Robert Varkonyi opened with a raise to 4,500 from the cutoff, and Vanessa Selbst called from the button. The blinds got out, and the flop came . Varkonyi bet 9,000, then Selbst raised to 26,000. "Seventeen more?" Varkonyi asked of the dealer. His math confirmed, Varkonyi made the call.
The turn was the . This time Varkonyi bet 25,000. Selbst leaned over to see how much he had left, then made the call.
The river was the . Now it was Varkonyi leaning over to see what Selbst had left -- more than he. He then announced he was all in. Selbst went deep into the tank, then finally made the call.
When the two players revealed their hands, both were surprised at what they saw. Varkonyi tabled . And Selbst ! Again the pair was chopping up a big pot.
"You're so lucky, that's the worst hand I could have there," said Selbst, shaking her head. "How can you call that?" said Varkonyi with a grin.
Selbst has about 240,000 at present, while Varkonyi has 145,000.
As we reported earlier, Roderic Boling has it out for online player Billy "Patrolman35" Kopp over at Table 270.
In a recent hand, the two were in a pot with another opponent as well. When we reached the table, the board had already been dealt . Boling led for 12,000. Kopp instantly called and after a moment or two the other player called as well.
Showdown
Boling:
Kopp:
Opponent:
"Gotta be f***in' kiddin' me," Boling quipped.
"Tricky internet kids," Kopp returned with a grin.
Kopp was shipped the pot, and is now up to 225,000 chips.
Peter Rho has taken a bit of a hit after checking the river of a board from the hijack, only for the gentleman in the cutoff to bet 10,000 - a rather small bet, considering that there was already 60,000 or so in the pot. Rho thought about it for some time, before shaking his head and pushing his cards back to the dealer.
The tension increased on the feature table as Vanessa Rousso found herself all in on a two clubs flop, moving over the top of her foe's lead of 8,000. Rousso was as motionless as the Statue of Liberty as she awaited her opponent's decision. When it eventually came, she instantly revealed , but was surprised to be in the lead against .
"Oh my God," she said with her eyes widening. "I'm ahead."
After a turn and river, Rousso punched the air in delight and yelped "Yes!"
"I'm sorry," she added. "That was exciting."
Rousso's stack has seen more ups and downs than the Cyclone. At time of writing, she's on around 80,000, although something tells me that the Rousso roller coaster still has a loop-the-loop to come.
Hoyt Corkins has been his usual aggressive self so far today. In this last hand he made it 4,000 to go (just before the levels went up) and called a re-raise to 12,100 from the player in the small blind.
The flop was and the small blind check-raised Corkins' bet of 7,000, putting himself all in for 30,400 more. Corkins made the call.
Corkins:
Opponent:
The which came on the river gave Corkins something to sweat, but his hand stayed ahead as the river came .
Daniel Negreanu, who is extremely short-stacked was in the button on that hand and said he folded and would have played the hand had Corkins not raised preflop.
There was already more than 40,000 in the middle by the time we caught up with Yevgeniy Timoshenko firing 23,500 at a flop. Darren Maroni thought a bit before moving all in. It barely took Timoshenko a second to make the call, risking his last 127,000. "Nice hand," Timoshenko said when he saw that Maroni had flopped the nut straight with . His own was in rough shape. The turn gave him boat outs, however. Maroni held his breath, hoping the river wouldn't pair the board. No one was expecting to see the .
"Oh my god! Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?" was all the poor guy could say. Timoshenko stayed silent about his runner-runner quads, counting out his stack to be doubled. Timoshenko now has 290,000 while a stunned Maroni was left with 25,000.
While there's a lot of attention on the progress of the Mizrachi brothers in this tournament, another set of brothers has just come to our attention after they have been seated directly next to each other.
Bryn Kenney has been progressing very well in this Main Event but he's just been joined by brother Tyler who has been seated to his direct right.
Bryn has three cashes already in this year's WSOP, including an 8th place in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event, and is well on his way to a fourth cash this year as he holds 350,000 chips. Bryn also has several impressive online results to his credit.
Tyler is a little behind with 193,000 chips, but will be keen to add to his two WSOP cashes this year.
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board from the hijack, only for the gentleman in the cutoff to bet 10,000 - a rather small bet, considering that there was already 60,000 or so in the pot. Rho thought about it for some time, before shaking his head and pushing his cards back to the dealer.
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