Team Pokerstars Pro George Danzer raised to 900 on the button, and the small blind 3-bet to 2,100. The big blind folded, and Danzer made the call. The flop brought all diamonds, coming , and the small blind c-bet to 2,350. Danzer called, and the turn came the . Again, the small blind led out, this time for 5,000, and again, Danzer called. The river brought the , and the small blind shoved for his last 10,000, and Danzer snap called. Danzer showed for the nut flush, and his opponent said "I have kings with the king of diamonds," as he mucked his hand and headed for the rail.
John Orr limped in the hijack and Mickey Appleman raised to 550 from the cutoff. Camton Michaels called from the small blind and Orr called as well. The flop came and action checked over to Appleman who bet 1,500. Michaels called while Orr got out of the way. The turn brought the and Michaels bet out 3,300 which Appleman called. After the came on the river Michaels again bet out 3,300 and Appleman tossed out the chips to call.
Michaels flipped over his for a pair of aces but found his hand was no good against Appleman's for two pair. Appleman scooped up the pot to bring his stack back up to 29,000.
It was folded around to Sammy Farha in the cutoff who also folded but when he did so, his cards collided mid-air with the dealer’s arm to expose . It was then folded to Lex Veldhuis in the small blind who raised to 625 only to be met with a three-bet to 1,800 from the big blind. Veldhuis made the call and check-called his opponent’s bet of 1,800 on the flop.
On the turn, Veldhuis again check-called the big blind’s bet, this time for 4,500 while both players checked the on the river. Veldhuis turned over for eights up which was good for the win when the big blind mucked, unless Farha would have stuck around with his monster of course.
We missed the action, but from what we can gather, Scott Montgomery was involved in a pot that was four-bet all in. According to Montgomery's twitter, his opponent opened to 450, Montgomery made it 1,500 to go, and his opponent moved all in for around 20,000 more. Montgomery had against his opponent's and the aces were able to hold when the case ace came on the flop. This pot brings Montgomery's stack to 71,000.
The board read and there was about 10,000 in the middle. Tom Schneider had checked, and Greg Raymer had set out a column of chips representing about a pot-sized bet. Schneider tanked for some time, looking over the 12,000 or so he had behind.
Finally he folded his face up. The Fossilman hesitated for a moment before responding. "That's a helluva fold," said Raymer, showing his .
"Wow," was the general consensus around the table. "I've flopped sets twice now," said Schneider with a grim grin. "You don't want to flop sets, they're no good," he added. "Yes, I'm waiting for Day 4," said Olivier Busquet from across the table, eliciting some laughs.
"That's how you become player of the year," said Raymer, referring to Schneider's 2007 WSOP POY performance. "You know where you are at, and you make good reads."
The conversation continued, with some confessing they wouldn't have been able to let go of Schneider's hand. Meanwhile the Donkey Bomber just shook his head as he attempted to find at least some humor in the situation.
"I did have one out," he grinned.
Schneider is making good reads, but is hoping to get rewarded for doing so soon. While he sits on the short stack, Raymer is back up to around 32,000.
Jeffrey Papola has made a name for himself by absolutely crushing 6-max tournaments here at the World Series, but today he did not fair so well in the 10 handed main event, as he has just been eliminated. We missed the hand that did most of the damage, but when we went to Papola's table, he was all in for a single black T100 chip. Two other players called before one player raised all of them out, meaning Papola was heads up for his tournament life.
Papola:
Opponent:
The board ran out , and Papola scored the quintuple up to 500 chips with his two pair. Unfortuately, his dreams of a chip and a chair comeback ended on the next hand. Papola got it all in with , and found one caller, who had . The flop was great for Papola, coming . The on the turn gave his opponent no help, but the river was the , giving his opponent a straight. That hand will mark the end of the 2011 World Series for Jeffrey Papola.
Sebastian Ruthenberg raised to 500 from the button and was called by the player in the small blind. The flop fell and Ruthenberg's opponent check-called a bet of 675. The came on the turn and both players checked to see the drop on the river. Ruthenberg's opponent tossed out 1,500 and Ruthenberg made the call. His opponent tabled and Ruthenberg shot his hand toward the muck.
On a flop reading , Jason Alexander led out for 1,400 from middle position. He was called by both of his opponents in the cutoff and the button.
The turn brought a and Alexander tossed in a bet to 5,500. The player in the cutoff shook his head and folded and so did the button after a little deliberation.
Scott Montgomery opened the action by raising to 450. He received a call from the player on his left and then a player in late position three-bet to 1,750. It folded around to the player in the big blind who decided to make the call. Montgomery and the original caller also decided to stick around.
The four players saw a flop of and it checked around to the player who three-bet preflop. He continued out with a bet of 5,000 chips. The player in the big blind folded and Montgomery sat pondering before sliding 20,000 chips out into the middle. The remaining player got out of the way and action was back to the original aggressor.
After pondering for about a minute, Montgomery's opponent shook his head and tapped the table, mucking his cards with his other hand. From this fold Montgomery was able to pick up a nice sized pot.
, and the small blind c-bet to 2,350. Danzer called, and the turn came the 
. Again, the small blind led out, this time for 5,000, and again, Danzer called. The river brought the 
, and the small blind shoved for his last 10,000, and Danzer snap called. Danzer showed 
for the nut flush, and his opponent said "I have kings with the king of diamonds," as he mucked his hand and headed for the rail.
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and action checked over to Appleman who bet 1,500. Michaels called while Orr got out of the way. The turn brought the 
and Michaels bet out 3,300 which Appleman called. After the 
came on the river Michaels again bet out 3,300 and Appleman tossed out the chips to call.
for a pair of aces but found his hand was no good against Appleman's 
for two pair. Appleman scooped up the pot to bring his stack back up to 29,000.
. It was then folded to Lex Veldhuis in the small blind who raised to 625 only to be met with a three-bet to 1,800 from the big blind. Veldhuis made the call and check-called his opponent’s bet of 1,800 on the 
flop.
turn, Veldhuis again check-called the big blind’s bet, this time for 4,500 while both players checked the 
for eights up which was good for the win when the big blind mucked, unless Farha would have stuck around with his monster of course.
and the aces were able to hold when the case ace came on the flop. This pot brings Montgomery's stack to 71,000.
and there was about 10,000 in the middle. Tom Schneider had checked, and Greg Raymer had set out a column of chips representing about a pot-sized bet. Schneider tanked for some time, looking over the 12,000 or so he had behind.
face up. The Fossilman hesitated for a moment before responding. "That's a helluva fold," said Raymer, showing his 
on the turn gave his opponent no help, but the river was the 
and Ruthenberg's opponent check-called a bet of 675. The 
drop on the river. Ruthenberg's opponent tossed out 1,500 and Ruthenberg made the call. His opponent tabled 
and Ruthenberg shot his hand toward the muck.
and Alexander tossed in a bet to 5,500. The player in the cutoff shook his head and folded and so did the button after a little deliberation.
