A player in middle position opened with a raise to 600 and action folded to five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Scotty Nguyen in the small blind. He opted to three-bet it to 900, the big blind folded and the original raiser made the call. The flop saw Nguyen lead out for 300, the middle-position player call and the come out on the turn. Nguyen kept the pressure on with a bet of 600 and his opponent rapped the tabled before sending his cards to the muck.
Even though he won that hand, the 1998 WSOP Main Event champ is having a tough go here on Day 1 and is down to a third of the starting stack.
Meanwhile, John Hennigan has been sent to the rail.
Shannon Shorr opened to 600 from middle position only to have Dale Townsend three-bet to 900. Scott Abrams called in the big blind, as did Shorr to see a flop fall.
Townsend fired out a continuation-bet of 300 only to have Abrams check-raise. Shorr folded but Townsend made the call before raising Abrams' 600-chip bet when the landed on the turn. Abrams made it three bets to go and Townsend just called before calling a bet on the river of the .
Abrams tabled his for top full house while Townsend tabled his to lose the pot and slip to 17,000 in chips.
We're not quite sure how she got them, but Violette is currently sitting on a stack of 41,000! Apparently she not only loves H.O.R.S.E., but she's really good at it too.
Their were quite a few chips in the pot and a board reading when we picked up the action. A player in the big blind checked and Tom Hammers bet 600 from the under-the-gun position. Mike Noori put in a raise, the big blind woke up with a check-raise to 1,800 and Hammer called. Noori did too and then the completed the board on the river. The big blind led out for 600 and received two calls.
Hammer:
Noori:
Big Blind:
The big blind took the high with a straight while Hammer and Noori had to chop the low.
We caught the action on seventh street with Andrey Pateychuk already all in and Jason Mercier facing a bet from another player. Eventually Mercier made the call only to see that his opponent had made an eight-seven low by hitting an ace on seventh. Mercier mucked his hand, dropping to just 1,525 in the process, and Pateychuk did the same before exiting the tournament area.
flop saw Nguyen lead out for 300, the middle-position player call and the 
come out on the turn. Nguyen kept the pressure on with a bet of 600 and his opponent rapped the tabled before sending his cards to the muck.
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flop fall.
landed on the turn. Abrams made it three bets to go and Townsend just called before calling a bet on the river of the 
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for top full house while Townsend tabled his 
when we picked up the action. A player in the big blind checked and Tom Hammers bet 600 from the under-the-gun position. Mike Noori put in a raise, the big blind woke up with a check-raise to 1,800 and Hammer called. Noori did too and then the 
completed the board on the river. The big blind led out for 600 and received two calls.
