Ryan D'Angelo bet 3,000 on a flop after two opponents checked. Josh Arieh let his hand go on the button, and the big blind followed suit, but Ami Alibay made the call. On the turn, Alibay checked.
"Can I see your chips?" D'Angelo asked.
Getting a visual, he checked it back. Action went the same on the river.
Alibay showed for top two. D'Angelo sighed an mucked.
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Sometimes, poker players are late. In fact, lots of times poker players are late; they aren't known to be the most punctual lot. Many simply don't care if they miss the first level or two, as blinds are often so small as to be inconsequential. Knowing they will still have plenty of big blinds if they miss the first bit of a tournament, many prefer to get some extra rest, so precious if one is playing a packed tournament schedule and/or spending late nights grinding cash games.
However, one consequence of late registration is that a player sometimes ends up at a table with a bunch of other late registrants. Sometimes, that can mean getting sat a table full of lions in a field composed of mainly lambs. This is not such a field, but there's still an especially tough bunch gathered at Table 403: Brian Rast, Erik Seidel, Dan Cates, Matt Marafioti, and Chris DeMaci. Each player there certainly has his work cut out for him, but luckily for them it will likely be an early breaking table as it's located near the back of the tournament section.
For the time being, Cates grabbed a bit of early chips when he bet 1,175 into a multiway pot after two checks on a board of and was called by DeMaci on the button. On the turn, DeMaci folded to a barrel of 3,100.
A player bet 4,600 from under the gun and was called by John O'Shea on the button with the board reading . On the river, the first player checked, and O'Shea checked it back. O'Shea's opponent showed for a straight on the river, but it was no good against O'Shea's for jacks full of nines.
We came upon a three-way all in Table 365 on a flop of .
Big blind:
Middle position:
Ryan Goindoo:
Everyone had flopped a set, with Goindoo holding a commanding lead with top set. He just needed to fade his opponents quadding up or the middle-position player binking a for a straight. The turn and river were harmless babies ( and ), and Goindoo tripled up his last 14.025.
A player bet 1,600 from the hijack after a flop and was called by Peter Charalambous in the cutoff. Mike "gordo16" Gorodinsky, who had checked out of the big blind, raised to 5,100. The initial bettor made a min-raise to 8,600 by accident, thinking Gorodinsky had only made it 4,100, and Charalambous ducked out. Gorodinsky called, and both players checked the . On the river, Gorodinsky opted for a bet of 8,700, and his opponent quickly folded.
Daniel Negreanu has taken a seat at Table 374. He's looking to continue a hot run coming off of a runner-up finish in the Big One for One Drop.
flop after two opponents checked. Josh Arieh let his hand go on the button, and the big blind followed suit, but Ami Alibay made the call. On the 
turn, Alibay checked.
river.
for top two. D'Angelo sighed an mucked.
and was called by DeMaci on the button. On the 
river, the first player checked, and O'Shea checked it back. O'Shea's opponent showed 
for a straight on the river, but it was no good against O'Shea's 
.
for a straight. The turn and river were harmless babies (
and 
), and Goindoo tripled up his last 14.025.
flop and was called by Peter Charalambous in the cutoff. Mike "gordo16" Gorodinsky, who had checked out of the big blind, raised to 5,100. The initial bettor made a min-raise to 8,600 by accident, thinking Gorodinsky had only made it 4,100, and Charalambous ducked out. Gorodinsky called, and both players checked the 
river, Gorodinsky opted for a bet of 8,700, and his opponent quickly folded.
