$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Sometimes you don’t want to play a multi-way pot with a vulnerable hand and the way to make that happen is by isolating the opponent with a big bet to push out other players. We walked up to Table 36 to witness a playful version of the Isolation Move.

The 1-seat in the small blind was staring down the player in the big blind, “You better have a hand.” The 3-seat was all-in under the gun and the 1-seat player flatted in the small blind only to have the big blind come over the time all-in with both holding just shy of 40,000. The 1-seat mucked his face up while the big blind showed and the all-in player had .

“There’s my jack!” the 1-seat yelled when he saw it in the window but the dealer spread the flop to show the along with the . “Nice move,” he said before the hit the turn. The 3-seat was sent packing while the 1-seat continued to ponder what might have been.

Lou White, electronic poker table innovator, was located in today’s early flight and doing well after an early quadruple-up. He let us know he got it in bad with set under set only to get lucky quads on the river. It seems to be that kind of day.

Level 8 is underway with blinds at 300/600/75 ante and 136 players remaining. That number means there are still two tables playing in the downstairs area four hours into play.