Jarrad "thaboss" Dale dropped down to 17,550 after hitting top pair on a board of . Dale's opponent led out for 2,500 on the turn and Dale check-called. The river was the and his opponent fired 4,000 and again Dale made the call. Dale turned over Q-X for top pair while his opponent showed 7-4 for a flopped straight.
There may be some observational bias here, but it seems like the number of all-ins dramatically increases when the ESPN cameras come into the room looking for action. Or maybe it's the dealers shouting, "All in, table 48!!!" with a little more oomph that gets your attention. One player was upset with his dealer when he didn't announce his all-in with enough volume. "You just cost me my TV time," he said, and was apparently serious.
Mike Sexton just couldn't get anything going today. Down to his last 3,000, he moved all in preflop with and Mike Scala made the call with . The flop came down , making Scala trips. The turn and river blanked out for Sexton and he made an early exit.
Preflop, Chad "lilholdem" Batista raises to 550 in late position and the opponent, who Batista berated earlier, reraises to 2,975 all in, in the small blind. Batista calls.
Mike Matusow has just eliminated Salman Ali on the TV table. Ali was holding to Matusow's .
Fireworks left over from yesterday went off on the flop containing two diamonds. Ali was the all-in player and the player eliminated when the fell on the turn.
On a board of Amnon Filippi was facing a bet of 1,300 from an opponent in late position.
"So sick everytime!" said Filippi as he tossed out chips to make the call. His opponent flipped over for the rivered flush as Filippi mucked his cards.
After the hand his opponent quipped, "A king wins it, right?"
Filippi gave a confused "What?" before giving his opponent the 'thumbs up' gesture saying "Yeah, a king wins you a real big pot!"
David Singer raised to 600 and the big blind called. The flop was . The big blind checked, Singer bet 3,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the and the big blind check-called another 2,500 from Singer. The river was the and both players checked.
Singer turned up while the big blind showed for a busted straight draw. After the hand, Singer was up to 38,000.
Daniel Alaei was sent to the rail after he had led out for 7,000 on a board of . Daniel's opponent moved all in and had Daniel covered. Daniel called, showed a flush draw but was drawing dead against his opponent's pocket threes which had turned a full house.