Eights for Adams, Patgorski Builds a Big Stack, Paul the Octopus, and Shorr Moving Up
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Eights Are Good for Adams - 9:29 PM
When we got to the table, there was a flop of 
in the middle and three players in the hand. Those were players were, in order, Full Tilt Red Pro Steve Zolotow, WSOP-E Main Event final table member Brian Powell and fellow Full Tilt Red Pro Brandon Adams.
Zolotow and Powell had checked to Adams, who bet out 11,500. Zolotow folded, but Powell made the call.
The turn brought the 
and completed some straight and flush draws. Powell checked and Adams fired 26,000. Powell made the call.
The river completed the board with the 
and Powell checked. Adams thought about it, but wound up checking behind. Powell then announced a six, but Adams turned over the 
and Powell then mucked.
Powell dropped to 150,000 while Adams moved up to 225,000.
A Challenger Awaits �C 9:29 PM
Francesco Barbaro's seat is conspicuously empty as we glance across at his table, and we see the number of player remaining has ticked down to 35. We missed the action on this one, but John Patgorski was nice enough to fill us in. He and Barbaro took a flop of 
, and in the words of Patgorski, ��he was check-raising and calling bets.�� Patgorski played his pocket kings slow after the flop, and running threes on the turn and river gave Barbaro a second-best full house. He fired another bullet on the river though, then called off the rest of his stack when Patgorski shoved with his kings full.
There's now a challenger to David Paredes' big stack as Patgorski is all the way up over 550,000. Barbaro has zero.
Paul the Octopus - 9:40 PM
We apparently missed the first part of this conversation, but we walked up as it resumed following a bit pot. John Patgorski and Adam Levy have been taking about Paul the Octopus, the World Cup prediciting cephalopod that has just been sent to Squid Heaven, unfortunately.
��I feel like you could just get a bunch of animals together,�� Patgorski said, ��and have them all make a bunch of picks. Then you take the one who's nailing it and advertise him as the boss picker. I think Paul was just the one that ran good.��
The table chuckled and Patgorski continued. ��I bet there's some tree frog in Argentina that's just crushing soccer picks or something.��
��Naw, he's an asshole,�� Anthony Hartmann said from across the table. ��He doesn't do any research or leg work of his own. The octopus doesn't guess. He knows. He's not just some random tree frog that licks this side or that side.�� More laughs all around.
��Octopii are pretty smart,�� Levy chimed in. ��Don't quote me on this, but I've heard that some of them have, like, really strong cognitive or psychic abilities. I have no idea, I've just heard that. Don't quote me on that, seriously.��
Sorry, Roothlus.
Hi, Steve! �C 9:49 PM
��Tell the poker world I said hi!�� Tournament Director Steve Frezer told us. We told Steve we weren't going to mention him unless he danced for it, and he promptly re-enacted the Gopher Dance from Caddyshack. That'll do it. So, poker fans, Steve says hi!
Shorr Takes a Bite Out of Paredes - 9:51 PM
There was about 40,000 in the pot already when we walked up to a flop of 
. David Paredes was first to act, and he led out with 19,000. Shannon Shorr raised it up to 41,000 after which Paredes three-bet shoved, and Shorr called all in for about 85,000.
Paredes tabled 
for the overpair, but it was second best. Shorr's 
had him two cards from a double up, and the turn 
and river 
made that dream a reality. He's up to about 220,000 now, while Paredes takes a hit. Don't worry too much about him just yet, though; he's still got the chip lead with 655,000.
Shorr Four-Bets - 9:52 PM
Tournament chip leader David Paredes raised from early position to 6,000. Brock Parker three-bet from middle position and made it 16,500. Shannon Shorr was in the big blind and four-bet to 44,000. Paredes got an estimation on both players' stack sizes and then folded. Parker quickly followed behind and Shorr won the pot.
Vayo Con Dios �C 10:01 PM
Gordon Vayo got himself all in on a flop of 
in a three-way pot against David Paredes (who would fold) and Justin Smith (who would not). Smith had the covering stack and the 
, and Vayo was on the draw and needing his 
to connect to stay alive.
The turn was a miss, though, the changing nothing. Vayo paired up on the river 
, but it wasn't enough to get him over the hump. He's been eliminted, and his chips move Smith up to... maybe 195,000, though the way he's stacked up makes it very difficult to get an accurate count.
Paredes Rebounds - 10:14 PM
On the turn of a 
board, James Carroll bet 12,500 into David Paredes, and Paredes called. The river brought the , and this time Carroll tapped the table. Paredes took his cue to bet 27,500, and Carroll called.
Paredes' were good to win the pot, chipping him back up to 725,000 after taking that hit a few minutes ago.
Sands Shifting Forward - 10:16 PM
James Anderson raised to 5,500 to open the pot, and Dave Sands called from the hijack seat. From the big blind, though, Shawn Busse squeezed in a reraise to 18,500, and this time only Sands called.
Heads up, the flop came 
, and Sands called a bet of 15,000. He called another 30,000 on the 
turn, and Busse decided not to fire a third barrel on the 
river as both players checked. Sands showed his 
first, and it was the winner. He's up to 305,000 now, while Busse has taken a tumble back down to 64,000.
Calling the Clock - 10:20 PM
Since you've got about an hour until you hear from us again, head over to the Video section and scope out some of the sights from this Regional Championship. We'll start you off with the most recent one as Kristy calls the clock on Full Tilt Red Pro Steve Zolotow. Check it out: