[user38420]
Joseph Hachem is among the leaders with about 16,000 and Tony Hachem is not far behind with about 10,000. Tony stopped by and said "Hello" as he moved to another table. I noticed him eye his brother's chip stack. Back to work.
[user38420]
After a flop of Amnon Filippi pushed all-in and one opponent called. Filippi showed and his opponent turned over for two pair. The on the turn and river were no help, and Filippi was eliminated.
[user14554]
Joe Pelton and Michael Mizrachi get it all in the middle pre-flop. Pelton shows 10-10, Mizrachi shows A-A. Pelton flops a 10 and Grinder is sent packing.
[user14554]
Barry Greenstein didn't suffer a bad beat with a hand - but he did when it came to his table reassignment. When his table broke in the $2K Pot Limit Hold'em, he was moved to a table even further away from his waiting table in the $5K Omaha hi/lo.
[user38420]
Phil Laak pushed all-in with his last 925 and one opponent called. Laak had and his opponent had . The board was no help and Laak was eliminated.
[user38420]
Four players saw a flop of . A player bet out 2,400. T.J. Cloutier moved all-in for 3,600 more, and two players called. Cloutier had both players covered and was on the nut-flush draw holding the . Seat 6 had for middle set, the player in Seat 9 had for top set, but this pot had Cloutier’s name on it, as the turn and river came and Cloutier filled his flush. Cloutier increased his chip stack to a healthy 17K.
[user14554]
Barry Greenstein and Chris Ferguson have both been playing the $2K Pot Limit Hold'em. But at 3:00pm they will both have chips in the Day Two of the $5K Omaha hi/lo event.