When we arrived at the table, the gentleman in the cutoff had bet out 5,500 on a flop. Evelyn Ng on the button made it 14,000 to go. The action moved back on the cutoff, who tanked up for a while. When he finally emerged from the tank, it was to reraise to 27,500.
It was now Ng's turn to tank up, a curious game the nature of which we couldn't quite ascertain frozen on the pause screen on her iPad. She mouthed some calculations to herself, and after a minute or two she folded, leaving herself on 57,000. We hope the iPad game is good.
With the board reading , we arrived at the table to see Praz Bansi splash out a call of what appeared to be around 13,500 chips after Vanessa Selbst had initiated the bet. They went to the river where the peeled off.
Bansi checked and Selbst took some time before committing 22,800 into the middle.
"Can you beat two pair?" quizzed Bansi, but Selbst was motionless.
After a minute or so, Bansi slammed calling chips onto the felt.
"No, I can't beat two pair..." sighed Selbst and with that Bansi revealed . Selbst raised her eyebrows and mucked.
Bansi is up to 210,000 with Selbst slipping to 220,000.
Chris Tipper opened to 5,100 from early position and managed to find three callers; one of which was Allen Cunningham from the big blind.
The flop fell down and the action was checked by the small blind, Cunningham and Tipper before the player in middle position fired out 13,600.
The small blind and Cunningham folded as Tipper made the call before the landed on the turn, and he was faced with a 30,400-chip bet. Tipper made the call to see the dealer drop the on the river.
Tipper checked and his opponent fired out 81,400 to put Tipper to a tough decision.
After deliberating for several moments, Tipper made the call, but mucked at the sight of his opponent's for a flush as Tipper slipped to 365,000 in chips.
The wonderfully named Chadwick Grimes is down to 50,000 after a hand cooler than the Artic breeze. Raising with from the cut-off, he found the small blind sitting on , and unsurprisingly all the chips flew in. An board later and Grimes was complimenting "good hand" and counting out his bill.
Phil Galfond was in the cutoff and had called a raise to 5,000 from the player in the hijack with both the player in the button and the small blind following suit.
The flop came down and all three players decided to check, bringing the into play on the turn. At this time the small blind checked to the hijack who made a bet of 8,200, with Galfond being the only caller.
The river was the and the player in the hijack led out for 21,000. Galfond thought things over for some time before calling, but mucked when the hijack flipped over .
A player sitting under the gun opened to 5,200 and Andrew Brown flatted in the cutoff. Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet three-bet to 17,000 with the button, the original raiser folded, Brown moved all in for effectively 60,000 and Van Fleet made the call.
Showdown
Van Fleet:
Brown:
The flop was disastrous for Van Fleet and the on the turn was all she wrote. The on the river was just protocol, and Van Fleet hit the rail.
The very next hand, a player opened to 5,500 from the hijack seat and Brown three-bet to 20,000 from the cutoff (since the cutoff was dead after the previous elimination). The original raiser folded and Brown showed .
Riding the heater, Brown opened to 5,000 the next hand from the hijack seat and was called by a player in the cutoff. The two checked the flop and after the turned Brown led for 6,000. His opponent called. The river brought the and Brown led for 11,000. His opponent again called.
Brown rolled over Motown, , but was no good against his opponent's .
After the three hands, Brown now sits with 396,000 chips.
Jeff Sarwer shoved his last ~35,000 with king-queen, and he ran his Broadway cards smack into an opponent with pocket queens. Sarwer could not maneuver out of his tough spot, and his king has been captured to signal his elimination from the Main Event.
Nicolas Babel opened the pot to 5,100 before an opponent moved all in for 42,900 behind him. Babel tanked it up for a long while before finally making the call with his big stack. Cards up, gents:
Babel:
Opponent:
There was a king right in the door, and the board of secured the double up for ace-king and robbed Babel of another chunk of his stack. His stack has been trimmed of late, but he's still doing just fine with about 460,000 now.
Tony Korfman, author of Texas Hold'em: Tournaments, Cash Games, & Embarassing Social Gas, was recently moved to a new table here in the Red Section of the Amazon Room. Aside from his book and antics, Korfman is also well known for finishing runner-up in the 2007 WSOP Seniors event.
Actually, in that event he was heads-up with Ernest Bennett and the two made a deal. Korfman made it apparent he was after the money and the money only. He agreed to let Bennett win the championship uncontested if Bennett was willing to split the prize money evenly. Bennett agreed and that is what they did.
In a recent hand, action folded to the small blind who raised to 6,000. Korfman, who was still in the process of unbagging his chips, made the call from the big blind and the two saw a flop of .
The small blind bet 8,000 and Korfman immediately raised to 22,000. The small blind called and then checked the on the turn. Korfman bet 30,000 and the small blind made another call. Both players then checked the on the river. The small blind turned over and Korfman mucked. Even with that loss, Korfman is sitting with around 300,000.
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flop. Evelyn Ng on the button made it 14,000 to go. The action moved back on the cutoff, who tanked up for a while. When he finally emerged from the tank, it was to reraise to 27,500.
, we arrived at the table to see Praz Bansi splash out a call of what appeared to be around 13,500 chips after Vanessa Selbst had initiated the bet. They went to the river where the 
peeled off.
. Selbst raised her eyebrows and mucked.
and the action was checked by the small blind, Cunningham and Tipper before the player in middle position fired out 13,600.
landed on the turn, and he was faced with a 30,400-chip bet. Tipper made the call to see the dealer drop the 
on the river.
from the cut-off, he found the small blind sitting on 
board later and Grimes was complimenting "good hand" and counting out his bill.
into play on the turn. At this time the small blind checked to the hijack who made a bet of 8,200, with Galfond being the only caller.
flop was disastrous for Van Fleet and the 
.
flop and after the 
turned Brown led for 6,000. His opponent called. The river brought the 
, but was no good against his opponent's 
secured the double up for ace-king and robbed Babel of another chunk of his stack. His stack has been trimmed of late, but he's still doing just fine with about 460,000 now.
on the turn. Korfman bet 30,000 and the small blind made another call. Both players then checked the