We caught the action with the board reading and Matt Lapossie facing a bet of 10,500 from his heads-up opponent, Travell Thomas. Thomas was talking to Lapossie and received a couple warnings from the dealer, which got Phil Hellmuth out of his seat, asking the floor about rulings.
Eventually, Lapossie made the call and we saw a river of the . Lapossie checked and Thomas fired 27,000, talking the whole time. "If you fold I'll show," Thomas said.
This statement brought another warning from the dealer and Hellmuth shot out of his seat and we heard him on the phone asking, "What's going on Jack, are we changing the rules of poker."
Meanwhile, Lapossie folded after some thought and Thomas showed the . Hellmuth would come back to the table and summarize his discussion with WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel as "you can talk as long as you don't disclose the contents of your hand."
Debbie Motycka is a bit of a mystery with no online record that we would find, but there’s a reason for that as her husband Rich explained to us just a short time ago, “She’s not online.”
He told PokerNews that they play in a home game comprising 18 people 21 weeks a year, and for the past six years they have sent two people from their home in Orland Park, Chicago to play in $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em events at the WSOP. Rich won the most points this year and busted in 215th place yesterday, and Debbie won the “Roll off.” and is still in.
They have both played in the WSOP before but this is the group's first cash and they are after more.
“She bust Cantu!” Rich exclaimed, “She wants that bracelet.”
We caught the action with the board reading and David Postar facing an all-in bet from Christopher Symesko. After quite a bit of thought, Postar made the call and tabled for top pair and a flush draw.
Symesko turned over and begged, "no spade, no spade." The fell on the river and Symesko sent Postar to the rail.
Matt Waxman joins the PokerNews Podcast at the top of the show to talk about winning a bracelet in 2013, debate whether or not the National Championship is a closed event, and tell the story of his first big heater in poker. The crew then gives play-by-play of a spat between Nick Schulman and the phone vendors outside of the Amazon Room, breaks down the recent bracelet winners, and more.
A player raised to 5,500 from early position and Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 13,000 from middle position. His opponent made the call and the flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Hellmuth's opponent check-called his 18,000 bet.
The river was the and this time Hellmuth's opponent led for approximately 30,000 and Hellmuth snap-called and excitedly gathered his chips after tabling versus the of his opponent.
Jordan Cristos was getting short on chips and put them in the middle. Sat to his left was chip leader Debbie Motycka and she moved all in covering everyone at the table. No one wanted to tangle and Cristos was at risk with and in trouble against the of Motycka.
The cards ran out to see Cristos out and more chips head the way of Motycka.
Debbie Motycka has been bubbling under the top stacks for most of yesterday and today but it looks like she has recently taken the chip lead.
Very little is known about Motycka and she has no recorded cashes but she is more than holding her own in this tournament, playing a lot of pots and seemingly picking off bluffs and making up with strong hands and getting paid. Her unorthodox style certainly seems to be bamboozling some of the other players.
Mike McDonald though managed ti get the better of Motycka in a recent hand as she was still stacking chips from a previous hand. McDonald opened to 4,000 and Motycka made the call as did the big blind. The flop was and when McDonald continued for 6,000 Motycka made the call to get it heads up. The turn card brought the third spade out and McDonald bet 15,000.
Motycka picked up her cards to better study them and with a shake of the head she passed them to the dealer to fold.
and Matt Lapossie facing a bet of 10,500 from his heads-up opponent, Travell Thomas. Thomas was talking to Lapossie and received a couple warnings from the dealer, which got Phil Hellmuth out of his seat, asking the floor about rulings.
. Lapossie checked and Thomas fired 27,000, talking the whole time. "If you fold I'll show," Thomas said.
. Hellmuth would come back to the table and summarize his discussion with WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel as "you can talk as long as you don't disclose the contents of your hand."
for top pair and a flush draw.
and begged, "no spade, no spade." The 
fell on the river and Symesko sent Postar to the rail.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Hellmuth's opponent check-called his 18,000 bet.
and this time Hellmuth's opponent led for approximately 30,000 and Hellmuth snap-called and excitedly gathered his chips after tabling 
versus the 
and in trouble against the 
to see Cristos out and more chips head the way of Motycka.
and when McDonald continued for 6,000 Motycka made the call to get it heads up. The turn card