Jeff "The Beast" Bryan and an opponent put in about 20,000 preflop and saw a flop of . We're not sure how the action unfolded, but Bryan ended up folding to his opponent's all-in bet of 14,075. Bryan, who is down to 23,000, showed , and was left shaking his head as his opponent showed .
Bryan, if you recall, is a circuit regular with more than $500,000 in career winnings. Most recently, he won a ring at the WSOP-C Council Bluffs stop back in February 2010 after taking down the limit Omaha hi-low event.
"Captain" Tom Franklin is nursing a shirt stack and was recently spotted moving all in five times in a row. He managed to swipe the blinds each time except one, when his was called by the of the cutoff. Unfortunately for him, the board ran out and it was a chopped pot.
A player in middle position limped and action folded to the button who put in a raise. "Cowboy" John Land was in the small blind and pushed back to the tune of 3,400. Both the middle-position player and the button called as the flop came down .
Land was first to act and checked to the middle-position player, who moved all in for 8,850. The button wisely got out of the way and Land made the quick call:
Middle Position:
Land:
Land was ahead but needed to avoid a diamond. It quickly became a mute point as the hit the turn and left his opponent drawing dead. After the was put out on the river for good measure, Land collected the pot and increased his stack to 45,000.
Jean "Prince" Gaspard, who won the WSOP-Circuit New Orleans back in 2009, is among the big stacks with 86,000 after having busted two players thus far.
A player in early position raised to 1,000 only to be reraised to 2,350 by Ari Engel on the button. The blind got out of the way and the early-position player made the call, leading to a flop.
The early-position player didn't take long before betting 3,200; on the contrary, Engel took his time before putting in a raise to 9,000. It was enough to get the job done as his opponent opted for a fold. Engel is sitting with right around 30,000.
Three players paid 600 to see a flop of and action checked to Aaron Massey, who bet 1,200. He got one caller and the dealer burned and turned the . Massey's sole opponent once again check-called a bet, this time 2,500, and the was put out on the river, putting three diamonds on board.
The caller, who had 16,000 behind, proceeded to check to Massey who shoved forward 25,000! His opponent folded and Massey showed with no diamond.
Ben Logan, a 26-year-old from Tiverton, Rhode Island, is nearly seven feet tall and once played D1 basketball at Brown University. While he was the 2002-2003 Lindys Sports pre-season rookie of the year, Logan adds another title to his resume, that of WSOP Circuit ring winner. He accomplished the feat after besting a field of 138 players in Event #4 $345 buy-in H.O.R.S.E., worth $10,755 and his first WSOP Circuit gold ring.
. We're not sure how the action unfolded, but Bryan ended up folding to his opponent's all-in bet of 14,075. Bryan, who is down to 23,000, showed 
, and was left shaking his head as his opponent showed 
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was called by the 
of the cutoff. Unfortunately for him, the board ran out 
and it was a chopped pot.
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hit the turn and left his opponent drawing dead. After the 
was put out on the river for good measure, Land collected the pot and increased his stack to 45,000.
and action checked to Aaron Massey, who bet 1,200. He got one caller and the dealer burned and turned the 
was put out on the river, putting three diamonds on board.
with no diamond.