Taylor Paur raised to 950 out of the small blind, and Jason Mercier defended his big blind. The flop fell , Paur tossed out a single yellow T1,000 chip, and Mercier raised to 2,575. Paur re-raised, making it 4,150 to go, and Mercier promptly moved all in.
We stopped by Table #387 to listen to some of the banter, here a taste of what we heard:
"We're attributing to the second greatest performance in World Series history," Darryll Fish said. "It's hard not to laugh.
"White magic," Kevin Saul said. "Yes! The Brandon Cantu Show."
While all the theatrics were going on, Paul Tedeschi had moved all in before the flop against Darryll Fish. Tedeschi was holding and looking to improve against Fish's .
The board rolled out though and that was good enough for Fish to score the knock out on Tedeschi.
We'll keep listening in to the banter at table #387 and keep updating with the good bits.
Joe Serock put his last few chips in preflop with and was called by . Serock was in good shape to double as the flop came but the ruined Serocks day. The river was no help and Joe Serock will book be booking his ticket to day two of this event.
Action was unusually quiet at the Bradon Cantu Show table as no one was talking. Even so, Cantu raised to 1,500 and was called by Darryll Fish and Kevin Saul, both of whom were in position.
On the flop of Cantu and Fish checked to Saul who stabbed at the pot for 2,700. Only Cantu called.
The turn was the and both players checked.
On the river , Cantu bet out 4,100. Saul went into the tank and looked as if he was about to muck his hand, but then grabbed chips and reorganized one of his stacks before tossing in a chip signifying a call.
"Queen high," Cantu said.
Cantu went to muck his hand, but kept it intact, as Saul refused to turn over his cards. At which point Cantu asked, "Are you really going to play like this Kevin?"
"I just want to know if you have queen jack with a spade," Saul said. "Are we about to break?" Saul asked a floor as he was bringing over racks. The floor informed him that they were in fact breaking the table. "Alright," he said, finally turning over his for just king high. Cantu finally mucked his hands and the men racked up their chips to move to a new table.
Action folded to Nick Schulman in the small blind where he moved all in before the flop. Brent Hanks thought about it for a bit before making the call with a covering stack.
Schulman:
Hanks:
The flop was a disaster for Schulman when it fell leaving him drawing to just one out. The turn was the and the river was the and Schulman was sent to the rail, but not before paying massage girl which he did just before he left.
Two players checked, a third tossed out 1,500, and Ognjen Sekularac called. The first player who checked raised to 4,300, and the action folded to Sekularac who moved all in. The player called.
Sekularac:
Opponent:
The completed the board, and the two chopped the pot. Sekularac has been on the up-and-up today however, and now sits with 60,000 chips.
Action began with a player raising to 1,100. In the next seat Tony Dunst moved all in over the top for his last 8,225. Action folded back around to the original raiser who put in the chips for a call.
Dunst:
Raiser:
The board ran out granting Dunst the double up and a bunch more chips to work with.
Five people took to a flop of and Andre Akkari bet out 2,600. Next to act was Prahlad Friedman. He raised to 10,000. The others folded and Akkari went all in. Friedman snap called and the cards were flipped.
Friedman:
Akkari:
A cooler indeed! The turn and river both were close to an eight but the and did not give Friedman his one out. With that pot Friedman shipped quite a few and went down to 14,000 while Akkari went to 30,700.