Alex Masek called a raise from a late position player and a caller from the small blind. The three players took to a flop of . Masek checked and the initial raiser bet. The third player got out of the way and Masek called. The two checked the . The river gave Masek no reason to bet as he checked. His opponent thought about it for a moment but decided to check.
Masek flipped over for middle pair on the flop. His opponent bluffed the flop and gave up with . With that pot Masek moved up to 22,000.
The tables from the Amazon and Pavilion rooms have all been broken into Brasilia, where they have started breaking the red section as well. The clock says 840 players remain, meaning that we have already lost almost 2/3 of the players in the field.
We missed the hand, but got a description from the man stacking the chips after it was over.
According to Jean-Luc Voyer (with a little extra input from his tablemates), he was facing two limpers, and raised preflop. The flop was rainbow. He continued on the flop and got a caller. The turn was a , and Voyer bet 2,100, and his opponent called. The river was a , and the players ended up in an all-in confrontation. Voyer's opponent held , and had turned a set after limping preflop. Voyer held , and had raised hoped to win without resistance preflop and on the flop, but ended up making a straight on the river.
Afterward, Voyer joking said, "I am ashamed," but the smile on his face as he stacked his chips and recalled the hand told a different story.
An early position player moved all in for his last 2,500, and it folded around to WSOP Circuit king Alex Masek. He asked for a count, then announced call. Everyone else folded, and Masek tabled the best hand in poker.
Masek:
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Masek was in fantastic shape going to the flop, but he didn't like to see it come down . Masek was looking to fade a king, jack, or ten, and the on the turn helped him out a ton, as now only a ten would lose him the hand. The river was the , and Masek collected the bounty to up his stack to 11,000.
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After a player raised to 450 from middle position, Garry Gates made the call out of the big blind to see the flop come down . Gates checked, and the preflop raiser checked behind.
The turn paired the board with the . Gates fired a bet of 600, and his opponent made the call to see the land on the river. Gates led with another bet, this time for 1,000. His opponent tossed in the call.
Gates rolled over the for a flopped flush, and his opponent mucked.
On the next hand, a player opened with a raise to 500 on the button. Gates three-bet to 1,200 from the small blind, and the button made the call.
On the all-paint flop, Gates bet 1,200, and his opponent made the call. The dealer then added the to the board on fourth street, and Gates checked. Just as the player on the button was about to fired a bet of 1,800, Gates flicked his cards to the muck and gave up on the pot.
We only walked up to the table on the river of a completed board that read . There was about 6,000 in the middle, and Marc-Andre Ladouceur had fired out 3,900 into Todd Terry. Terry tanked for about two minutes, all the while holding the calling chips in his right hand. Eventually, he said "I can't believe I'm laying this down," and showed .
Ladouceur looked like he would muck his hand, but he kept hold of it, and eventually asked "Do you want to see it?" Terry simply shrugged without giving a yes or no signal, and Ladouceur eventually rolled over for a bluff. Terry laughed a bit, shook his head, then tapped the table in Ladouceur's direction.
Steve Gee was all in and at risk preflop. He had and his opponent had . Gee would need much help to stay alive.
The flop came . With that Gee's opponent joked, "You can sit back down now!" He was Insinuating that Gee was going to make his flush.
Gee started to sit back down but the made him feel unsafe. The river was the final straw and Gee got up for the last time and headed out the door. His opponent informed the table that he was surprised his aces held.
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. Masek checked and the initial raiser bet. The third player got out of the way and Masek called. The two checked the 
. The river 
gave Masek no reason to bet as he checked. His opponent thought about it for a moment but decided to check.
for middle pair on the flop. His opponent bluffed the flop and gave up with 
. With that pot Masek moved up to 22,000.
rainbow. He continued on the flop and got a caller. The turn was a 
, and Voyer bet 2,100, and his opponent called. The river was a 
, and the players ended up in an all-in confrontation. Voyer's opponent held 
. Masek was looking to fade a king, jack, or ten, and the 
on the turn helped him out a ton, as now only a ten would lose him the hand. The river was the 
. Gates checked, and the preflop raiser checked behind.
. Gates fired a bet of 600, and his opponent made the call to see the 
land on the river. Gates led with another bet, this time for 1,000. His opponent tossed in the call.
for a flopped flush, and his opponent mucked.
to the board on fourth street, and Gates checked. Just as the player on the button was about to fired a bet of 1,800, Gates flicked his cards to the muck and gave up on the pot.
and his opponent had 
. With that Gee's opponent joked, "You can sit back down now!" He was Insinuating that Gee was going to make his flush.
made him feel unsafe. The river 
