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.
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 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.
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
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.
Spencer Hudson opened to 500 from under the gun and received two callers – one from early position and another from the big blind.
The flop fell and the player in the big blind checked to Hudson who continued for 900. The player in early position called and the player in the big blind folded.
The turn was the and Hudson slowed down, checking to his opponent who fired 2,200. Hudson mucked and is now down to 22,000 chips.
Richard Lee, the sixth-place finisher in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, is up to about 37,000 after taking down a small pot. With about 1,800 in the middle and the board reading , Lee bet 1,350. His opponent called and Lee tabled for the nut straight to win the pot.
Just before the break, Brett Schwertley raised to 350 under the gun and the player in the hijack popped it to 900. Action folded back to Schwertley and he called, leading to a flop.
Schwertley check-called 1,075 from his opponent and the followed on the turn. Both checked and when the hit the river, Schwertley bet 2,250. His opponent called, but mucked when Schwertley tabled .
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.![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. 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.
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.
, securing the double for Butler.
. Allen check-raised him all in with a lesser queen and made two pair on either the turn or river.
and the player in the big blind checked to Hudson who continued for 900. The player in early position called and the player in the big blind folded.
and Hudson slowed down, checking to his opponent who fired 2,200. Hudson mucked and is now down to 22,000 chips.
, Lee bet 1,350. His opponent called and Lee tabled 
flop.
followed on the turn. Both checked and when the 
hit the river, Schwertley bet 2,250. His opponent called, but mucked when Schwertley tabled