Tamara Tibbles raised to 5,000 from middle position and Ryan Olisar called from the big blind. The flop was , Olisar checked and Tibbles bet 7,000. Olisar called and the fell on the turn. Olisar check-raised to 38,000 after a bet of 12,000 from Tibbles.
Tibbles thought for a moment and then folded. "I had eight-nine of clubs," Olisar told Tibbles.
British online poker legend Chris Moorman, the only player to surpass $10 million in online tournament winnings, has now crept past the $4 million barrier in live poker tournaments after scraping into the money here in event #39, his first cash of the 2014 World Series of Poker.
William Foster Jr moved all in from the button for his last 19,200 over the top of an open from Derek Wolters on the bubble and he got a call. As the dealer awaited instructions to proceed with play Foster called out to a friend, “This is for the stone cold bubble.”
“You probably have me.” Wolters said.
When it came time to turn over their cards Foster showed and was racing against Wolter’s .
The cards ran out .
The flop pretty much said it all and while everyone else was now in the money Foster Jr won’t be collecting anything from the pay-out desk for this one.
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Matt Kelly was keen to tell us a story that didn’t exactly show him in the best light but seemed to tickle him. Before the flop Kelly had make it 8,200 holding and was called by an opponent holding . Kelley was on a stack of just below 40,000 and they were five bust outs from the bubble.
An excitable Kelly declared he was all in dark on the flop and while pushing his chips forward accidentally turned over his aces, The flop was and his opponent could safely throw away his kings. Kelly called himself a “Knucklehead.” for his clumsiness.
Joseph Cheong has been eliminated a few places before the bubble by Anthony Miller. Cheong got his chips into the middle with and Miller looked him up with the dominating .
Cheong spiked a seven on the flop to take an unlikely lead, but an ace on the turn was not what Cheong wanted to see. The river was a brick and Cheong headed for the exits.
Bart Hanson raised to 4,400 from early position and Darrell Tipton called from the small blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Tipton led for 7,000. Hanson called and we saw the fall on the river.
Both players checked and Hanson announced "jacks," turning over . "Jacks are good," Tipton said as he showed the .
Mitch Garshofsky was all in as was Meikat Siu who was the player at risk. James Dempsey was considering the price he was getting to call and was seriously considering it but folded telling the dealer under threat of violence not to deal a board that would have given him the winning hand.
With that out of the way Siu turned up but had clashed with the of Garshofsky.
The final board was
Dempsey said he had folded [q x tx] and nearly punched the dealer when he saw the first two cards. Thankfully for all the ace came to the rescue.