. It was no good; Leary turned up 
. Both of them tabled 
, but Radanov tabled the