Scott Davies lost a crucial pot with pocket eights against after open shoving preflop. The board left him with 3,400 chips and 400 went into the pot as ante for the next hand. "Oh hey, I have starting stack," he said with a bright smile on the face.
The next hand he was all in with and doubled up against the of Justin Schwartz on the board. However, no later than 5 minutes after that his seat was empty.
We noticed an all in and a call on table 441 and it was Shaun Hart who emerged victorious in one of the most common coin flips. The opponent held and Hart flipped over . The flop and turn were save for the player at risk, but Hart pumped his fist when the appeared on the river.
The opponent was stunned for a few seconds, the stacks were counted and he was indeed covered and eliminated.
And the roller coaster ride of Vinny Pahuja continues. After a raise to 6,500 and a three-bet to 16,500 by Seyed Fazeli, Pahuja made it 37,000 out of the big blind and the initial raiser folded. Fazeli moved all in for 65,000 and Pahuja called with pocket queens.
Right now, WSOP.com is giving players in Nevada the chance to turn small tournament buy-ins into large cash prizes with the Mini Fest tournament series. With 16 events offering $40,000 in guaranteed prize money, you don't want to miss a second of the action when the cards go in the air at 5:30 p.m. each day from June 22 through July 7.
Today's tournament is $5.50 No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On with a $1,500 guarantee. The tournament kicks off in about an hour, so don't miss out!
Here's a full look at the WSOP.com Mini Fest schedule:
Event
Date
Time
Tournament
Buy-in
Guarantee
1
June 22
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$16.50
$2,500
2
June 23
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,500
3
June 24
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,000
4
June 25
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
5
June 26
5:30 p.m.
Omaha 8 or Better - Re-Entry
$33
$750
6
June 27
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
7
June 28
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$55
$5,000
8
June 29
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$109
$7,500
9
June 30
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
10
July 1
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
11
July 2
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$600
12
July 3
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Knockout
$7.70 + $7
$750
13
July 4
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$2,000
14
July 5
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$55
$4,500
15
July 6
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$27.50
$5,500
16
July 7
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Re-Entry
$33
$3,000
For complete information regarding WSOP.com's Mini Fest series, please click here.
Carlos "Caio" Hey from Brazil seems to be our current chip leader and one of the bloggers from Brazil informed us that he just recently won the LAPT Sao Paulo and then took the plane to Las Vegas. Another victory in the making? We'll see.
Kevin Odonnell has just been eliminated. He had just been involved in a big pot with Thomas Muehloecker and Neo Hoang where Hoang bet 22,000 on a board and, with 25,000 behind Odonnell laid it down.
Odonnell open shoved the next hand but he was looked up by a player with and a queen on the flop finished him off.
after open shoving preflop. The 
board left him with 3,400 chips and 400 went into the pot as ante for the next hand. "Oh hey, I have starting stack," he said with a bright smile on the face.
and doubled up against the 
of Justin Schwartz on the 
board. However, no later than 5 minutes after that his seat was empty.
.
and said, “The way you’re running I don’t like my chances.”
. The 
appeared on the river.
versus 
on a 
board.
and a queen on the flop finished him off.