Controversy Before Dinner
Niveau 16
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
An issue has cropped up with the cards at Table 438. The supervisor has had to replace the deck at least twice that we've seen, and it's because the cards are getting creased. He brought another deck just now and instructed the dealer to inspect every folded hand until they can figure out who is creasing the cards. Eric Wasserson raised an objection because he said the table will play too slowly now, costing him a chance to use his big stack on the bubble. The supervisor stood by his decision, though, and every hand will be inspected from here on until the cards cease being marked or some other solution is found.
Players are on dinner for an hour.
hit the felt and Karakitukov bet 27,000 in position. Hughes raised to 65,000 and Liberta cold-called. Karakitukov figured out that it was the right time to wave the white flag and released his hand into the muck.
and Liberta checked. Hughes asked what the size of the pot was and the answer was 205,000. He potted and Liberta asked if Hughes even had that much. It was counted at 196,500 and Liberta let his hand go after 30 seconds or so.
, Ardit Kurshumi had a bet of 40,000 in front of him. Alexey Makarov had raised all in for 135,000 more effective from the big blind. Kurshumi thought a couple of minutes and let it go, and Makarov rolled over 
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. Mizrachi took a big lead on 
as he held a pair and a flush draw but the 
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landed on the table and Flack checked. Nguyen didn't waste a second and moved all in. Flack threw his cards away, showing he had a huge straight draw. 
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, Ryan Laplante bet 22,000 and Lars Gronning was thinking things over from the big blind. He then moved all in for about 75,000 and Laplante was in there with a snap-call holding 
for bottom two. The 
but Aranda pumped the price to 92,000. Schwartz thought about it for a while but ultimately decided to let it go.
between them. Morgenstern called 65,000 from the big blind and checked the 
river. Wasserson bet 175,000. Morgenstern thought for about 30 seconds and released.
