It's hard to know how the pot developed, but somehow Dutch Boyd and an opponent wound up at the river of a board. With about 13,000 chips in the pot and the ESPN cameras recording the action, Boyd used his first action to bet out 5,200. His opponent dove into the think tank while Boyd waited silently to see what would happen. After about a minute, the other player matched Boyd's 5,200.
Boyd said a few inaudible words and shook his head without showing his hand, seemingly indicating that he had been caught bluffing. Neither player opened his hand until Boyd made a circling motion with his finger as if to say, "Flip over your cards." His opponent finally opened for two pair, tens and nines. Boyd looked visibly stunned by the holding and flicked his cards into the muck.
"Nice hand," he said, but he could be seen shaking his head and talking to himself for a few moments after the hand. It's not all bad for Boyd though. He still has 44,000 chips.
Greg Mueller called and early-position raise of 1,125 from the cutoff seat. The button also called and the three players saw a flop of . The first player checked and Mueller fired 1,100. The button called and the other player mucked.
The turn brought the and Mueller fired 3,500. His opponent made the call.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Mueller mucked his hand after his opponent tabled the and dropped to 11,500.
In a three-bet pot, Owen Crowe and the small blind saw a flop.
The small blind fired out 4,000 and Crowe raised it to 10,000 only to have his opponent three-bet to 20,000.
Crowe committed roughly his remaining 28,000 and his opponent asked for a count.
As the dealer began to cut down the chips exactly, the small blind folded for roughly the additional 8,000 as Crowe raked in the pot to send him to 53,500 in chips.
Johannes Strassman had a plan for today-- go big or go home. After struggling on a short stack for most of the day, he got the rest of his chips in with a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, but ran into a set of nines. Strassman did not improve and he hit the rail.
Sarah Jean Underwood played a hand! Her VPIP is no longer at zero, for those of you following at home. On a flop, the small blind checked, and she bet 3,600 at the 1,250-chip pot. Her opponent called, then checked the on the turn. Underwood checked behind. He checked a third street when the came on the river, and she checked once more. He showed , but she tabled for a flopped two pair. "You scared me!" she said as she collected her winnings. She moved back to 28,000 after blinding away the rest of them.
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Shawn Marion receives "The nail in the coffin!"
On a flop of , Shawn Marion fired out 2,000 only to have the small blind check-raise to 7,000.
"You're trying to get me out of here huh?" prodded Marion at his opponent.
Marion eventually made the call to see the land on the turn and the small blind move all in for 17,950. Marion made the call for his last 7,800 and we were off to a showdown.
Marion:
Opponent:
With Marion drawing to just a spade, the landed on the river to send the basketball star to the rail.
"I guess that's the end of our TV time" stated one of the players.
With about 12,000 chips in the middle, Jonas Kronwitter checked the board of to his one opponent. That player checked behind and then the dealer put the on the river. Kronwitter opted to bet and he made a wager of 7,400. His opponent made the call.
Kronwitter tabled the and his opponent mucked. This pot put Kronwitter up to about 70,000, who was all in for about 22,000 at one point earlier in the tournament.
Barry Shulman opened preflop for 1,200 and was called by one player in position behind him and one player in the blinds. Shulman continued for 3,000 on a flop of . the player in the blinds was the only one who called and went to the turn. That player checked again and then called another 7,000-chip bet from Shulman.
The river was the . Both players checked, with Shulman's , trip aces, having bad-beated his opponent's after the flop. That pot pushed Shulman up to 90,000.
Action folded to the button and he raised to 925. John Hennigan called from the small blind and the two of them took a flop of . Hennigan check-called a bet of 1,300 from his opponent on the flop before the turn came the . Hennigan checked again and his opponent continued pressing on the gas with a bet of 2,150. Hennigan let his hand go and gave up the pot, dropping to 65,000 in chips.
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board. With about 13,000 chips in the pot and the ESPN cameras recording the action, Boyd used his first action to bet out 5,200. His opponent dove into the think tank while Boyd waited silently to see what would happen. After about a minute, the other player matched Boyd's 5,200.
for two pair, tens and nines. Boyd looked visibly stunned by the holding and flicked his cards into the muck.
. The first player checked and Mueller fired 1,100. The button called and the other player mucked.
flop.
on the turn. Underwood checked behind. He checked a third street when the 
came on the river, and she checked once more. He showed 
, but she tabled 
for a flopped two pair. "You scared me!" she said as she collected her winnings. She moved back to 28,000 after blinding away the rest of them.
, Shawn Marion fired out 2,000 only to have the small blind check-raise to 7,000.
land on the turn and the small blind move all in for 17,950. Marion made the call for his last 7,800 and we were off to a showdown.
landed on the river to send the basketball star to the rail.
to his one opponent. That player checked behind and then the dealer put the 
. the player in the blinds was the only one who called and went to the 
. Hennigan check-called a bet of 1,300 from his opponent on the flop before the turn came the 
landed on the turn to complete one of McGowan's outs, and when the 
landed on the river, half the table leapt to their feet at the shock bad beat.