Maria Ho entered the event after making a brief round of hellos across the room. She got seated so, "I have plenty of time to fire some bullets if I bust."
But a few minutes later Ho is already down to below half the starting stack after paying off a huge river bet to an unknown opponent. Ho has nine cashes on the property, including a 3rd place finish in Event 3 earlier this Series for $20,000.
Chris Luna bet 1,000 from under the gun after flopped, and he got calls from Will Berry on his left and the small blind. A player in the big blind made it 4,000 to go, and Luna fired in 10,300 without much delay. The squeezed players mucked, and the big blind called. The turn was a and the big blind checked and folded fairly quickly to Luna's all-in shove.
Brandon Steven bet 1,000 from the cutoff after two players checked to him on a flop, and both opponents called. They checked again to Steven on the turn and he fired 2,300 this time. The first player folded, but Pete Lockwood made it 6,000 to play in the hijack. Steven slapped down a call and saw the fall on the river to complete a backdoor flush.
"Spade scare ya?" he asked Lockwood, who silently shoved in his last 11,000 or so.
Steven sighed and then called, mucking his hand when Lockwood showed for the nut straight. The dealer turned over Steven's and he quickly reentered and took a seat at the table nearest the media desk.
We found this hand developing on the turn on a board of board. There was a little over 8,500 in the pot and the river brought the . Kehrees bet 6,000 and Foxen tanked for a good long bit.
Finally, after some thought Foxen tossed in a single calling chip, Kehrees tabled and Foxen mucked.
We found Aaron Massey and an unknown opponent at a flop of , Massey bet 875 and got a call. The turn came , Massey put out 1,600 and his opponent called. The river came , Massey measured out 3,400 to put in the middle.
His opponent tanked for a bit, finally mucked and Massey stacked the pot.
Adam Krach had a bet of 1,450 in front of him in middle position on a flop. John Reading had called on the button, and the big blind shoved all in for 10,800. Larry Wright was agonizing when we got to the table.
"Ya'll will not believe what I'm folding," he declared after whistling. "Keep those to the side, can you do that? Actually, just bury 'em."
Krach called, and Reading quickly mucked.
Krach:
Big blind:
Krach needed a heart, and he found one on the river after a turn.
"That's what happens when you play deuce-three off," he said with a smile after the busted player took his leave.
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flopped, and he got calls from Will Berry on his left and the small blind. A player in the big blind made it 4,000 to go, and Luna fired in 10,300 without much delay. The squeezed players mucked, and the big blind called. The turn was a 
and the big blind checked and folded fairly quickly to Luna's all-in shove.
flop, and both opponents called. They checked again to Steven on the 
fall on the river to complete a backdoor flush.
and he quickly reentered and took a seat at the table nearest the media desk.
board. There was a little over 8,500 in the pot and the river brought the 
. Kehrees bet 6,000 and Foxen tanked for a good long bit.
, Massey bet 875 and got a call. The turn came 
, Massey put out 1,600 and his opponent called. The river came 
turn.
