We walked up to the table of Jennifer Leigh to catch her in the middle of a big pot with the board reading . Leigh was first to act on the river and she tossed 9,000 into the pot.
Her opponent gave the decision a little thought, but perhaps the reputation of "Jennicide" being an aggressive, online player has spread, as her opponent made the call with just for third pair. It was good as Leigh showed . She slips back to 75,000.
On the flop of , four players were involved. First up was Greg Mueller and he checked. The next player fired 2,300 and the player after him folded. Carter Phillips was next in line and fold before action moved back to Mueller. He made the call.
The turn card was the and Mueller checked. His opponent fired 4,000 and Mueller folded. He's down to 12,000 in chips.
After a player limped under the gun, Carter Gill raised to 1,850 from the cutoff. The button, small blind, big blind and under the gun all made the call.
When the flop came out , action checked to Gill who bet 3,600. Everyone folded except the under the gun player who raised to 8,600. Gill thought about it for a moment, mucked face-up and said, "You probably have a set."
There was about 9,000 in the pot when we saw the dealer put the river down on a board of . Isaac Baron was the one doing the betting, and he fired out 4,300 when the board was complete. Michael Reed was his lone opponent, and Reed tank-called with pocket threes. It was good; Baron showed for the miss.
Baron has started his day well, but that little hit knocks him back to about 120,000.
On a flop of , David Oppenheim shoved for his last 8,500 chips. His opponent called with , and Oppenheim's was going to need some help to stay alive.
The turn was no help whatsoever, but the river certainly was. That filled in Oppenheim's gutshot, keeping him afloat and doubling him up close to 20,000.
With the board reading , Sandra Naujoks check-called a bet of 3,000 from her opponent before the dealer put the out on the river. Naujoks checked again and her opponent fired 6,400. Naujoks went into the tank for a minute, but wound up folding her hand. She's down to 37,000.
We were just noting how Mike Sexton was on the short stack, and indeed he found a spot just now in which to try and improve his situation.
The hand began with a raise from a player in early position to 1,100, followed by a reraise to 3,000 from the player sitting to the raiser's left. Then Sexton reraised over the top from middle position for his remaining 12,000.
It folded back around to the first raiser who set out almost all of his stack -- about 18,000 worth -- save the single black (100) chip he'd been using as a card protector. The remaining player called, but the three players didn't reveal their hands quite yet.
The flop came and that last 100 soon went in the middle. The player who had the others covered was already celebrating a bit as the cards were tabled. He had for the set. Meanwhile, the original raiser tabled , and Sexton showed .
The turn was the and river the , and two players, including Sexton, hit the rail.
With four limpers in the pot, action was with Tiffany Michelle who raised it up another 3,500 from the button. The player in the small blind then re-raised an additional 5,700. The limpers all got out of the way and Michelle quickly called.
"Call! Ah shoot I just said call..." sighed Michelle, as she looked down at the 5,500 she had behind, and perhaps would've preferred to have just stuck them all in.
It didn't matter though, as the the flop came down and the small blind moved all in with Michelle insta-calling.
Michelle:
Opponent:
The turn was the and river the and Michelle doubled up to 30,000.
On the board of , Matt Matros was faced with a bet of 6,600 form his opponent. Matros tanked for a minute or two before making the call. His opponent tabled the for the nut straight and Matros nodded his head as he mucked. Matros dropped back to 50,000 in chips.