Yeveniy Timoshenko opened to 9,000 from the cutoff and once the small blind had folded, Dmitry Vitkind three-bet to 20,000 from the big blind. Timoshenko sat working out all of his options before settling on the most aggressive — an all-in shove. Vitkind snapped him off and the cards were flipped onto their backs.
Timoshenko:
Vitkind:
A rare mistake from Timoshenko who got his chips in as an 82% underdog, which was very uncharacteristic of him. The final board read and Timoshenko had to hand over 149,500 of his chips, leaving himself with 92,000.
David Pham raised to 9,000 from the button preflop. He was only called by Matt Berkey in the small blind.
Both players checked on the flop to the on the turn. The turn card prompted Pham to bet 12,500 chips after Berkey checked to him a second time. Berkey thought about it for a bit, then put his chips into the pot for a call.
On the river Berkey checked a third time to Pham who made a bet of 20,000. Berkey went deep into the tank but eventually mucked his hand.
"Show a bluff," someone at the table said to Phan.
Phan obliged turning over the .
"I didn't even know what card it was," Phan said. "I just grabbed one and turned it over."
The poker tables here at the Rio have automatic card shufflers built into them, which helps to speed up the pace of play thanks to the machine shuffling a deck of cards while another is in use. Over the last five minutes we have heard the floor staff instruct the dealers to stop using the shufflers, to star using the shufflers again, to stop using them and now they are using them once more!
The problem seems to lie with one of the table's power points, which has now been rectified.
"It's not like they cost $20,000 is it," one of the players said sarcastically.
"We better play quick because it's going to burst into flames soon!" joked Matt Stout.
Hopefully, the latter won't happen and it will just be the poker action that is red hot.
The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
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.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
David Pham is stirring up tons of action, and had he won this recent pot he would've had even more chips.
Under the gun David Pham raised to 12,500. Action folded to Fabrizio Gonzalez in the big blind who raised to 29,000. Pham Called.
The dealer put out the flop of prompting Gonzalez to bet 37,000. Phan quickly moved all in and Gonzalez snap called.
Phan:
Gonzalez:
Phan was in the lead but needed to dodge a , or to maintain that lead. The turn was a blank card keeping Pham in the lead, but the river was just what Gonzalez needed when it came the giving him a straight and scooping the lead away from Pham.
After all the chips were counted out Pham owed Gonzales 118,500 chips on top of what he had already put in preflop.
Nick Schulman raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and it folded to Chanracy Khun who called out of the big blind. The flop came and Khun checked. Schulman put out a continuation bet of 11,000 and Khun stuck around.
The turn brought a third diamond on the board with the and Khun checked again. Schulman cut out 37,000 and Khun stuck around to see the final card.
The river was the and Khun rapped the table for a third time. Schulman slowly moved 76,000 across the felt. Khun counted out enough chips to call and dropped them into the middle. Schulman tabled for a king-high diamond flush and Khun dropped his hand into the muck. Schulman dragged in the pot and is now sitting around 515,000.
Rhys Jones has had a roller coaster of a level, first losing almost all of his stack to Shane Schleger then doubling up through the same player. We caught the second part as it happened.
Jones open-shoved for 50,000 from the hijack and Schleger reluctantly called in the small blinds. Jones immediately revealed the an was in great shape against Schleger's . Jones stayed ahead on a flop and his kings stayed the best hand as the turn and river fell and .
According to Jones' Twitter feed, he "Lost 300k pot shaniac a2cc v j6cc on 765cxc to drop to 5k. Span back up to 100k at 5kbb. 28 left."