We didn't see how it happened, but Fadi Hamad just lost a massive all in to Allen Lanier on a board of . Hamad had shown down and made top two, but Lanier had turned a gutshot with .
"I deserved that pot so much more than you did," Hamad said, shaking his head.
"I thought king-high was good," Lanier responded. "King-high's not good against you like 90 percent of the time?"
From the sound of things, the two had gotten it all in preflop.
We found Jason Martens pumping his fist on the turn with the board reading . Martens was all in with the in front of him, and Matt Kirby was drawing dead with .
Allen Lanier opened to 20,000 under the gun, and John Hayes shoved for about 110,000. Behind him, Tony Pena reshoved for 201,000 total, and action folded back to Lanier, who tanked for awhile before announcing a call.
Lanier:
Hayes:
Pena:
"No ten," Pena said.
He got his wish when the board ran out , leaving his aces good and sending Hayes to the payout desk.
Jason Smith bet 22,000 from under the gun after a flop, and his lone opponent, Joe Santo, raised to 56,000. Smith made the call, and the two watched a hit the board. Smith checked before quickly calling Santo's turn bet of 59,000, and both players checked the on the end. Santo tabled for bottom two on the flop, and it was good.
John Simon check-called a bet of 13,000 from Jocelyn Gumila after a flop. When the hit the turn, Simon checked once more, and Gumila upped the stakes to 50,000. Simon tanked for a bit before pushing all in with his last 59,000 total, and Gumila called.
Gumila:
Simon:
Simon was ahead with top pair, but Gumila could pair up or complete her gutshot to take the pot. A river was a brick though, and Simon got hit double.