On a board reading , Gerald Fehr moved all in for his remaining 35,400. His opponent called with just less then that at around 34,000.
Fehr:
Opponent:
Fehr was in bad shape, but the river came down a and Fehr rivered a larger full house to eliminate his clearly frustrated opponent. This Canadian still has a few tricks left up his sleeve.
Giulio Mascolo opened for 5,000 from early position and picked up one caller in Joseph Cheong on the button. Mascolo asked how much Cheong had left and got an answer of 35,000.
The flop was .
Mascolo led for 7,000 and Cheong shipped it. Mascolo gave it a couple minutes thinking time before he called.
Cheong:
Mascolo:
The turn was the and the river the .
Cheong was looking good for a double-up on the flop with his two pair, but the river delivered Broadway for Mascolo to knock him out.
It’s not uncommon for a table in a tournament to agree to show one card at the end of a hand to add a bit of fun and added free information to the game.
One table though is playing “show both” at the end of a hand, so no more showing the weak kicker. The whole table has agreed and are enjoying the early stages of the game.
“Mister yellow jacket here is playing eight-ten,” one player said of the results. “So far it’s gone bluf- bluff.”
The player who suggested the game was joking that it had backfired on him as he couldn’t get involved on the action.
On the next hand though, four players went to a flop, and at the river of , two remained with the original raiser showing and losing to .
There were two all-ins already and a third player was left to act and he too declared all in, putting his decent-enough stack at risk. He slammed his hole cards face up on the table though when he saw the hands he was up against, and continue a stream of invective directed at himself and the universe as the communal cards were dealt until the runner collected him for an escort to the payout desk.
Craig Mcdowell:
Loukas Michael:
Opponent:
The board ran out .
Even the short-stacked suited ace got there, and he was happy with his triple-up, though all remained quiet until the busted player left the scene.