Kind of a unique situation arose over at David Paredes's table just now in a hand involving him and a lone opponent, Julien Jolivet.
Facing a decision in the hand, Jolivet had taken long enough for someone to call the clock on him, and we arrived just as the tournament director was nearing the end of the one-minute countdown. Time finally running out, the TD declared Jolivet's hand dead and went to take it from him, at which moment Jolivet expressed some surprise. That's when several at the table — including Paredes — pointed out that Jolivet had been listening to his earbuds and was in fact unaware that the clock had been called.
Even though he'd won the pot, Paredes noted how Jolivet hadn't even shown recognition that the TD had arrived, going on to suggest that the TD might have at least confirmed with Joliet what was happening once the clock was called. But in the end the onus was on Jolivet to listen and be aware.
Following an early position raise to 3,600, Ronnie Bardah made the call from the hi-jack as the big blind came along also.
The flop was checked round before Bardah bet out 4,600 when the turn of the was checked to him.
Only the big blind called, and when the landed on the river the big blind led for 8,800. Bardah counted out his chip stack, shuffle a few chips and then made the call tabling his .
The big blind flashed his and mucked as Bardah pushed his stack to roughly 210,000.
We caught bracelet winner Andrew Brown in a hand with the small blind player while he was in the big. The small blind had raised to 4,000 and Brown moved all in over the top. When we got to the table the small blind was in the tank. Eventually he called Brown's shove and the two went to a showdown.
Brown:
Small Blind:
It was a race situation but Brown stayed ahead on the flop, as well as the turn and the river. With that, Brown was able to notch a much needed double up here on Day 3 of the Main Event.
Nick Schwarmann, on the button, called a four-bet before the flop for around 20,000, and he and hijack saw the hit the board. The hijack continuation-bet 12,000, and Schwarmann made the call. The turn brought a , and the hijack checked. Schwarmann bet 27,000, and his opponent wasted no time calling. The river was the , completing possible flush and straight draws. The hijack checked, and Schwarmann put him all in for about 72,000. The player thought briefly before folding, and Schwarmann showed the as he mucked his hand.
Action folded to 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion James Bord on the button, and he raised to 3,500. In the big blind was Laura Green, and she reraised all in for 19,800. Bord went into the tank, and eventually called after a couple of minutes.
Board held a dominated to Green's .
The flop, turn and river ran out , and Green won the pot to double up. Bord slipped back to 119,000 in chips.
Matt Jarvis raised to 3,300, and Jay Kaplan then three-bet to 9,000. Jarvis called, and the flop came . Jarvis checked, and Kaplan bet 8,700. Jarvis thought for a minute before calling, and the dealer turned the . Kaplan led out with an all-in shove, and Jarvis went into the tank. After about two minutes, Jarvis asked for an exact count, and the dealer told him the bet was 53,600. Jarvis thought another three minutes before calling and turning over . Kaplan, however, revealed a better overpair, . The river was the , and Kaplan took the pot. He doubled up to 143,000 on the hand, while Jarvis dropped to 95000.
Christian Krupp limped in from middle position, and Bo Barrett followed suit. Action was then on Scott Seiver, and he bumped it up to 7,200. It folded back around to Krupp, who opted for the open limp shove play, moving all in for about 40,000. It got back to Seiver, who had a slightly disgusted look on his face before he ultimately kicked his hand in, giving Krupp the pot.
Despite losing that hand, it's been a great start of the day for Seiver, who has nearly doubled his starting stack of the day, sitting on 150,000.