Minh Ly raised from the hijack seat, then a short-stacked Ben Lamb reraised from the cutoff. It folded back around and Ly called.
The flop came . Ly checked, Lamb bet, and Ly called. The turn was the , and Ly checked again. Lamb bet the last 13,000 he had, and Ly called.
Ly:
Lamb:
Lamb was all in and at risk, but the river brought the , giving him both the nut flush and the nut low.
"No more slowrolls," said Lamb afterwards, alluding to his earlier hand with Ly. Lamb is still alive with about 550,000, while Ly has about 3.5 million.
Minh Ly was on the button and raised. ben Lamb called from the small blind and Scott Seiver called from the big blind. The flop came down and action checked around. On the turn, the landed and Lamb checked. Seiver bet, Ly called and Lamb called. On the river, the paired the board and everyone checked.
"Jack," said Lamb.
"Jack what?" questioned Ly.
"Ace-jack," responded Lamb.
After Lamb responded, Ly tabled for straight, which the table got quite the amusement out of the possibility of the slowroll. Ly won the pot as Lamb and Seiver mucked.
Jason Lester open-raised to 85,000 from the button, and Phil Hellmuth called from the big blind. The flop came . Hellmuth pushed out of bet of 60,000, and Lester raised to 210,000. Hellmuth called. Both then checked the turn and river.
Hellmuth tabled for kings and aces, and Lester mucked. Hellmuth pushes up to 1.96 million, while Lester has 735,000.
From middle position, Matt Glantz raised. Ben Lamb reraised from the small blind and Glantz called. The flop came down and Lamb bet out. Glantz called.
The turn was the and Lamb bet again. Glantz called.
The river was the and again, Lamb bet. Glantz called.
Lamb showed the for a rivered pair of aces to make two pair and Glantz mucked his hand.
Minh Ly open-raised from the button, Scott Seiver three-bet from the small blind, and Ly called. The flop came . Seiver bet, Ly raised, and Seiver called. The turn was the . This time Seiver checked, Ly bet, Seiver check-raised, and Ly called.
The river brought the and another bet from Seiver. Ly called.
Ly tabled for two pair. "Aces," said Seiver as he mucked. Ly pushes past Seiver and into the chip lead with that one. Minh is up to 2.9 million, while Seiver is now at 2.8 million.
"Hello, Phil Hellmuth!" called "Crazy" Mike Thorpe from the rail.
Thorpe has been sweating the final two tables for the better part of ten minutes, and is looking for any opportunity to needle the players at Table 292.
"Why isn't anyone talking?" Thorpe asked the table. "They're all a bunch of nits!"
Conversely, Thorpe has been conversing with members of Table 280, especially Brian Rast. We'll see if Thorpe can get something going at Table 292, or if he'll just get tossed from the Amazon Room.
Ben Lamb raised from the cutoff, Scott Seiver called from the button, then Matt Glantz reraised from the small blind. Brian Rast folded the BB, and both Lamb and Seiver called.
On the first draw, Glantz and Lamb both took one card, and Seiver two. Glantz bet, Lamb raised, Seiver called, and Glantz called as well. All three players then took one on the second draw, and all three checked.
On the third draw, all three took one again Glantz bet, Lamb called, and Seiver folded. Lamb showed , and Glantz mucked.
Lamb has about 1.5 million, while Glantz slips to 2.05 million.