When we arrived at the table, Jason Somerville had already fired out a bet of 2,300 on a board of . Kevin Vandersmissen raised, making it 18,800 to go, and Somerville tanked for a considerable amount of time before calling.
Vandersmissen showed for a full house, and Somerville mucked.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier check-called a bet from Kristijonas Andrulis on a flop of , and the turn brought the . Grospellier checked again, Andrulis fired out another 5,600, and Grospellier called.
The completed the board, Grospellier checked a third and final time, and Andruilis reached for chips.
"Ninety-four," he announced, tossing forward two pink T5,000 chips.
Grospellier thought for a bit, then called. Andrulis showed for deuces full of threes, and dragged in the pot.
We arrived at the table to find Kevin Vandersmissen, John Hennigan, and Amit Makhija looking down at on the felt. Vandersmissen checked over to Hennigan who also knocked the table. Makhija fired out 5,300 and Vandersmissen made it 11,400 to go.
Hennigan thought for quite some time before making a three-bet to 25,000. Makhija folded and Vandersmissen replied by moving all in. Hennigan announced a call and the hands were rolled over:
Vandersmissen:
Hennigan:
The peeled off on the turn and several small gasps were heard at the table as Hennigan now picked up outs to make a higher full house. It was not meant to be, however, as the hit the river and Hennigan was forced to ship 43,100 across the table for Vandersmissen's double up.
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In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
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Dan O'Brien opened his button to 3,200 and received a call from Robert Mizrachi in the big blind. The duo took in a flop that read and Mizrachi checked. O'Brien continued out for 2,400 and Mizrachi came over the top for 5,100 total. O'Brien called to see a turn.
The came down on the turn and Mizrachi slowed down with a check. O'Brien checked it as well and the finished the board. Mizrachi casually flung 3,000 onto the felt and O'Brien called. Mizrachi showed for a rivered pair of sevens to go with the queens and it was good as O'Brien mucked his cards. Mizrachi picked up the pot and now has about 68,000.