We've been listening to a conversation between Shaun Deeb and Phil Hellmuth for a long while now. It was partly because we were waiting for Hellmuth to make a move with his short stack. But we were enjoying the banter, besides.
The two were trying to negotiate a fair price to bet on Hellmuth to win this thing. He had about 9,000 chips when the conversation began, and Deeb offered to lay 110:1 odds.
"One-ten?!" Hellmuth was indignant. The two offered their arguments for each side of the bet, and Hellmuth tried to move the line. He considered for a moment, then suggested, "I'll do it for one-forty."
Deeb just laughed. "I don't set lines to negotiate. I set the line, and then that's the line if you want it."
"Come on," Hellmuth was working it out. "You gotta go a little higher, kid."
"All right," Deeb conceded quickly. "One-twelve." The table chuckled.
No-Limit Hold'em
As the two were talking, they mixed it up in a decisive pot. Hellmuth opened to 2,200 from late position, and Deeb three-bet to 5,500 on the button. The rest of Hellmuth's short stack went in, and his was trailing Deeb's .
The board ran , and Hellmuth saved himself a little money by delaying that bet. He's out, and Deeb climbs to about 75,000 with that knockout. Deeb offered to carry the bet forward to the next event, and Hellmuth said he was on the way over to play the $1,500 Stud event next door. Deeb laid him 112:1 on winning, and Hellmuth promptly pulled $500 out and shipped it to Deeb.
How do we get people to throw money at us like that?
Adam Kornuth has been jamming out on his Bose Headphones all day on Table 373, and for good reason; he is our chip leader as we near the money bubble.
Kornuth took down another pot recently to extend his lead. The board read when we reached the table, he and an opponent checked, and the turn brought the . Kornuth called a bet from his opponent, and the river was the .
Kornuth's opponent check-called a bet, Kornuth opened for a set of sevens, and he shipped the pot.
We caught the hand starting on fourth street, where Kelly bet and his opponent called. Kelly's bets were also called on fifth and sixth, both players checked on seventh, and Kelly opened for a ten-eight low. It was good, and Kelly was awarded the pot.
We just noticed that Noah Boeken and Kyle Loman are both playing Chinese Poker on their iPads. They're at adjacent tables, and a closer inspection finds they're playing a game against each other.
Max Pescatori is on his iPad, too, but he's choosing to pass time with some sort of a missile-firing, tower-defending, button-mashing strategy game.
A player with the up brought in, John Monnette completed, and Andrew Brown and the first player called. On fourth, fifth and sixth, the action checked to Brown who bet. He was all in on sixth for less than a big bet, and the player who brought in raised. Monnette called.
Monnette called another bet on seventh, and the hands were opened.
Just as soon as we write about Noah Boeken playing two games at once, we suddenly find him playing none.
No-Limit Hold'em
First in from the cutoff seat, Noah Boeken raised all in for just about 6,000. Jeet Shetty -- our favorite name of the day -- was in the big blind, and he called to put Boeken at risk.
Showdown
Boeken:
Shetty:
The board ran out , and Boeken has been eliminated. He slipped the cover over his iPad as he exited, and it looks like both of his games are done for the night.
Shawn Buchanan raised in the cutoff seat, John Juanda made it three bets on the button, Lamar Wilkinson cold-called in the big blind, and Buchanan made the call as well. All three players drew two cards, and the action checked to Juanda who bet. Only Buchanan called.
Buchanan thought for nearly half a minute before discarding one card. Juanda started to laugh.
"Take it back," he told him, playfully sliding the card back.
Juanda patted, Buchanan checked, and Juanda fired. Buchanan released, and Juanda raked in the pot.
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, and Hellmuth saved himself a little money by delaying that bet. He's out, and Deeb climbs to about 75,000 with that knockout. Deeb offered to carry the bet forward to the next event, and Hellmuth said he was on the way over to play the $1,500 Stud event next door. Deeb laid him 112:1 on winning, and Hellmuth promptly pulled $500 out and shipped it to Deeb.![[user139916]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
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