On a flop reading , James Akenhead bet 1,750 out from the small blind and one opponent in middle position called.
The turn brought a and Akenhead once again fired, this time for 1,950. His opponent called once more.
Akenhead couldn't pull the trigger when the fell on the river, instead checking to his opponent, who checked behind. Akenhead tabled for air and his opponent flipped up for just third pair, which was good enough to drag the pot.
On her big blind, Jennifer Tilly faced an all-in raise by an unknown player to her left. After asking for a count, the actress turned poker professional inquired "do you have a small pair?" while she deliberated.
Eventually, Tilly decided to make the call and showed her , finding herself ahead of the held by her opponent, who offered a "nice call" while waiting for the dealer to reveal the board.
Tilly responded with a "not really, but I'm drinking" as she laughed and saw a flop of .
Her opponent said "now it's a nice a call" as the ace on the flop left him drawing nearly dead.
The on the turn sealed the deal and after a meaningless on the river, Tilly added a decent pot to her growing chip stack.
With the board reading the player in the small blind bet 1,800 and David Chiu called. The river brought the and the small blind checked it over to Chiu who bet 2,600. The small blind went into the tank for a good long while. As the table waited for him to make his decision Chiu said "It's hard to lay down kings sometimes." The player folded soon afterward and looked fairly confident about his choice.
We caught up with the action with the board reading . A mountain of multicolored chips sat in the middle and the pot looked to hold around 12,000 chips. A player in the big blind, who preferred not to be named, had pushed all-in for a bet of 7,125 and his opponent went deep into the tank.
After nearly three minutes of contemplation, the clock was called and the dealer began to count down the time remaining in the hand. The player faced with the all-in bet finally decided to muck his cards as the count neared its conclusion.
Our mystery man then defiantly flipped over his for a pure bluff, needling the other player in the process as he dragged the massive pot in his direction.
Tim West open shoved for around 3,400 and was called by the player in the cutoff. West's was behind his opponent's until the board ran out giving West a pair of queens and the pot.
After the hand West's stack was up to around 7,000.
Here in the Pavillion there are quite a few TVs throughout the room. Usually these screens all display the tournament clock for the current tournament running in that area, but not right now! With the NBA Finals going on, almost every screen in the room has been switched over to the basketball game. Perhaps this will give any players who are bored an opportunity to make some side bets!
We caught up with the action as Men "The Master" Nguyen and an unknown opponent showed down on a board that held four cards to a straight. Nguyen's opponent showed a for the low straight, while "The Master" showed a for the high end.
The dealer must have misread the board because he began to push the large pot towards the other player. Nguyen angrily grabbed his king and began slamming the table with it, showing the dealer, the players at the table and anyone within earshot that he held the winner.
The controversy was quickly sorted out as the dealer recognized his error and awarded the pot to Nguyen, who now has a healthy stack of over 16,000 chips.
We just spotted something a bit odd. A player moved all in preflop for his last 3,100 chips and then reached into his bag and pulled out a stick of Degree deodorant to place on the table. We're guessing he was trying to create his own "Degree All-In Moment." Carlos Calveiro called the all in and the hands were tabled.
Degree Guy:
Calveiro:
Degree guy was still ahead after the flop came but the turn brought a card sure to induce a sweat, the . The river was the and Degree guy and his deodorant were sent to the rail.
, James Akenhead bet 1,750 out from the small blind and one opponent in middle position called.
and Akenhead once again fired, this time for 1,950. His opponent called once more.
fell on the river, instead checking to his opponent, who checked behind. Akenhead tabled 
for air and his opponent flipped up 
for just third pair, which was good enough to drag the pot.
, finding herself ahead of the 
.
on the river, Tilly added a decent pot to her growing chip stack.
and the small blind checked it over to Chiu who bet 2,600. The small blind went into the tank for a good long while. As the table waited for him to make his decision Chiu said "It's hard to lay down kings sometimes." The player folded soon afterward and looked fairly confident about his choice.
. A mountain of multicolored chips sat in the middle and the pot looked to hold around 12,000 chips. A player in the big blind, who preferred not to be named, had pushed all-in for a bet of 7,125 and his opponent went deep into the tank.
for a pure bluff, needling the other player in the process as he dragged the massive pot in his direction.
until the board ran out 
for the low straight, while "The Master" showed a 
for the high end.
but the turn brought a card sure to induce a sweat, the 
. The river was the 
and Degree guy and his deodorant were sent to the rail.