Over on Table 267 in the Blue section, a dealer yelled out, "Floor Table 267!" A moment then passed and the dealer muttered, "Holy sh*t!" under his breath about the situation that had just occurred. When the floor got there, here's what was explained.
The player in Seat 7 just got to the table after being transferred from another table. He took his chips out of the bag used to transfer them in and began counting them out in front of him. The player to his left in Seat 8 had just won the last pot and was counting out his chips in front of him, cutting to the right as he counted. When the player in Seat 8 restacked his chips, he picked up the chips of the other player that were cut out by accident and stacked them up. The player in Seat 7 claimed that he had about 30,000 when he changed tables, but with all the chips mixed up in the new stack, there wasn't a clear-cut way to tell whose chips were whose.
Eventually, the player in Seat 8 just took a bunch of chips out of his stack and handed them over to Seat 7. Seat 7 counted his stack with the added chips and had 29,000 and change. He seemed content with that and so did the other player. "if it's good with you, it's good with me," said the tournament staff and the dealer began shuffling for the next hand.
Around 8,600 in chips had found their way into the middle by the turn of the board. Florian Langmann's opponent checked, and Langmann himself checked behind.
They saw an river and this time Langmann's opponent bet out 2,200. Langmann called and tabled . It was just a gnat's whisker ahead of his opponent's , but it was enough - the jack kicker played, and Langmann increased his already chunky stack to 96,000.
Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby and former NFL running back Eric Stocz were heads up with the board reading . Hamby led for 700 and Stocz made the call from the cutoff.
The turn brought the and Hamby again led - this time for 1,300. Stocz again called.
Hamby halted after the rivered, checking to Stocz who fired 6,000. Hamby folded and Stocz showed for complete air.
The former Detroit Lion is up to 18,500 chips while Hamby slipped to 45,000.
We found Team PokerStars Pro Henrique Pinho calling a bet on the turn of a board in position. He and the bettor saw a river - the . Pinho's opponent bet out again, this time to the tune of 5,700.
"Whee!" breathed Pinho, "Nice hand." He dwelled up for a while longer, before announcing, "Oh my god," and calling.
Bettor:
Pinho: quickly flashed
The Portuguese Team Pro dropped to a still very respectable 55,000.
2003 was such a pinnacle year for televised poker that those who finalled in previous years are often met with unfamiliarity from the general poker audience. One of those is Julian Gardner, who finished second to Robert Varkonyi in 2002 for $1.1 million. I once heard a rumor that he accepted his prize money in cash, and on the flight home purchased an extra seat just for his bag of money to sit on. Pretty baller for 2002.
Despite boasting over $2.5 million in live tournament winnings (including a final this year), Gardner is rarely recognized in Rio quarters, and is usually left to fly under the radar unnoticed. My prying eyes, however, have spotted him, and this year he'll be hoping to go one place better than his previous best. At the moment, he has 40,500, so will be keen to increase that figure before the end of the day.
Just before the last break, Annette Obrestad got herself into a pot that would be the last of her night. Her opponent check raised her on a flop, and Obrestad three-bet all in. Or rather, all in minus the black T100 chip she had capping her cards. Her opponent flatted, and that last chip went in on the turn.
Obrestad showed up for turned top pair, but she was in need of some help and quick. Her opponent tabled to leave her dead to five outs. The river was a blank, and Obrestad has run out of chips, exiting the Main Event before she had a proper chance to get rolling.
The action has been tightening and tightening bit by little bit since the players returned from the dinner break. We wouldn't be surprised if everyone was keeping an eye on that clock ticking away towards Day 2. We've come to the end of Level 4, and that means the chip bags are just one hour from making their appearances.
The remaining players have been ushered out of the room for one last twenty-minute break. We'll be back with the last half level of action shortly.
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board. Florian Langmann's opponent checked, and Langmann himself checked behind.
river and this time Langmann's opponent bet out 2,200. Langmann called and tabled 
. It was just a gnat's whisker ahead of his opponent's 
, but it was enough - the jack kicker played, and Langmann increased his already chunky stack to 96,000.
rivered, checking to Stocz who fired 6,000. Hamby folded and Stocz showed 
for complete air.
board in position. He and the bettor saw a river - the 
. Pinho's opponent bet out again, this time to the tune of 5,700.
and Turner's opponent led for another 2,000. Turner called.
and again Turner's opponent checked. Turner made a big bet worth 11,225, and his opponent opted to fold.
turn.
