A quick word with Chris Moorman revealed the story behind the aforementioned "full house" hand.
According to the horse's mouth, under-the-gun opened to 1,900 and Moorman called in the big blind with .
The flop rolled out and Moorman check-raised his opponent's continuation bet of 2,900 to 7,700, which was duly called.
On the turn, Moorman led for 12,300, which was called, before shoving the river. After a brief pause, the under-the-gun player made the call before being shown the bad news.
Moorman currently in confident mood, and surely one of the favourites for bracelet gold.
From the cutoff seat, Phil Ivey raised to 2,000. The player on the button made the call and then John Tabatabai squeezed in a three-bet from the big blind to 7,000. Ivey and the button both folded, allowing Tabatabai to jump to 58,000 chips. Ivey was left with 32,000.
John Tabatabai has been relatively quite today in terms of the action, getting on with work fairly easily. He had checked the turn of a board across to Michael Abecassis who checked behind. The river saw Tabatabai fire out 12,500 at his Gallic opponent who took several minutes before folding to the inaugural WSOPE runner-up.
Action here has really slowed down as we reach the last level of the day. Remember, we'll be playing down to the final table tomorrow from 2pm.
With the flop reading , all the chips hit the middle with Jamie Sykes' tournament life on the line with versus the of former chip daddy Javed Abrahams. The turn was a ragtastic , which was soon followed by an equally harmless river, which, mysteriously, Phil Laak predicted.
"I felt it," claimed Laak who, I should add, is madder than a box of monkeys in an asylum. "I have DTP, Defocused Temporal Perception, and I could see that card coming."
Regardless of Laak's incredible powers, Sykes has taken a big bite out of Abrahams' stack and is now up to around 70,000 as a result.
Jason Gray, who has over one million in live tournament winnings to his name, won't be adding to this stat today as he's just gone crashing out of the event. I arrived too late in the day to shower you with details, but I did spot that he had flopped top pair before losing out to a turned flush.
Action folded to Phil Ivey on the button and he raised to 2,500. Peter Wood called from the small blind and the two saw a flop of . Wood checked and Ivey fired 3,000. Wood folded and Ivey won the pot.
On the next rotation, Ivey raised to 2,500 on the button again after action folded to him and things were shaping up the same as they did five hands ago with Wood making the call from the small blind.
The flop came down and Wood wasn't check-folding this time. He fired 4,100 and after a minute in the tank, Ivey moved all in for 30,100.
"Look what you've gotten yourself into now," said Wood about himself. "I can't fold this hand."
Another minute or so went by and then Wood made the call with the . Ivey held the best hand at the moment with the . An ace or a club would give Wood the best hand if he were to hit on the turn or river.
"Can I use my one time?" asked Wood as the was put out on the turn. He missed there, but the spiked on the river and although Ivey made a set, Wood spiked a club flush to win the hand. He slapped his hands together in victory before shaking the hand of Ivey.
Ivey got up quickly and began to exit the room. Willie Tann had asked Ivey earlier to give him his hat after he was finished, but Ivey must've forgotten about it and made his way to the exit.
Tann signaled to his railbird who was the one the hat was for and he started to go after Ivey. The fan held a Sharpie marker in hand, but turned back, obviously not wanting to bug Ivey after he just busted out. Tann insisted he go and the railbird turned back, with another friend by his side now, and they went after Ivey to ask for his hat and autograph. Ivey was already out the door and up the stairs at this time. He probably wasn't going to be too keen on signing autographs and giving away his hat upon busting, but everyone's a fanboy when you're the best player in the game. Just another day in the life of Ivey.
With the final minutes looming, the wonderfully named Kayvan Payman (I'm resisting the temptation to abbreviate to Kay-Pay) opened from the button to 2,100, only for Liv Boeree to three-bet from the big blind to 6,500. Payman just flat-called.
The flop was , and Boeree decided to maintain aggression by leading for 7,000. Again, Payman called, leaving himself around 25,000 behind.
On the turn, Boeree asked for a rough count, before holding up the white flag and tapping the felt, thus triggering a bet of 12,000 from Payman. Boeree quickly let it go and Payman took the pot.
"Gross," commented Boeree with a sigh.
"Did you have a hand?" asked another player.
"Yeah," she replied with her eyebrows raised.
Hand or no hand, Boeree is enduring a rather frustrating final level, and is now back below average with circa 40,000 in chips. Payman, meanwhile, has shot up to the 60,000 mark and looks set to end the day on a high.
Chris Bjorin opened preflop to 3,000 and Allen Cunningham moved all-in for just over 20,000. It was passed around to Phil Laak who pushed all-in behind him and Bjorin tanked and folded what he said was .
Laak:
Cunningham:
The board came and Cunningham goes out to Laak, who is starting to build up a sizeable stack.
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and Moorman check-raised his opponent's continuation bet of 2,900 to 7,700, which was duly called.
turn, Moorman led for 12,300, which was called, before shoving the 
river. After a brief pause, the under-the-gun player made the call before being shown the bad news.
board across to Michael Abecassis who checked behind. The river 
saw Tabatabai fire out 12,500 at his Gallic opponent who took several minutes before folding to the inaugural WSOPE runner-up.
versus the 
of former chip daddy Javed Abrahams. The turn was a ragtastic 
, which was soon followed by an equally harmless 
river, which, mysteriously, Phil Laak predicted.
, behind but with a chance against the Frenchman's 
board and Abecassis doubled to 45,000. Tabatabai dropped to 35,000.
. Wood checked and Ivey fired 3,000. Wood folded and Ivey won the pot.
. An ace or a club would give Wood the best hand if he were to hit on the turn or river.
was put out on the turn. He missed there, but the 
turn, Boeree asked for a rough count, before holding up the white flag and tapping the felt, thus triggering a bet of 12,000 from Payman. Boeree quickly let it go and Payman took the pot.
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and Cunningham goes out to Laak, who is starting to build up a sizeable stack.