donpeters
Chau Giang and Marcel Luske became pretty involved in a recent pot. On fifth street, Giang bet and Luske called. On sixth is when the action got crazy.
Luske checked, Giang bet, Luske raised, Giang reraised, Luske raised again, Giang called. On the final card, Luske bet and Giang just called this time.
Luske:
Giang:
Luske's quads were good for the high, while Giang took the low.
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Across the room in the blue section, play has just finished up for the night in Event #32, a $1,500 NHLE tournament. About a half hour before play broke, the Tournament Director made an announcement over the PA system.
"Congratulations players, you're all in the money. And how about a big round of applause for Phil Hellmuth and his record-setting 65th WSOP cash." A short spurt of clapping broke out, mixed in with an equal portion of boos.
When they did stop for the night, Hellmuth wandered over to our orange section to check on play over here. He has been bouncing from table to table seeking out familiar faces to tell his story to. First to take the charge was Annie Duke. Phil gave her an earful, as Annie occasionally looked up from her hand to give an assuring nod. Then Hellmuth meandered over to Mike Matusow's table. "Blinds are six and twelve. I'm in great shape. I mean, I haven't picked up a hand. Ya know?"
donpeters
David Singer boasted a board of (X) (X) (X) up against Allen Cunningham's (X) (X) (X).
On sixth street, Cunningham fired a bet and Singer called. The action repeated on seventh street. Cunningham then flipped over to give him and the pot. Singer hinted that he had two pair as well and mucked his hand.
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Howard Lederer
Howard Lederer just came from behind to win a nice pot and eliminate a female player from the field. The all-in player held () (). Her trip sevens were well ahead of Howard on fourth street, but The Professor's hand ran out nicely for him. He tabled () (). That final heart gave Lederer the flush and sent his opponent to the rail.
Lederer stood up and shook the young lady's hand, offering up a token, "Sorry."
After she departed, tablemates John D'Agostino and Ted Forrest struck up a conversation with Lederer about the sincerity of the commonplace "bad beat apology." The verdict: When an amateur apologizes, it is typically sincere. They left it at that, leaving the "when a pro says it" angle unspoken.
Brunson completed and both Rich and the other player called. Brunson then bet on every street, with Rich folding on fifth.
After the seventh card was dealt, Brunson bet again and his opponent raised. Brunson tossed out another raise and his opponent called.
Brunson showed for a six-high straight and also a six-five low. But his opponent turned up a better straight, which he caught on the river, .
Brunson let out a big sigh of disappointment as the pot he needed a lot was chopped up instead of being shipped over to him. He is stuck hovering around 7,000.
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Right next to us, at table 15, Mike Matusow has been his usual opinionated self, offering his input to anyone who will listen -- and to anyone who won't, for that matter.
Matusow has been buddy-buddy with young gun Andrew Brown for several hours now, commenting on his play and the play of the table. The Mouth has been quietly conversing at times, and at other times he has jumped out of his chair to yell at his table, or at his old pal Shawn Sheikhan, seated at the adjacent table.
In a recent pot, Andrew Brown and another player were headed for a showdown, and when the hand was over, Matusow turned to give the youngster a piece of his mind. "What was his seventh street? Do you understand there's no way his seventh street could be anything other than an eight?! OK, I just wanted to make sure you were aware (*chuckling*). What'd you expect it to be, a friggin' four?!"
The two shared a laugh and a lesson, and both men are up near the top of the leader board. Something must be working right over at table 15.
donpeters
The young, confident, bracelet-winner Andrew Brown
After getting a few "lessons" from Mike Matusow, Andrew Brown was involved in another pot. This time against Tad Jurgens.
Brown: (X) (X) (X)
Jurgens: (X) (X) (X)
Brown was applying his usual aggressive style and betting away in the hand with Jurgens staying right with him. At the showdown, Jurgens held aces up when he turned over to go with his board of . Brown mucked his hand after flashing a pair of jacks.
Brown is down to 22,000 and Jurgens is up to 29,000.
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Dutch Boyd
James "mig.com" Mackey has just been knocked out at the hands of Dutch Boyd. Mackey completed the bring-in with the up, and Dutch raised him with the in the door. Mackey made the call.
Boyd: (X) (X) (X)
Mackey: (X) (X) (X)
Mackey bet on fourth and fifth streets, with Boyd calling both times. On sixth street, he picked up his second ace and bet out once more. Boyd raised, and Mackey made the call all in, putting himself at risk. When the hands were turned over, he realized his two pair still needed to improve with one card to come:
Boyd: () ()
Mackey: () ()
Dutch had his straight and his low made on sixth street. That was good enough to scoop the pot and eliminate mig.com from the tournament field.
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