Josh Arieh and Vanessa Selbst got into some blind-on-blind violence on a board reading . Selbst bet 23,100 from the small blind, and Arieh counted out a call. The river was about as much of a brick as possible - the . Selbst said she was all in, meaning Arieh had to risk his last 33,000 to call. "Oh man," he sighed, but slid his chips forward. Selbst turned over for the nuts, a queen-high straight, and Arieh just kept sliding his chips until they were part of Selbst's giant stack.
"Guess that's going to ruin my image," Selbst laughed to neighbor Jason Senti after she scooped the pot with the nuts.
She is up to 330,000 now, putting the two remaining PokerStars representatives one and two in this stacked field.
From under the gun, Jason Mercier limped in before Shaun Deeb raised to 10,000, forcing the others out the way before Mercier called.
"Jeez Shaun, you may as well have bet 6,000," Mercier said.
"Well, 6,000 would have been my other option, but, you know ..." Deeb trailed off before both players checked the flop of .
Mercier then check-called Deeb's bet of the before opening for 39,500 on the river of the . Deeb mumbled something else but then elected to give up his hand.
With around 60,000 in the pot and a board reading , David "Devilfish" Ulliott bet out 30,000 from the small blind. His only opponent, Erick "E-Dog" Lindgren, was on the button and put in a pot-sized raise. The Devilfish looked to the ceiling, shook his head, and flung his cards to the muck.
Whether it's real or virtual felt, poker or prop betting, few players like to get their money in against each other as much as Shaun Deeb and Jason Mercier. Deeb finished fourth in the $2,500 10-Game event over the weekend, and Mercier was on hand at the final table to anti-sweat since he has a bracelet bet with Deeb. Mercier was spared, but not before enduring some Miami Heat ribbing from Deeb's rail.
Today their anti-sweating is focused on the board. We caught one recent pot on the turn. The board read , and Deeb had a stack of 20,000 in front of him. Mercier called. The river brought the , and both players checked. "Kings up," said Mercier, tabling for top two. "You have diamonds to go with it," Deeb asked as he mucked his cards. But no, Mercier's other two cards were the and for a flopped straight draw instead.
Deeb started the day third in chips but was down to half his starting stack with around 97,000 after the hand. Mercier was up to 270,000, but true to form, shipped 13,000 back across the felt to Deeb the very next hand.
The action folded to David "Devilfish" Ulliott who raised to 4,000 from the cutoff before the flop; Joseph Ressler called from the small blind, so off they went heads-up to the flop of .
Ressler check-called Ulliott's bet of 5,000, then both players checked the turn of the before Ressler led out for 9,000 after the river . "I'll let you have this one," Ulliott said as he mucked his hand.
Ressler not only has the coolest name that we've ever come across, but he's now sitting on a stack worth more than 310,000 in chips! To quote WWE Hall of Famer Rick Flair: Wooooooooo!
Last year's $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha runner-up, Kevin Boudreau, was just busted by 2011 LAPC champ Gregory Brooks.
On a flop of Brooks in the cutoff bet out 11,500 and Boudreau called on the button.
The turn was the and Brooks checked to Boudreau who bet the pot which essentially put him all in (2,500 behind). Brooks made the raise/call and showed for the nut straight and Boudreau had for straight and flush draws. The river came and Boudreau's journey to back-to-back $5,000 PLO final tables is over.
Brooks on the other hand, has continued to climb up the chip count ladder and he has 230,000
. Selbst bet 23,100 from the small blind, and Arieh counted out a call. The river was about as much of a brick as possible - the 
. Selbst said she was all in, meaning Arieh had to risk his last 33,000 to call. "Oh man," he sighed, but slid his chips forward. Selbst turned over 
for the nuts, a queen-high straight, and Arieh just kept sliding his chips until they were part of Selbst's giant stack.
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before opening for 39,500 on the river of the 
. Deeb mumbled something else but then elected to give up his hand.
, David "Devilfish" Ulliott bet out 30,000 from the small blind. His only opponent, Erick "E-Dog" Lindgren, was on the button and put in a pot-sized raise. The Devilfish looked to the ceiling, shook his head, and flung his cards to the muck.
, and Deeb had a stack of 20,000 in front of him. Mercier called. The river brought the 
, and both players checked. "Kings up," said Mercier, tabling 
for top two. "You have diamonds to go with it," Deeb asked as he mucked his cards. But no, Mercier's other two cards were the 
for a flopped straight draw instead.
before Ressler led out for 9,000 after the river 
. "I'll let you have this one," Ulliott said as he mucked his hand.
Brooks in the cutoff bet out 11,500 and Boudreau called on the button.
for the nut straight and Boudreau had 
for straight and flush draws. The river came 
