Doyle Brunson and another player at his table saw a flop of . Brunson made a bet of 4,500 and his opponent raised to 11,000. Brunson had about 38,000 before the hand started and he put his entire stack in the middle, getting called.
Brunson:
Opponent:
Brunson needed some help from the dealer if he was going to survive the hand. However when the turn came followed by the on the river, Brunson failed to get that help.
The entire corner of the Amazon Room where Brunson had been playing stood up to offer the Godfather of Poker a healthy round of applause as he tipped his trademark cowboy hat and made his way to the hallway, a sign that the hugely influential player continues to earn the respect and admiration of the poker community.
Brunson, of course, has ten World Series of Poker bracelets, two of those coming in the Main Event. With a little luck we'll see him around for many more years as he tries to collect one more.
Vanessa Selbst is currently terrorizing Orange 309. On a flop of she checked and called a bet of 12,000 into a 20,000-chip pot. She and her opponent both checked the turn when the board paired . On the river , Selbst checked again. Her opponent bet 26,000, then turned over after Selbst called. Tens were no good; Selbst tabled to take the pot.
"I had you on 10s or 9s when you checked the turn," said Selbst. Then she added, "I mean, I don't know you."
Jennifer Harman raised to 1,800 under the gun and Johnny Lodden made the call from the small blind.
The flop came down and Lodden checked. Harman bet 2,600 and Lodden made the call, landing the on the turn. Once again Lodden check-called, this time it was 5,700. The river fell the and Lodden checked. Harman counted out her stack and appeared ready to bet, but opted to check.
She tabled , besting Lodden's to chip up to about 41,000. Lodden is still in much better shape, though, with about 132,000.
Kenny Tran is known for making some amazingly thin calls that work out, but a recent call against Filippo Candio proved to be the wrong choice. Candio opened for 1,400 on a board of . Tran raised that bet to 3,500, then was facing a raise back of an additional 10,000. He called.
Candio continued his story on the turn by betting 17,000. Again Tran called, taking the players to a river of . Candio put 22,000 chips into the pot and Tran went into the tank. He put his arms over his head, counted out his stack, and then called. Candio showed for two small pair but they were big enough to take down the pot.
Not too many familiar faces here in the Pavillion Room, and those who are recognizable seem to be on the verge of departure. One of those is Chris Ferguson, although he's clinging on with the determination of a cat on its way to the vets.
At the moment, he has around 37,000, and just raised to 2,000 from the cut-off. The button accidentally exposed the three of clubs as he folded, leading to the big blind claiming he was going to call and revealing a three of his own.
"Why did you fold that?" joked Ferguson to his neighbor. Sadly, Jesus didn't improve the tale by showing a deuce.
Dan Kelly must have taken a hit at some piont, as when we joined the table he was down to just 11,000 and in water hotter than the sun with versus . But the Poker Gods have smiled upon Kelly recently, and following a board, the online sensation doubled up to 24,000.
We stopped by David Assouline's table a few times during the last level, and each time he was not there. Perhaps there had been some kind of emergency, we supposed. Perhaps he'd eaten a bad salad from the Poker Kitchen and was indisposed.
But no! Assouline just now reappeared at his table, to cries of, "Where were you?" from his tablemates. It turned out that Assouline had thought that the color-up break was in fact the dinner break. When he returned to his table after his imaginary dinner break, it was to discover that everyone else had gone on the real dinner break.
Not to worry, though. Assouline was one of our chip leaders when he disappeared, and his stack remains over 300,000 despite blinding off for a whole hour.
There was a minor discrepancy at Orange 315 coming back from dinner. The player dealt into the big blind claimed to have been the big blind on the last hand before dinner and then the button had never been moved. Nobody at the table was sure. A floor was summoned, who ruled that the button would remain as dealt.
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. Brunson made a bet of 4,500 and his opponent raised to 11,000. Brunson had about 38,000 before the hand started and he put his entire stack in the middle, getting called.
followed by the 
on the river, Brunson failed to get that help.
she checked and called a bet of 12,000 into a 20,000-chip pot. She and her opponent both checked the turn when the board paired 
. On the river 
, Selbst checked again. Her opponent bet 26,000, then turned over 
after Selbst called. Tens were no good; Selbst tabled 
on the turn. Once again Lodden check-called, this time it was 5,700. The river fell the 
and Lodden checked. Harman counted out her stack and appeared ready to bet, but opted to check.
to chip up to about 41,000. Lodden is still in much better shape, though, with about 132,000.
. Tran raised that bet to 3,500, then was facing a raise back of an additional 10,000. He called.
turn by betting 17,000. Again Tran called, taking the players to a river of 
. Candio put 22,000 chips into the pot and Tran went into the tank. He put his arms over his head, counted out his stack, and then called. Candio showed 
. But the Poker Gods have smiled upon Kelly recently, and following a 
