Pat Goulding called the big blind of 300 from early position and action folded to the player in the cutoff who raised to 800. After a little bit of a stare down, Goulding called the raise.
Goulding check called a 1,300 bet from the player in the cutoff on the flop.
Both players check the turn and river, respectively. Goulding showed and his opponent showed . Another person from the table muttered "I guess sometimes you just need to stand your ground" and standing his ground seemed to work for Goulding this time.
We passed by a table in the Pavilion's White section in time to hear Justin Morgenstern explaining to a fallen foe how he managed to cut him down with the lowly .
"I thought you had like king-eight there," he said, shooting the words across the table at a man who was already headed out the door. "The drinking made me do it!"
We found out that Morgenstern, who made sure to let us know that the poker world knows him better as the "Great Moo-ha-ha," is a regular in the cash games at Bellagio, and that he rarely plays tournaments.
According to Morgenstern, his ragged hand had found a on the flop, and a on the turn for a well hidden two pair. When a arrived on the river, his opponent's looked good enough for a shove, but the Great Moo-ha-ha snapped him off to claim his stack.
When asked to name the elixir that had supposedly prompted his loose-aggressive play, Morgenstern's answer was immediate.
"Johnny Walker Blue," he said. "Always the Johnny Blue."
We heard a player shout out in joy after winning a pot, and after a quick investigation we discovered why.
Carmin Argiero had hit the river with his , when the final board rolled out . His opponent held , and with top pair on the flop he was in the lead over Argiero's ace-high, until the river delivered a dagger.
Argiero, like most poker players who catch lucky on the last card, was quick to point out that he deserved the win, saying "hey, that's the best hand I've had all day."
Action folded to Susie Isaacs in the small blind who completed the big blind and the big blind checked. Isaacs put a tall stack of blues in the middle on the and the big blind folded. Isaacs was gracious and showed her opponent one card who said laughing "Oh, I knew you had it. No doubt."
Marcel Sabag, who has the big stack at his table, raised to 900 preflop from the button, and both blinds called. On the flop, the small blind checked and the big blind moved all in for 3,900. Sabag quickly called, and the big blind folded. The all-in bettor turned up , and Sabag slowly revealed as he realized he had caught his opponent on a stone-cold bluff. The turn was a brick, and the river was a , not enough for Sabag's opponent to surpass his pair of aces.
We just saw Terry Scott take down a massive pot, after a player holding about 20,000 chips got them all into the middle holding . Scott's put him in every poker player's favorite spot, holding pocket rockets against an underpair for all the chips, and when the final board ran out , his aces remained in front.
With the win, Scott moved above the 45,000 chip mark, undoubtedly becoming one of the largest stacks in the room by virtue of holding the largest hand in Hold'em.
We came up just as the all in hand of Scott Shorr was turned up to reveal and found out he was up against . The board ran out and Shorr got a much needed double up.
According to twitter, it looks like Shannon is doing some good work in his event as well.
flop.
turn and river, respectively. Goulding showed 
and his opponent showed 
. Another person from the table muttered "I guess sometimes you just need to stand your ground" and standing his ground seemed to work for Goulding this time.
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on the flop, and a 
on the turn for a well hidden two pair. When a 
arrived on the river, his opponent's 
looked good enough for a shove, but the Great Moo-ha-ha snapped him off to claim his stack.
, when the final board rolled out 
. His opponent held 
, and with top pair on the flop he was in the lead over Argiero's ace-high, until the river delivered a dagger.
and the big blind folded. Isaacs was gracious and showed her opponent one card who said laughing "Oh, I knew you had it. No doubt."
as he realized he had caught his opponent on a stone-cold bluff. The turn was a brick, and the river was a 
