Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
The players are off for a 10-minute break. They'll play three more levels before taking a one-hour dinner break right around 6:30 p.m.
Ted Bort limped from the cutoff seat and the button limped behind. The small blind completed and the big blind checked to see the flop come . Action checked through to Bort and he bet 600. The button raised to 2,000. After the two blinds folded, Bort gave it some thought and then folded as well. He's sitting with 27,400 after this hand.
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Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
A player in middle position opened to 600, and Tom Franklin and the big blind both called to see a flop.
It came , and the raiser continued out with shaky hands and another 1,400 chips. Franklin called and the big blind ducked out, and it was heads up to the turn. The aggressor checked this time, and Franklin took his cue to stab at the pot with 1,600 chips. It didn't work; his opponent check-raised to 4,000 straight, and Franklin mumbled, "Did I step into something?" as he called the extra to see the last card.
It was the , and the aggressor moved all in for 8,450. Franklin gave it a long stew before finally surrendering with about 24,000 chips still in his stack.
The flop was in a hand between Jason DeWitt and one other player. Action was checked to DeWitt and he checked behind before the fell on the turn. After his opponent fired 1,400, DeWitt made the call.
The river completed the board with the and the same bet was fired into DeWitt for 1,400. He made the call.
DeWitt tabled the after his opponent showed the . DeWitt moved to about 32,000 and change with that pot.
After a few people limped in, Ted Bort jacked it up to 1,700 from the big blind. Only one of the limpets called and the flop was seen heads up. The flop was and Bort fired 3,000. His opponent quickly gave it up and Bort moved to 36,500 in chips.
On the flop of , David Robinson fired a bet of 1,000 and was called by his lone opponent. The turn brought the and Robinson fired again for 1,800. His opponent stuck around to see the fall on the river. Both players checked and Robinson tabled the to beat his opponent's and win the pot.
We caught up with the action on the turn with the board reading . Jason DeWitt pushed all of his chips into the pot of about 17,000. His shove was worth roughly 11,000. After a brief few moments, his opponent gave it up and DeWitt won the pot to push his stack up to a little over 28,000.