With the board reading , Fabian Quoss checked from middle position. His opponent, seated on the button, thought about it for a bit before moving all in. Fabian Quoss made the quickest call in history.
Quoss immediately showed his and the talkative player on the button realized his flopped nuts with was drawing dead.
The river didn't matter anymore and, still smiling, the player made his exit. Quoss up to 85,000 in chips with just over half an hour to go for the day.
We happened upon the action with roughly 20,000 in the pot and a board reading . Tony Hachem, the brother of 2005 WSOP champ Joe Hachem (who is busy playing cash games a few tables away), bet 8,500 from the small blind and Dietrich Fast moved all in from the button.
Hachem hit the tank until another player at the table called clock, and the 60 seconds he was allotted was counted down by the floor person. When it hit zero, Hachem's hand was declared dead and Fast was awarded the pot.
With 9,200 in the pot and a flop of , the player in the big blind bet 4,000 and Tony Dunst, host of the World Poker Tour's Raw Deal segment, called from the button. After the dealer burned and turned the , the big blind check-called a bet of 8,200 from Dunst and then both players checked the river.
Dunst showed the for a pair of aces, and it was good as his opponent sent his hand to the muck.
From under the gun, Robert Damelian raised to 1,300. Rob Howard called from the hijack seat, and Connor Drinan called on the button.
The flop was , and Damelian bet 2,600. After Howard folded, Drinan took a moment or two before he raised all in for 21,800. Damelian received the count from the dealer, then called with the . Drinan had the for a combo draw.
The turn was the , and the river was the . Both of those missed Drinan, and he was eliminated.
From the hijack seat, Julius Colman raised to 1,600. Rob Howard called from the cutoff seat, and Connor Drinan called from the small blind.
The flop fell , and Drinan checked. Colman bet 2,200, and Howard folded. Drinan check-raised to 6,000, but Colman wasn't phased and he reraised all in for about 40,000. Drinan quickly gave it up, and Colman won the pot.
We just caught Aaron Lim all in and at risk from the big blind, after he was called by Byron Kaverman in the small blind. Lim had 15,300 chips left, and the showdown went as follows.
Kaverman:
Lim:
The board ran out and Lim doubled up, leaving Kaverman with just 19,000 chips.
On the first hand, Drinan raised to 1,500 from under the gun, and Howard called out of the small blind to see the flop come down . Both players checked, and the turn was the . Howard bet 3,200, and Drinan made the call to see the land on the river. Howard bet 2,000, and Drinan raised all in. Howard made the call for his last 3,500 or so.
"Ace-ten," announced Drinan, showing the for two pair.
"Ace-queen," announced Howard in response, showing the to double up.
On the next hand, Howard raised on the button to an unknown amount, and Drinan reraised to 3,500 from the big blind. Howard called, and before the dealer could fan the flop, Drinan fired 3,500 in the dark.
The flop was , and Howard called Drinan's bet to see the land on the turn. Drinan bet 20,000, which was enough to put Howard all in for his last 14,450. Howard called with the for top set, and Drinan tried to push his hand towards the muck without showing.
"I'm drawing dead, I'm drawing dead," Drinan said, but the dealer had stopped him from trying to muck his hand and turned over the .
Indeed, Drinan was drawing dead, and the river completed the board with the to give Howard back-to-back double ups through Drinan.
We saw Angelina Rich, the first-ever female champion and winner of the largest Mid-States Poker Tour in history, chatting with her boyfriend, Australian poker pro Alex Lynskey. It appeared she was informing him that she had just busted.
Indeed, she confirmed that was the case, and her demise came when she raised to 1,200 from the button and WSOP Europe bracelet winner Dietrich Fast three-bet to 3,500 from the small blind. Rich responded by four-betting all in, and Fast snap-called.
Fast:
Rich:
Rich was looking for an aces or some lucky cards, but none materialized as the board ran out a useless .
As we approached table 42, all the community cards were already out, three players had their cards open, and two of them were getting up to make their exits. We penned down the cards as quick as we could, and asked Celina Lin for some context. Here we go:
The player under the gun limped, Jason Koon over limped, Celina Lin limped, another player limped, and both Stevan Chew in the small blind and his neighbor the big blind saw the flop for cheap as well.
They got to work with and both blinds and the player under the gun checked. Jason Koon made a bet of 2,100 and Celina Lin called. Stevan Chew in the small blind over called and the big blind now check raised to 7,900. Jason Koon then shoved all in for 15,800, Celina Lin folded, the other player folded, Stevan Chew followed suit committing his chips, and the big blind also invested all of his chips.
Stevan Chew:
Jason Koon:
Big Blind:
The flopped straight (big blind) up against the open ended and flush draw (Koon) and pair and flush draw (Chew). Guess who won? With the on the turn and the on the river it came runner runner trips on board, handing the pot to Chew who made a full house out of his flopped pair.
"That's main events for ya" said Jason Koon with a smile as he exited the tournament area. It hasn't been the best of trips for Koon so far. Yesterday he stone bubbled the $100,000 Challenge, today he busts the Main Event with just an hour to go for the day.
Action folded to Fabian Quoss on the button and he raised to 1,400. The player in the big blind defended and the two saw a flop of . The big blind opted to lead out for 1,100, Quoss called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
The big blind bet again, this time 1,850, and Quoss came along to see the river. The big blind bet a final 2,850, but he couldn't shake Quoss.
"You win," the big blind said before showing the .
Quoss then tabled the for a pair of eights and the win.