The details of this hand were provided to PokerNews courtesy of Esther Taylor
Four players paid 2,000 to see the flop. Taylor led out for 3,000, and got two callers.
The came on the turn, and Taylor continued for 8,000 and got the same callers, leading to the on the river. Action checked over to the player in the one seat, who moved all in for 15,000. Taylor called with about 15,000 left behind. The third player rejammed to put Taylor all in as well, but she folded face up.
The rejammer had jacks full of kings, while the original jammer had the ace high flush, and was promptly sent to the rail. Taylor had gotten blown off the best hand, but would win a pot a few hands later to get back to starting stack. She is just two days removed from a second-place finish in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha event, for which she took home a cash of $171,787.
"I just want everyone to know how bad I am at Hold'em," she commented jokingly after recapping the hand, "specifically No-Limit."
WIth 32,000 in the middle on a flop of , The button bet 10,200 and was met with an all in for 29,400 from Liina Vark in the hijack. The button made the call after a minute of deliberation.
Liina Vark:
Button:
The button was ahead with top pair, but Vark had an open-ended straight flush draw. The turn increased the number of outs for Vark to hit, but it was the landed on the river to give Vark a flush and a double up.
Daniel Negreanu opened from early position for 2,500. Adam Walton, in the hijack, reraised to 7,500. Negreanu, after prepping his vlog equipment, moved all in. "I don't really have a good hand for the situation," Walton said as he made the call with the effective stack of 36,600.
Adam Walton:
Daniel Negreanu:
"We're gonna play this flippity dippity," Negreanu said to his vlog as the dealer was about to put out the flop. That flop came , putting Walton ahead. The turn and river changed nothing, and the pot belonged to Walton, doubling his stack through the six-time bracelet winner.
PokerNews was unable to catch the hand that busted Daniel Negreanu's first bullet of the day, but he was spotted leaving the late registration table and taking a seat at a new table after rebuying for a second bullet.
The early position player opened for 2,600. The button and small blind both called before John Sanders, the big blind, put in a three bet to 11,200. The original aggressor thought for a minute or so, before putting in a four-bet to 31,000. The button and small blind quickly got out of the way, putting the action back on Sanders.
Sanders looked over his chips and at his opponent's bet, before announcing "I guess I'm all in," and flipped over . He had mistakenly thought that his stack was less than the 31,000 bet and that his jam was nothing more than a call. This wasn't the case, as the early position player was quick to point out. He began thinking out loud, saying that he has queens and that he knows he's a 4:1 dog. A bit of mental math later and he knew he was getting better than 4:1 on his money, so he made the call, putting Sanders at risk.
John Sanders:
Opponent:
The runout was a safe one for Sanders' aces, and he scooped the pot to double up.