The player on the button opened to 150, and Erik Cajelais three-bet to 650 from the big blind. The button called, and the two men took a flop. Cajelais continued out with a bet of 700. The button flatted, and Cajelais' bet of 1,300 on the turn was also called. On the river, the filled out the board, and Cajelais fired one last bet of 2,000. The button raised now, making it 5,000 straight, and Cajelais only had 2,100 chips left. He decided to wait for a better spot, open-mucking a pocket pair of jacks to hang on to those chips for now.
Brad Garret is about the funniest guy you'll ever see at the poker table. He's currently seated at the same table as Andy Black and the pair seem to have quite a rapport. Most of the other players can't hold a straight face.
The empty seats are disappearing as our full crowd begins to fill out the Pavilion. Here's another round of new notables we spotted in our walk through half the room.
Bernard Lee, in the big blind, and another player in the small blind went to the turn with a 525 pot. The board read and the small blind bet 400. Lee raised to 1,050 and the small blind shoved for 7,225 more. Le called and tabled and the small blind was in troubled holding . The river bricked for the small blind falling and Lee has doubled his starting stack.
Nam Le was just in the enviable spot of finding aces versus queens. The money didn't get in until after the flop, and the player with the was the one that did the shoving. Le did the calling with , and the turn and river kept him in front.
In the small blind, Dan Kelly opened to 250, and Steve O'Dwyer reraised all in with his covering stack. Kelly had 2,800 chips left, and he stuck them all in there to put himself at risk.
Showdown
Kelly:
O'Dwyer:
The board ran out , and Kelly has doubled back to 5,600. O'Dwyer is back down to 9,000, there or thereabouts.
Pascal LeFrancois called a preflop raise of 250 from the big blind from a player in late position. The flop came and both players checked. The turn came and LeFrancois bet out 375. The other player called and the river came . LeFrancois checked and the other player fired out 1,300. LeFrancois thought about it and kicked his cards back to the dealer.
flop. Cajelais continued out with a bet of 700. The button flatted, and Cajelais' bet of 1,300 on the 
turn was also called. On the river, the 
filled out the board, and Cajelais fired one last bet of 2,000. The button raised now, making it 5,000 straight, and Cajelais only had 2,100 chips left. He decided to wait for a better spot, open-mucking a pocket pair of jacks to hang on to those chips for now.
and the small blind bet 400. Lee raised to 1,050 and the small blind shoved for 7,225 more. Le called and tabled 
and the small blind was in troubled holding 
. The river bricked for the small blind falling 
and Lee has doubled his starting stack.
was the one that did the shoving. Le did the calling with 
, and the turn 
and river 
kept him in front.
, and Kelly has doubled back to 5,600. O'Dwyer is back down to 9,000, there or thereabouts.
and both players checked. The turn came 
and LeFrancois bet out 375. The other player called and the river came 
. LeFrancois checked and the other player fired out 1,300. LeFrancois thought about it and kicked his cards back to the dealer.