Karina Jett alerted us to a big hand. It turned out she and two other players had seen a flop. The first player to act bet out 2,200 and Jett called. Layne Flack, who'd also made it to the flop, folded.
The first player checked the turn and then called 4,000 from Jett. They saw a river and this time the first player bet out 11,000. Jett raised all in, her opponent called, and they were on their backs.
Jett's opponent turned over for a rivered flush - but Jett had flopped a boat with . She moved on up to a very healthy 110,000.
Sergey Rybachenko just won a small pot against an opponent to put him up to 77,000 chips.
Play was heads-up on a flop of after Rybachenko had raised to 1,250 and called a re-raise to 3,400. Both players checked, allowing the to come on the turn. They both checked once more and the river was the .
Rybachenko bet 5,000 and was called by his opponent. Rybachenko showed for a turned broadway straight which bested his opponent's .
With the final board of in the middle, a pot of about 7,000 chips was up for grabs between Ronnie Bardah and Giovanni Safina. Safina had checked the river to Bardah, who fired a bet of 2,300. Safina counted down his stack while he tanked and then eventually tossed in the call. Bardah tabled the , but was beaten by the for a better pair for Safina.
Safina improved to 59,000 in chips while Bardah is on 80,000.
Tom Schneider, still seated at the Orange Section feature table, apparently has a recording of his wife Julie cheering him on from last year's WSOP Main Event. With the single push of a button, Schneider can hear "Angry" Julie scream, "Stack 'em, stack 'em, stack 'em, stack 'em... TO THE TOP!"
After a player raised to 1,500 from middle position, Bryan Micon called from the button. The flop came down and action checked to the turn where the fell. The prelop raiser fired 2,000 and Micon made the call.
The river card was the and the first player fired 6,500. Micon tanked before making the call. His opponent showed the and Micon mucked, dropping back to 23,325.
On the flop of , Steve Billirakis check-called a bet of 2,375 before the dealer placed the out there on the turn. Both players checked and the river completed the board with the . Billirakis checked and his opponent tapped the table behind him.
Billirakis had to show first and turned up the for a missed flush draw. His opponent held the and won the pot. Billirakis has 233,000 in chips.
Holy, smoke! The player dressed as Batman, who we originally assumed was Bruce Wayne, isn't Bruce Wayne at all - he's an impostor called Philip Dwek!
Anyhow, Batman was just involved in a pot, whereby he three-bet to 2,800 from the cut-off after an early position raise and a call. Both opponents called leading to a flop of where Batman took it down with a bet of 12,000.
At this point, Batman turned to our field reporter and, in a deadpan tone, declared, "Justice will prevail."
Vanessa Rousso opened pre-flop for 1,500 and was raised by the button player to 3,750. Before calling the re-raise, Rousso asked her opponent how many chips he had. The answer was roughly 55,000.
Rousso then called out of position for a flop of . She check-called a bet of 4,800. Both she and her opponent checked the turn. The river was the . Rousso, with first action, made it 10,000 to go. Her opponent took two full minutes before making the call but couldn't beat Rousso's straight, . Rousso is now up to about 130,000.
PokerStars Team Online Pro George Lind was all in preflop and his only caller was an opponent in the big blind:
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Lind:
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The flop did not pair Lind's opponent, but it did give him three extra outs to counterfeit Lind. The on the turn brought even more outs, but Lind faded them all when the rivered.
Lind secured the double up, and is now up to 15,000 chips.
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flop. The first player to act bet out 2,200 and Jett called. Layne Flack, who'd also made it to the flop, folded.
turn and then called 4,000 from Jett. They saw a 
river and this time the first player bet out 11,000. Jett raised all in, her opponent called, and they were on their backs.
for a rivered flush - but Jett had flopped a boat with 
after Rybachenko had raised to 1,250 and called a re-raise to 3,400. Both players checked, allowing the 
to come on the turn. They both checked once more and the river was the 
.
in the middle, a pot of about 7,000 chips was up for grabs between Ronnie Bardah and Giovanni Safina. Safina had checked the river to Bardah, who fired a bet of 2,300. Safina counted down his stack while he tanked and then eventually tossed in the call. Bardah tabled the 
, but was beaten by the 
and action checked to the turn where the 
fell. The prelop raiser fired 2,000 and Micon made the call.
and the first player fired 6,500. Micon tanked before making the call. His opponent showed the 
out there on the turn. Both players checked and the river completed the board with the 
for a missed flush draw. His opponent held the 
and won the pot. Billirakis has 233,000 in chips.
where Batman took it down with a bet of 12,000.
flop did not pair Lind's opponent, but it did give him three extra outs to counterfeit Lind. The