Jeff Early called us over to his table up in the poker room to tell us about a hand he recently played.
"I just got three-outed by him," he said pointing to Justin Allen.
We didn't get the full story from Early, but apparently the flop came queen-high and he held . Allen check-raised him all in with a lesser queen and made two pair on either the turn or river.
"It was a 30K pot," Early lamented. "He f***ed me pretty bad."
Allen couldn't help but laugh, and now sits with about 33,000 chips.
On the button, James Lee raised to 525. Jeremy Schwartz (third place on the WSOP-C National Leaderboard) called from the small blind and in the big blind, John Butler made it 1,525 to go. Lee four-bet to 3,375, Schwartz called, and Butler five-bet shoved for about 6,500 total. Not to be outdone, Lee six-bet shoved for more than 40,000. Schwartz got out of the way and the hands were revealed.
Lee:
Butler:
The board ran out , securing the double for Butler.
The end result?
Butler: Doubled to about 16,000
Lee: Slipped to about 39,000
Schwartz: About 17,000
Justin Kruger is known as "Choctaw" around these parts because he randomly shouts it out loud from time to time. He final tabled a $550 preliminary event this week, finishing 7th for $8,456, and just doubled here in the Main Event.
According to Kruger a player limped in front of him and he raised to 625. Four players called, including the original limper, and the flop fell . Kruger led for 1,125 and everyone folded except for one opponent who raised to 3,125. Kruger four-bet to 8,000, his opponent shoved for effectively 20,000 and Kruger called.
Opponent:
Kruger:
Kruger needed to fade his opponent's straight and flush outs, but he didn't sweat long because the turned giving him a winning full house. The rivered but it was too late, Kruger turned an unbeatable hand and doubled to 45,000 chips.
Kevin Calenzo's starting table broke and now he finds himself on Chris Tryba's right. "Best table in the house," said Calenzo. Tryba agreed with Calenzo's assessment.
At the moment, Calenzo has a stack of about 23,000 while Tryba is up to about 27,000.
Justin "Choctaw" Kruger is up to about 60,000 after cracking an opponent's aces.
After a flop, Kruger called an opponent's bet of 1,300 and saw the turn card. Facing a bet of 3,400, Kruger moved all in with the bigger stack. His opponent immediately called all in for about 12,00 with , needing a spade on the river to catch up to Kruger's . The river was a safe for Kruger who has now tripled his starting stack.
Meanwhile Jeremy Schwartz has overcome a rocky start to chip up to roughly 50,000.
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. Allen check-raised him all in with a lesser queen and made two pair on either the turn or river.
, securing the double for Butler.
. Kruger led for 1,125 and everyone folded except for one opponent who raised to 3,125. Kruger four-bet to 8,000, his opponent shoved for effectively 20,000 and Kruger called.
rivered but it was too late, Kruger turned an unbeatable hand and doubled to 45,000 chips.
flop, Kruger called an opponent's bet of 1,300 and saw the 
, needing a spade on the river to catch up to Kruger's 
. The river was a safe 
for Kruger who has now tripled his starting stack.
