Michael Phelps sat down late in this event, but he has quickly doubled his stack and then some. We just caught Phelps taking down a small pot to up his stack to over 8,000.
We caught up with the action on the flop, which read . Phelps's lone opponent bet out 500, and Phelps tossed out a chip for the call. Both players checked when the hit the turn, and the same occurred when the river came the . Phelps announced "one pair" and tabled . His opponent mucked, and Phelps took down the small pot.
Yesterday, we were all surprised to see the greatest Olympic athlete of all time, Michael Phelps, sit down and play the $5,000 buy in Eight Max event. Well he may be sticking around for a while here at the Rio, as we just saw him take his seat in this event after busting Day 2. We will be sure to keep track of the Olympian, and see if he can add a different kind of gold to his vast collection.
Paul Volpe just busted and we caught most of the action. Preflop, Volpe was involved in some betting action with one other player, and both were headed to the flop.
On the flop, the other player bet out 1,000. Volpe raised all in from the button for 2,600 total and the other player quickly called.
Volpe:
Player:
Volpe was ahead, but he needed to fade a club to stay alive. The on the turn dashed his chances and left him drawing dead though. The meaningless fell on the river and Volpe was sent packing.
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All of the players left in this first flight are in the Amazon room now, and after walking through the room we weren't able to find these players anywhere.
The player under the gun raised to 325, and got calls from the next player, as well as under the gun +3. Action folded around to Kevin Saul in the small blind, and he put the rest of his 1,350 into the middle. The first raiser called, and while the next player folded, he got one more call from utg +3.
The two players checked down the board that ran down , and Saul could not beat the of his opponent. We expect to see Saul return at 5.
. Phelps's lone opponent bet out 500, and Phelps tossed out a chip for the call. Both players checked when the 
hit the turn, and the same occurred when the river came the 
. Phelps announced "one pair" and tabled 
. His opponent mucked, and Phelps took down the small pot.
flop, the other player bet out 1,000. Volpe raised all in from the button for 2,600 total and the other player quickly called.
on the turn dashed his chances and left him drawing dead though. The meaningless 
fell on the river and Volpe was sent packing.
of his opponent. We expect to see Saul return at 5.