Our PokerNews reporter caught up with the action between Jonathan Spinks and Rene Angelil on a flop that read ; Spinks check-called Angelil's post-flop bet, then did the same after Angelil fired out 1,500 on the turn.
Both players then checked down the river and Angelil tabled , but was out-kicked by Spinks' . Spinks is now up to almost 60,000, while Angelil is still around the starting stack of 30,000.
When we reached Table 365, the flop had already fallen . There was a bet of 5,500, a raise to 12,000, and a third gentleman called all in for 10,500. The original bettor called, and while the dealer pulled in all the bets, the all-in player got out of his seat.
"Rich Murnick," he told our tournament reporter. "Montclair, New Jersey."
The remaining players got in 6,500 apiece, then 10,000 after the hit the river. Murnick grabbed his cards and slammed onto the felt as hard as he could, screaming his head off.
A wired pair of queens won the sidepot, but Murnick won the main, tripling to over 40,000 chips.
There was interesting situation over at Greg Mueller's table a few minutes ago. The under the gun player opened for 900 and Mueller called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop. The turn came and Mueller check-called 900. The river came , Mueller checked and his opponent bet 1,800.
At that point Mueller said, " I had you on ace-queen and I had you beat until the river club," and exposed his hand - without a club. His opponent told him he didn't have a club and showed him .
The problem is Mueller hadn't mucked his hand, it was still live. He asked the dealer what his options were and a floor was called. The floor ruled that since he hadn't folded his hand was still live and could fold, call or raise.
Mueller took the high road and folded his hand surrendering the pot to his opponent.
There was about 2,000 in the middle and the flop had come when it checked to David Daneshgar. He bet 1,200, then his opponent check-raised to 3,250. Daneshgar thought for a while, then called.
The turn was the . Daneshgar's opponent checked once more, and he took the invitation to bet again, this time 4,575. His opponent tanked, then emerged to fold, showing one card -- a -- as he did.
It's been a miserable day for Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier thus far, but a recent double up does provide the bracelet winner with hope of turning it around.
With the board reading , ElkY got it all in for his last few thousand with , besting his opponent's .
With about 2,500 in the pot and a board reading , an unknown player in the big blind bet 1,800 and put the pressure on 2010 November Niner Jason Senti. The Minnesota native thought for a minute before releasing his hand, leaving himself 10,950.
While it is only about a third of the starting stack, Senti managed to prove he knows how to work a short stack at last year's final table.
Matt Stout raised to 750 from the cutoff and was called by the small blind to see a flop of , the latter check-calling a bet of 1,000 from Stout. Both players then checked the turn and river and the small blind unhappily shook his head showing a missed , Stout's had somehow caught bottom pair and held to win the pot.
; Spinks check-called Angelil's post-flop bet, then did the same after Angelil fired out 1,500 on the turn.
and Angelil tabled 
, but was out-kicked by Spinks' 
. Spinks is now up to almost 60,000, while Angelil is still around the starting stack of 30,000.
. There was a bet of 5,500, a raise to 12,000, and a third gentleman called all in for 10,500. The original bettor called, and while the dealer pulled in all the bets, the all-in player got out of his seat.
.
hit the river. Murnick grabbed his cards and slammed 
onto the felt as hard as he could, screaming his head off.
flop. The turn came 
and Mueller check-called 900. The river came 
without a club. His opponent told him he didn't have a club and showed him 
.
when it checked to David Daneshgar. He bet 1,200, then his opponent check-raised to 3,250. Daneshgar thought for a while, then called.
, ElkY got it all in for his last few thousand with 
, besting his opponent's 
turn and 
river and the small blind unhappily shook his head showing a missed 
, Stout's