In middle position, a player opened to 1,000, and Eddy Sabat flatted. On the button, a third player three-bet to 3,500, and the initial raiser flatted. Now Sabat snuck in another raise to 14,500 total, folding the player behind him. The initial raiser shoved, though, putting Sabat to the decision for all ~35,000 of his chips. Snap-call, and the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Raiser:
Sabat:
"I thought you were squeezing," the raiser said in a misread. The board ran out clean for Sabat, coming to double him up into big-stack territory with 80,500 chips.
The player under the gun shoved all in for 8,700, and the gentleman in the cutoff did so as well. From the button, Tommy Vedes shoved in too, committing his last 9,800 chips to the pot. Not done yet! From the big blind, John Lee called all in as well, his 12,325 also in the middle. We'll sort out the pot later, let's see the cards.
Under the gun:
Cutoff:
Vedes:
Lee:
Everyone started yelling for their cards, and a small crowd gathered around the table to sweat the four-way all in.
Somehow, the under-the-gun player took a big lead as the flop came to give him middle set. The turn was a good sweat card for everyone, and the river made Broadway for the two ace-queens.
The player with eights is out, the player with nines owes 12,325, and Vedes and Lee chop it up. Well, actually nine players, a dealer, and two floormen chopped it up over about a five-minute period.
We found this hand with around 15,000 in the pot already and Lars Bonding was all in. Bonding had 17,000 counted out in front of him and everyone else at the table looked angry. Another player at the table, not involved in the hand, asked the dealer to call for the floor for a clock.
The petite dealer called for the floor three times, but none came right away. The dealer didn't have much of a yelling voice so the player that called for the clock volunteered his watch for the dealer. By the time the floorman arrived the tanking player folded his hand.
From reports at the table the preflop action took a seven minutes.
We found this hand after the flop of and the under the gun player bet 1,200. John "The Razor" Phan raised to 3,000 in the cutoff and the UTG player shoved all in. Phan called and tabled the UTG player showed .
The turn came and the river ended Phan's day when it gave his opponent two pair.
We missed the betting action on the flop, but we know all three players in the pot put 2,200 in there heading to the turn. A gentleman we don't recognize checked from the big blind, and Amanda Baker checked too. Dwyte Pilgrim knocked the table in position, and everyone got a free river. It checked to Pilgrim, and he made it 6,000 to call. The big blind called, Baker folded, and Pilgrim showed to win the pot. Easy game.
We caught this hand taking place on the river with a big pile of chips in the pot. The board was at the river reading . Dan O'Brien moved all in for 15,825 after his opponent bet 4,500. His opponent called and O'Brien turned over for a full house.
His opponent complained, "What a sick river. Just sick." And then he counted out the 15,825 and shipped it over to O'Brien.
We caught this hand going to the flop with Nam Le and an unknown player. They had about 4,000 in the pot when the flop rolled . The unknown player bet 1,700 and Le called. The turn came and both players checked. The river was the and the unknown player bet out 2,225, Le called and tabled . The other player had and Le took the pot and bumped his count to 24,000.
Jonathan Duhamel moved all in from the small blind after the player on the button raised to 1,050. Action folded all the way around back to the player on the button and he called.
Duhamel:
Small Blind:
The board ran and the 2010 Main Event Champ was sent to the rail.
to double him up into big-stack territory with 80,500 chips.
was a good sweat card for everyone, and the river 
made Broadway for the two ace-queens.
and the under the gun player bet 1,200. John "The Razor" Phan raised to 3,000 in the cutoff and the UTG player shoved all in. Phan called and tabled 
the UTG player showed 
.
and the river 
flop, but we know all three players in the pot put 2,200 in there heading to the 
river. It checked to Pilgrim, and he made it 6,000 to call. The big blind called, Baker folded, and Pilgrim showed 
to win the pot. Easy game.
for a full house.
and both players checked. The river was the 
. The other player had 
