With the board reading , Lex Veldhuis fired a bet of 7,300 with two players to act behind him. The first of those players made the call. The other player folded.
The river completed the board with the and Veldhuis took some time. He opted to fire out a bet worth 22,800. His opponent took a moment and then mucked his hand, giving Veldhuis the pot.
Van Marcus has just doubled up a short stack with the chips in preflop. Marcus' opponent only had 9,150 in chips but held to be in a dominant position against Marcus' .
The board ran out failing to connect with Marcus' kicker, giving his opponent the double up. Marcus is back to 64,000.
Tony Korfman, notoriously inappropriate hothead and author of Texas Hold'em: Tournaments, Cash Games, and Embarrassing Social Gas, raised to 1,700. After a minute, Fatima de Melo raised to 5,100 on the button. Korfman flatted, leaving de Melo about 13,000 behind. The flop fell , and Korfman tossed out 8,000. De Melo went into deep thought. She bit her finger and studied the board as ESPN's cameras swarmed the table. "You want to know what I have?" Korfman asked. "I have king-queen." She laughed. "Will you show?" He agreed, and she folded her pocket jacks face up, saying she'd put him on king-queen before he'd made that comment.
"I got nothing," Korman said, flipping up . "That's sick," she said, sadly looking down at her remaining chips. Korfman just grinned at the cameras. Wonder if he factored TV-time equity into his play.
Berry Johnston got his entire stack in the middle before the flop with and was in great shape against his opponent's . But this is a bustout post, so you know how these things go. The flop made his opponent a set and left Johnston drawing extremely thin. He was already out of his chair when the hit the turn, and heading for the door when the hit the river.
With a raise to 1,500 from under the gun, Sarah Underwood made the call on the button to see a flop of . The UTG-player checked to Underwood who fired 2,500. Her opponent made the call.
The turn was the and it was again checked to Underwood who upped the price to 4,000. Her opponent again made the call. The river was the and both players checked it down.
Underwood held for busted flush draw, as her opponent collected with for top pair. Underwood is down to 22,600.
Chris Moneymaker was under the gun and raised to 1,400. One early position player and the big blind tagged along to see a flop of . Everyone checked to the on the turn, at which point the big blind checked and Moneymaker bet 2,600.
The early position player then raised to 6,100, the big blind folded and Moneymaker made the call. The river was the and Moneymaker check-called his opponent's 5,000 bet. Moneymaker showed for a straight but was behind the other player's Broadway straight.