While strolling through the Yellow Section of the Pavillion Room, we saw Jean-Robert Bellande standing up at his table with a scowl fixed upon his face. We examined the table, and we saw that "King" Dan Smith had spread in front of him. Bellande was all in for his second 10K chip, and dropped his hand face-down in front of him.
Smith raked in the pot, pushing his stack above 50,000 chips, and Bellande finally sat down. The dealer then opened JRB's hand because it was an all in, exposing .
"Goddamn," he blurted. "F***. When I try that s**** I always get f***ed."
In early position, Carlos Mortensen raised to 800, and Farzad Bonyadi called from the big blind.
Bonyadi took one card, and he must have liked what he saw. Mortensen patted, and he called a bet of 2,500 from Bonyadi. The showed up on Bonyadi's side of the felt, and Mortensen mucked. He's still the big stack, but he's fallen back to about 70,000.
We came upon a table where Galen Hall and another player had just gone all in. The draw had not yet taken place, but the other player started to reveal his hand and a unanimous "WHOA!" came from the table as they attempted to stop him.
Hall's mouth dropped and he seemed unsure of what to do. It seemed he was now wondering if the overly anxious player had the nuts. After the other player officially stood pat, Hall reluctantly opted to stand pat as well and Hall said "eight-six perfect" as he revealed his .
It turned out Hall's trepidation was unwarranted as the other player only had and Hall scooped up a large pot.
After the hand Hall's stack was around 30,000 while the other player was left with a mere 5,200.
We just caught the tail end of the pot, walking up as a middle-aged gentleman had a bet of 1,625 out in front of him. He also had and he'd exposed his hand prematurely as David Williams had raised to 4,000. The unknown gentleman spent a long while in the tank considering his play, eventually settling on a fold.
Williams showed as the dealer pushed him the pot, and it pushes his stack up to about 50,000.
First in from the cutoff seat, Tom Dwan made it 1,100 to go, and Scott Seiver called from the big blind. They each took one card, and Seiver check-called 2,500 from "Durrrr".
Seiver's was the winner, and he's up to 44,500 with that pot. Dwan is down to 13,000, there or thereabouts.
John Hennigan was just eliminated by Roland Isra. We missed how the betting went but Isra showed which was enough,and Johnny World mucked his hand and made his exit from the table.
Nick Binger raised to 1,200 from under the gun, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner called and Layne Flack raised to 4,600. Binger opted to fold while Turner called.
Turner drew one card while Flack stood pat. Turner then bet 10,000 and Flack called all in for around 9,000. Turner declared "bad eight" which elicited a chuckle from Flack who replied "Is there such a thing?" Turner's "bad eight" of was good enough and Flack was sent to the rail.
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spread in front of him. Bellande was all in for his second 10K chip, and dropped his hand face-down in front of him.
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as the dealer pushed him the pot, and it pushes his stack up to about 50,000.