With the action already closed, Barny Boatman was about to rake in a huge pot. His opponent was standing up and the dealer made sure Boatman had him covered. When it got confirmed, Boatman stacked his chips and it became apparent that he just climbed to the neighbourhood of 30,000 in chips.
His prevailed on the board of as Boatman made the nuts with no possibility of a low. His opponent's cards were turned face down by the time we arrived.
Chris Ferguson was all in preflop and while the reigning WSOP Player of the Year had a very likable , he was on the short side of the odds against .
The flop didn't look good for Ferguson but the turn gave him a flush draw. The dealer turned up the on the river to fill Ferguson's hand and his stack was counted at 10,025. His opponent was just short of that and shipped all of his chips Ferguson's way.
Following a pot-sized raise from an early position, Mike Watson acted next and he repotted to 6,000. The action folded back to the original aggressor who called off for about 3,000 total.
Watson's beat the on the board of as the board gave both players trips with Watson holding higher two cards in his hand.
Stuart Rutter is back at his seat after an intermezzo when he was in a sin bin for one hour, following multiple verbal insults towards Phil Hellmuth.
Their table broke in the meantime and Rutter is now sharing boards with Erik Seidel and others. Until a few moments ago, Kathy Liebert was also at the table but Rutter just took all her chips.
They had 3,100 each in front of them on the flop and Liebert's remaining 2,000 or so went in on the turn. Rutter called and Liebert was trailing.
Liebert:
Stuart Rutter:
The river was the and Liebert thought that she'd made a low, but the dealer quickly announced that there was no low and Liebert realized that the board paired.
"Unlucky, Kathy," Rutter said and Liebert then walked away from the table.
Tony Cousineau limped in from middle position, the next player to act limped behind, and the cutoff raised the pot for 2,750. Action folded back around to Cousineau and he three-bet the pot, the next player to act folded, and the cutoff called to put himself at risk.
Tony Cousineau:
Cutoff:
The cutoff was ahead with the better ace and ace-deuce and Cousineau needed to improve to win. The board ran out and Cousineau took the high half with a pair of threes while the two players split the low since they were each playing ace-five.
In a three-way pot, Nathan Gamble checked the flop out of the small blind and the big blind checked as well. A bet of 2,100 followed from the button and only Gamble called.
The turn filled the open-ender from the flop and Gamble used it to take the betting lead. He fired 6,500 and that was enough to take it down. Gamble is now up to a solid 25,800.
David "ODB" Baker opened to 1,200 in the hijack and a player in the big blind came along, calling.
They saw the hit the flop and Baker continued, potting. His opponent check-shoved for 4,975 and Baker knew he had to call. He was drawing for just a half of the pot with against .
The turn missed Baker's straight draw and so did the river. Baker ended up scooped and continued with only 5,000.