After the under the gun player limped, Rick Kozlowski raised to 1,375. The big blind called and the limper folded. The two players saw a flop heads up. After his opponent checked, Kozlowski fired out 1,975 and was met with a call. The turn was a and again the player first to act checked. Kozlowski went all in for 4,900 chips and waited as his opponent counted out the chips, realizing it would leave him with less than 2,000 left, and tanked.
When the player finally did decide to call, Kozlowski was happy to find that his was ahead of the held by his opponent. The river was scary, but ultimately harmless and Kozlowski doubled up to about 17,000.
Stefan Martin is up to around 45k after a big hand with .
While we didn't catch the pre-flop action, we did see the big pot as it developed on a flop of . Martin checked the flop from the small blind, then a player in late position went all-in for his remaining 5k. The player on the button called the all-in bet but then faced a check-raise to 13k from Martin.
The player on the button didn’t seem surprised yelling, “Well.. we all knew he was going to do that… Jeez.”
After about a minute, the player on the button decided not to call the additional 8k and the cards were flipped.
The player all-in showed for top pair but was dominated by Martin’s three of a kind with . The turn and river came {7d }and to give Martin a full house and seal the knockout.
The player on the button then yelled at Martin, “You called a pre-flop raise with 7-4?? What the hell is the matter with you?”
Martin didn’t seemed phased at all responding, “7 to win 33,” hinting at his good odds before the flop.
Martin is up around 45k and a commanding chip leader at his table.
We caught the action as Jordan Dhooghe and his opponent were all in and flipping their cards up after a flop of . Dhooghe showed for an open ended straight draw, and his opponent was ecstatic the he held two of Dhooghe's outs, as he tabled . The turn came the , but the river was a brutal , giving his opponent the set but Dhooghe the winning straight. Dhooghe spent two minutes stacking his newly won chips, and appears to be at around 35,000.
Even if you have pocket aces, going all in can be quite a stressful venture. We caught up with a hand where Jake Revelle's was all in against the of his opponent. The flop gave the other player a few more outs when it came but the aces held when the turn and river brought the and . Revelle now has a healthier stack of around 15,000.
Mike Allen, an employee at Green Valley Ranch here in Las Vegas, was able to force a player all in on a board holding . He was well ahead of his opponents and stayed ahead with a on the turn and on the river.
Shortly after, Cory Neely squeezed two limpers with a button raise to 1,250 but Allen was right there with to move all in and force Neely off the pot. With the two hands, Allen increased his stack to 11,500.
Neely is himself a dealer and will be seen around the Rio this summer working for the WSOP. He still has a healthy stack, sitting at about 15,000.
We didn’t see the original raise, but a player on the button re-raised a pre-flop bet to 3,150 only to have David Doremus go all-in from the big blind for a total of 19,375.
After hearing this, the woman on the button yelled out, “Ughhhh… where is my phone, I need to use my lifeline.”
She counted out her chips and then called, proudly slapping down . Doremus flipped over for the classic race situation.
The board ran out to give Doremus the win.
The very next hand, the same two players went at it.
This time from the cutoff, the loser of the previous hand went all-in with for her last 2,700 and was called by Doremus with .
The board read and Doremus finished off the job, chipping up to around 42k.
Joseph Difiore, who works at Imperial Palace, just scooped up a nice pot for over 25,000. His held up against a player's . With both players all in pre-flop the board ran out .
With most players away from their tables, our defending champion, Hoai Pham, was in a large pot facing an all in of 5,175 on the turn. With the pot around 15,000, not including the 5,175 all in, and about 16,500 left in his stack, he stared down a counting out the chips to call multiple times.
After tanking a full five minutes into the dinner break, he finally folded face down. His opponent breathed a sigh of relief turning over two jacks. Based on Pham's reaction, however, it appeared his opponent held the best hand.
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flop heads up. After his opponent checked, Kozlowski fired out 1,975 and was met with a call. The turn was a 
and again the player first to act checked. Kozlowski went all in for 4,900 chips and waited as his opponent counted out the chips, realizing it would leave him with less than 2,000 left, and tanked.
was ahead of the 
held by his opponent. The 
river was scary, but ultimately harmless and Kozlowski doubled up to about 17,000.
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for top pair but was dominated by Martin’s three of a kind with 
to give Martin a full house and seal the knockout.
for an open ended straight draw, and his opponent was ecstatic the he held two of Dhooghe's outs, as he tabled 
. The turn came the 
, but the river was a brutal 
, giving his opponent the set but Dhooghe the winning straight. Dhooghe spent two minutes stacking his newly won chips, and appears to be at around 35,000.
was all in against the 
but the aces held when the turn and river brought the 
and 
. Revelle now has a healthier stack of around 15,000.
and stayed ahead with a 
on the turn and 
to move all in and force Neely off the pot. With the two hands, Allen increased his stack to 11,500.
for the classic race situation.
and Doremus finished off the job, chipping up to around 42k.
. With both players all in pre-flop the board ran out 
counting out the chips to call multiple times.