With around 10,000 in the pot by the flop, John Shipley (small blind) checked to David Benyamine (mid position) who bet 6,500. Shipley now check-raised all in for 68,300, and after a moment or two, Benyamine made the call.
"You're in good shape," noted Benyamine as soon as the cards had been flipped.
Benyamine: for a flush draw and a gutshot
Shipley: for a higher flush draw
Turn: giving Shipley a pair of aces
River: a harmless
The man who finalled the Main Event in 2002 doubled up to around 150,000 to stay in the game on roughly average chips. Benyamine dropped back to a not-far-off 160,000.
With about 36,000 in the pot on the turn on a board of , Kevin MacPhee led the betting for 20,000 with 2002 World Champion Robert Varkonyi making the call.
The river produced the and MacPhee released again, this time for 41,000. Varkonyi went into the tank but eventually mustered up a call.
MacPhee showed for a full house which was good as Varkonyi's cards hit the muck. MacPhee is up to 187,000 with Varkonyi back to 150,000.
Isaac Baron is showing signs of life after eliminating a shorter-stacked opponent a few moments ago. That player opened with a standard raise. The action passed to Baron on the button, who re-raised to 12,600. That second raise cleared out the blinds. Baron's opponent then moved all in for about 35,000 and Baron quickly called.
Baron:
Opponent:
Baron's opponent was drawing dead by the turn of a . Aces and kings gave Baron the pot and increased his count to about 125,000.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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flop, John Shipley (small blind) checked to David Benyamine (mid position) who bet 6,500. Shipley now check-raised all in for 68,300, and after a moment or two, Benyamine made the call.
for a flush draw and a gutshot
for a higher flush draw
giving Shipley a pair of aces
, Kevin MacPhee led the betting for 20,000 with 2002 World Champion Robert Varkonyi making the call.
and MacPhee released again, this time for 41,000. Varkonyi went into the tank but eventually mustered up a call.
for a full house which was good as Varkonyi's cards hit the muck. MacPhee is up to 187,000 with Varkonyi back to 150,000.
flop, Frank Kassela fired out 10,500 with his opponent making the call.
and Kassela check-called 25,000 as the 
peeled off on the river.
.
on the turn. Korfman bet 30,000 and the small blind made another call. Both players then checked the 
flop was disastrous for Van Fleet and the 
on the river was just protocol, and Van Fleet hit the rail.
, but was no good against his opponent's 
.
