[user37786]
This time around Kirk Morrison raised to 10K in late position and Biddulph called from the big blind. The flop came and after Biddulph checked Morrison bet 20,000. Biddulph check-raised all-in to 130K and set Morrison to thinking.
"Let me ask you one last question," Morrison said. "What do you do?"
"I play poker," Biddulph answered.
"That's all I wanted to hear," Morrison said, and showed his pocket Tens. Biddulph then graciously tabled his A-Q.
[user10554]
Tournament Director Jack Effel is announcing this as Hand #9, but our count shows differently. He didn't start announcing the numbers until Hand #7/#8, so we're trusting our count for now.
Update: Jack Effel now agrees with our count, and everyone agrees we are on Hand #8.
[user24788]
Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart raised 12,000 preflop. A player re-raised to 45,000 from the button. Mr. Rain called. The flop was . Mr. Rain checked. Hi sopponent bet 50,000. Mr. Rain check-raised all in. His opponent folded and showed . Mr. Rain mucked one card and showed . He increased his stack to over 700,000.
[user37786]
After Isaac Haxton raised to 12,000 Brandon Adams moved all-in from the button. Both the small and big blinds agonized over their decisions before deciding to fold. Adams sat there completely stone-faced as the action came back to Haxton, who looked at his cards and said, "I should probably let this one go, considering it's not even much of a good hand." His stream-of-conscience musings made Adams burst out laughing and Haxton tossed his cards in the muck.
[user10554]
On Table 38, two big chip stacks get involved in a pot. The early-position player raises to 15,000, the small blind reraises to 30,000, the first player min-reraises to 45,000, and the small blind calls. The flop comes , the small blind checks, his opponent slowly counts a bet of 75,000 and pushes it forward, and the small blind folds K-K face up.
[user37786]
After the player under the gun limped, Kevin Mason moved in for the last of his 34,500. Both Chad Brown in the small blind and the UTG player called and they saw a flop. Brown and the other player checked, when the turned Brown called his opponent's 1,625 bet. When the river brought the both players checked again, and the UTG player's lost out to the straight Brown made on the river with his pocket Jacks. Brown took down the pot and Mason was eliminated.
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and after Biddulph checked Morrison bet 20,000. Biddulph check-raised all-in to 130K and set Morrison to thinking. 
. Mr. Rain checked. Hi sopponent bet 50,000. Mr. Rain check-raised all in. His opponent folded and showed 
. Mr. Rain mucked one card and showed 
. He increased his stack to over 700,000.
, the small blind checks, his opponent slowly counts a bet of 75,000 and pushes it forward, and the small blind folds K-K face up.
both players checked again, and the UTG player's 
lost out to the straight Brown made on the river with his pocket Jacks. Brown took down the pot and Mason was eliminated.
