A player at Table 431 moved all in before the flop, and a middle-position player called and exposed his hand, though the dealer quickly covered it. The floor was called, and they ruled that his hand had to be exposed and the rest of the hand played out. He had the , and the cutoff moved all in for 18,500 on top of the first 40,000.
"Well, there goes that idea," Cliff Josephy said.
Action folded back to the caller, who called the additional 18,500.
Under the gun:
Middle position:
Cutoff:
The flop came , giving one player a set and another a flush draw. A on the turn left the player with ace-king in awful shape, and the river was a . The player with the set tripled up, while the middle position player received the side pot and a one-round penalty.
The tournament director has informed the players that the original schedule has been changed. They will now play two levels, take a 20-minute break and then play a final level. This means the players will be finished around 3 a.m, something that has been met with disapproval by the vast majority of the players who have already been battling it out at the felt since 1 p.m.
Alex Case got a shorter stack all in preflop when Case had against . The flop came , and the turn and river and . Case's queen kicker played to eliminate his opponent.
Kenny Hallaert got all in against a short stack. Hellaert held , but the shortie had him dominated with . A queen came on the flop, and Hallaert was dead by the turn.