Mahoney Makes Monster Call
by Rachel on 07.08.09, 5:50 pm
Jared “soxnation83″ Mahoney is not easily convinced.
Mahoney (pictured at left) raised to 1.3K before the flop at his table in the Brasilia Room and the player in seat seven called. The flop came 9
84 and Mahoney bet 2.1K. The other player called and the turn was the 3
. Mahoney checked and seat seven bet 6K. Mahoney made the call and the river was the 6. Mahoney checked again and his opponent moved all in for 16,675 total, which represent most of Mahoney’s remaining stack. He thought for a minute or two before making the call. His opponent quickly tabled A
5. Mahoney stared at the player’s hand and then at the board for a moment. Then, when he confirmed the player had only ace-high, he turned over his 77
to take the pot and increase his stack to almost 60K.
Alex “ags104″ Santiago is up to 120K after winning a big pot with pocket kings. He told used he raised to 1.4K under the gun and the player in the cutoff raised to 3.2K. Santiago then made it 9K and his opponent called. The flop was 10-7-2 with two diamonds. Santiago led out for 11.5K and the other player moved all in. Santiago called and his opponent showed pocket queens. The turn and river were safe for Santiago and the 90K pot was shipped his way early in the day.
Seth “grtwhitehoop” Fischer made a re-raise to 4K at his table in the Brasilia Room after the player in seat three had opened the pot for 1.3K. Seat three made the call and the flop was JT3. Fischer led out for 5K and seat three carefully counted out his approximately 25K in chips several times over the course of the next few minutes before eventually mucking his had. He told Fischer that he had been very close to moving all in and Fischer responded by telling the man that he had been very close to getting insta-called.
Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade avoided trouble across the room. Wade bet 1,875 on a flop of QJ3 and the player in seat one raised to 4.1K. Wade was deep in thought when we got to the table but eventually mucked his hand. His opponent let out a couple loud groans before showing his set of queens. Wade smiled and shook his head slightly.
Alex “42o never loses” Case told us he doubled to 45K recently. He raised under the gun with Q-J and got four callers. Case flopped top two pair and ended up all in against an opponent holding pocket kings. His hand held and he’s since chipped up to 50K at the first break of the day.
This hand transpired towards the beginning of the day, but since it is a good quarter of a mile between the Rio Poker Room and the Rio Convention Center where the Amazon Room is located, news traveled a little slowly. Jacob “bazeman” Bazeley essentially doubled up his 40K stack within the first twenty minutes of the day when Jacob raised from the button with Q10 and the player in the big blind called. The flop came down Q 32 and the big blind led for 5K, which Bazeley called. The turn was a non-diamond ten and the big blind bet out 10.5K which, again, Bazeley just called. The river brought a six, but no flush, and Jacob’s opponent bet out 23K. Bazeley just called and tabled Q-10 for top two while the other player showed pocket jacks. When we last checked on Jake, he was sitting with 80K.
One table filled with poker talent in the Red Section of the Amazon Room included Justin “lockdownpokah” Allen, Justin “BoostedJ” Smith, Shannon Shorr (pictured at left), Darus “BejoMas” Suharto and Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar. Shorr, however, was sent packing just before the first break of the day. Allen raised to 1.2K from under the gun, one player called and Shorr put in a 3-bet. Action folded back to Allen, who 4-bet enough to put Shorr all in. The other player folded and Shorr snap-called for his remaining 10K:
Allen: TT
Shorr: AK
The 864 flop was no help to Shorr and the T on the turn left him drawing dead. He offered good luck to his tablemates at the meaningless 9 hit the turn. Allen is up to 41K.
Justin “jurollo” Rollo also made a big move in Level 2 after being moved to the Blue section of the Amazon Room. With Rollo in the big blind, the button raised to 1.5K and Rollo called. The flop rolled out T-6-6 with two clubs. Rollo bet 2.2K, his opponent raised to 10K, and Rollo re-raised to 24k. His opponent moved all in, having Rollo’s remaining 35K stack covered, and Rollo immediately called. Rollo tabled 86 for trip sixes and his opponent showed pocket eights. The turn and river bricked and Rollo chipped up to 120K.
Jordan “iMs0lucky0″ Morgan (pictured at right) benefited from an opponent’s mistake over at Table 260 in the Miranda Room. Morgan opened to 1.4K with the blinds at 250/500/50 and a player in the blinds called. The flop fell J87 and Jordan’s opponent led out for 1.1 K. Morgan quickly assembled a raise and tossed 3.4K into the middle. The dealer pulled in the bets, leaving the 2.3K raise in front of Jordan. The man in the blinds plopped 4K on the felt, thinking it was a call, and the man shot her a confused look.
The floor was called to explain to the man why it was a raise, but he clearly did not understand. He even responded to the tournament director in a different language. Eventually the man was forced to put in 600 extra chips to make it a min-raise and Jordan promptly grabbed about 50K in orange chips and pushed them forward. The man angrily mucked and Morgan was awarded the pot.
Across the room Justin Bonomo was faced with a tough decision. We missed the previous action, but when we arrived at the table Bonomo’s opponent had bet 15K with about 10K in the pot. The board read T72 and Justin took his time, studying the player closely.
“OK,” he finally said. “You win.”
Bonomo folded QQ face up and his opponent showed him AA.
“Don’t do that!” yelped table-mate Keith Lehr. “Don’t give the kid confidence!”
Bonomo smiled, happy he dodged a couple of bullets.
Recent eliminations include Ken “isuck123″ Goldin, Stuart “Stuman123″ Yancik, David “Bakes” Baker and Maksim “getgot” Karandeyev.
