An opponent under the gun raised and the action folded around to the player in the small blind, who re-raised before the happy-go-lucky Chris Tryba slammed his stack in. "Two million!" he cried.
Of course, given that it's Limit Hold'em, he could only go to 300. The UTG player called, but the small blind four-bet it. "FIVE million!" barked Tryba as he capped the betting. The UTG player folded and the small blind called, then checked on the flop of .
"17 million!" Tryba said. The small blind called 200.
Turn: . Check. "14,000!". Call 400.
River: . Check. "I'm all in!" Call 400.
"I got aces," Tryba said, tabling . The small blind looked over at Tryba with a grimace, flashing him his cards.
"Ooh, that's a cooler, huh?" Tryba exclaimed. "Did you see? Kings! He had kings!"
Action began preflop when Sergey Rybachenko raised from the hijack and was three-bet by Shannon Shorr from the cutoff. Action folded back around Rybanchenko who made the call.
The flop fell . Rybachenko checked to Shorr who continued out with a bet. Rybachenko made the call and the two saw a turn of . Rybachenko check-called a bet once again and the river came . Shorr tossed another bet out after Rybachenko checked and it was called.
Shorr tabled and Rybachenko sent his hand to muck.
The action folded around to a player in middle position who raised to 125 preflop; his neighbor re-raised to 275, but Tom Dwan four-bet it to 650. The action then folded around to the player in the big blind, who called, but the first middle position player got out of the way, making it three-handed to the flop of .
The big blind checked to the second middle position player who bet 375 and Dwan called before the big blind folded, making it heads-up to the turn of the , where the player led out for 725. Dwan called, then both players checked down the river before the player showed .
Dwan also tabled and that resulted in an equal dividend of gaming tokens for both competitors.
A player in late position raised to 300, action then folded around to the blinds where Matt Affleck, and Adam "Roothlus" Levy sat. Both the blinds called and were awarded a flop.
The cards came out and both Affleck and Levy checked. The player in late position fired out 150 and Affleck was kind enough to give a call while Levy opted to fold.
Both players checked the turn. There was then a repeat of action with the as they both checked again. Affleck solemnly flipped over for a pair of aces and his opponent mucked.
With the board reading , Jimmy Fricke shot out a bet of 525 and the player on the button made the call. The came on the river and Fricke pushed out a bet worth 1,000. His opponent tanked before finally making the call, only to see Fricke turn over . Fricke's opponent mucked his cards while saying "You're getting some big hands early", to Fricke. Big hands or not, Fricke is managing to build his stack early on.
We caught up with the action when the board read to see Matt Matros push out a bet of 250 from the small blind. His opponent in the big blind called while the other two players in the hand mucked their cards.
The river came and Matros continued his aggression, betting out 725. His opponent thought for roughly thirty-seconds before throwing out a call. Matros tabled for a pair of queens, but his opponent flipped up for a one-better kicker. The pot was pushed toward Matros' opponent while Matros took a small hit early.
And no, we're not talking about Daniel Negreanu's 2006 poker video game, although he is present at the table. Tons of notable names are seated around table #109 including Daniel Negreanu, Hoyt Corkins, Ronnie Bardah, Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, Phil Laak, and Rep Porter. It will be interesting to see how play develops and who will end up felting who as the evening wears on.
On a flop that read , the player in the cutoff bet out 650 and Jimmy Fricke called before both players checked the on the turn. Fricke then called the cutoff's bet of 800 on the river of the and the cutoff tabled , which was no good against Fricke's .
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. Check. "14,000!". Call 400.
. Check. "I'm all in!" Call 400.
. The small blind looked over at Tryba with a grimace, flashing him his cards.
. Rybachenko checked to Shorr who continued out with a bet. Rybachenko made the call and the two saw a turn of 
. Rybachenko check-called a bet once again and the river came 
. Shorr tossed another bet out after Rybachenko checked and it was called.
and Rybachenko sent his hand to muck.
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before the player showed 
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and both Affleck and Levy checked. The player in late position fired out 150 and Affleck was kind enough to give a call while Levy opted to fold.
turn. There was then a repeat of action with the 
came on the river and Fricke pushed out a bet worth 1,000. His opponent tanked before finally making the call, only to see Fricke turn over 
to see Matt Matros push out a bet of 250 from the small blind. His opponent in the big blind called while the other two players in the hand mucked their cards.
and Matros continued his aggression, betting out 725. His opponent thought for roughly thirty-seconds before throwing out a call. Matros tabled 
for a pair of queens, but his opponent flipped up 
, the player in the cutoff bet out 650 and Jimmy Fricke called before both players checked the 
and the cutoff tabled 
, which was no good against Fricke's 
.
