Allie Prescott checked a board, and his opponent bet 2,000. Prescott made the call, then check-called 4,000 after the turn. The river was the , and Prescott tapped the table a third time. This time, his opponent fired 10,125, but Prescott still didn't believe his story. He tossed out a call, and the other player pushed his cards toward the muck without even seeing Prescott's hand. The dealer made him turn it over, however, and Allie showed for a flopped open-ender, a turned flush draw, and a rivered fifth pair. "Sick," said one of his tablemates as Prescott dragged the pot, moving up to 66,000.
With about 25,000 already in the middle and the board reading , Pierpaolo Fabretti of Team PokerStars Italy checked from middle position, and his opponent on the button bet an enticing 8,000.
Fabretti tanked for some time before finally making the call. His opponent flipped over for the nut flush, and Fabretti mucked.
Scotty Nguyen is getting busy on his table and has now up to around 80,000 chips.
First, he tangled with Anton Allemann on a board of . Allemann fired 5,000 before Nguyen raised it to 17,000 to force a fold. Nguyen flashed the .
"I've got the stone cold nuts baby!" laughed Nguyen and it wasn't long before he was in the thick of it again.
After Garry Gates raised to 1,700 from middle position, Nguyen called in the big blind to see a flop of . Nguyen check-called for 2,200 before again checking the turn. Gates released a second barrel worth 4,100, but Nguyen made the call.
The river brought the and both players checked it down with Nguyen's good to collect the pot.
Nguyen is now up to around 80,000 with Gates down to 17,000.
On a board of , Will Failla checked and his opponent fired 10,025. Failla decided to make the call but mucked when his opponent showed for a rivered flush.
"Good river," sighed Failla as he falls to 107,000.
Stefan Huber's opponent was all in for 10,200, and Huber looked him up with to race against the short stack's .
The flop earned a murmur from the table as it paired Huber but gave his opponent a set. Neither held a club redraw, but it didn't matter as the turn and river brought running nines to give Huber's opponent a full house. After the courtesy double, Huber is still sitting pretty with 130,000. He's two to the left of another big stack, Shannon Shorr, and poor Adam Johnson with 12,000 is stuck in the middle.
Update: While we were typing this, Johnson, a former tournament reporter, got his stack in with . Once again, Huber called with . This time, little slick worked for Huber. The board fell , and Huber paired to send Johnson to the rail and move his own stack back over 140,000.
Coming back from the break, there was a situation over on Table 259 that's just been sorted out now. That table was finishing a hand several minutes into the break, and it ended with the player in the three seat dragging a pretty big pot. It was, however, not as big as the chips he had in front of him. In error, the pot winner also pulled Seat 4's chips into his stack with the pot, and Seat 4 came back from break to an empty slice of felt where his chips had once resided.
The floor staff checked the surveillance cameras and sorted out the situation to both players' satisfaction. They're good like that.
A player in middle position raised to 1,600 only to have Pieter de Korver raise to 4,075 from the small blind. When action got back to the middle position player, he moved all in for 24,000 and received a call.
de Korver:
Middle Position:
The board ran out and de Korver sent his opponent to the rail and increased his stack to 126,000
With the board reading on the river, Johnny Chan bet 7,000 into the 8,000-chip pot and the big blind made the call. Chan showed , having turned a king-high straight and rivered Broadway. The big blind mucked and Chan took his stack up to 145,000.
David "Devilfish" Ulliott raised it up to 1,600 and found one call in the small blind to see a flop of . The small blind checked to Ulliott who fired 2,000. His opponent made the call and the hit the turn.
The small blind checked and Ulliott fired 3,500. His opponent then check-raised to 11,000. Ulliott mumbled away and verbalized something along the lines of knowing his opponent had a ten and that he was folding ace-queen.
His opponent showed the as Ulliott continued to chatter away with some sort of reference to showing his opponent the exit. Ulliott is at 87,000.
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board, and his opponent bet 2,000. Prescott made the call, then check-called 4,000 after the 
turn. The river was the 
, and Prescott tapped the table a third time. This time, his opponent fired 10,125, but Prescott still didn't believe his story. He tossed out a call, and the other player pushed his cards toward the muck without even seeing Prescott's hand. The dealer made him turn it over, however, and Allie showed 
for a flopped open-ender, a turned flush draw, and a rivered fifth pair. "Sick," said one of his tablemates as Prescott dragged the pot, moving up to 66,000.
for the nut flush, and Fabretti mucked.
land on the turn.
. Allemann fired 5,000 before Nguyen raised it to 17,000 to force a fold. Nguyen flashed the 
. Nguyen check-called for 2,200 before again checking the 
good to collect the pot.
, Will Failla checked and his opponent fired 10,025. Failla decided to make the call but mucked when his opponent showed 
for a rivered flush.
. Once again, Huber called with 
. This time, little slick worked for Huber. The board fell 
, and Huber paired to send Johnson to the rail and move his own stack back over 140,000.
, having turned a king-high straight and rivered Broadway. The big blind mucked and Chan took his stack up to 145,000.
. The small blind checked to Ulliott who fired 2,000. His opponent made the call and the