Kenyon Mckellar raised to 800 from late position, when the player to his left re-raised to 1,800 with about 3,000 behind. Mckellar called and they were headed to the flop.
The flop was . Mckellar checked and his opponent bet 2,000. Mckellar raised, putting himself all in, though he had his opponent, who called, well covered.
Mckellar showed while his opponent proudly turned over . Things were looking good for Mckellar's opponent, but when the followed the , Mckellar found himself with one more victim to add to his list.
Chris Ruby checked to Rachel Davis with the board reading . Davis bet 2,700 and Ruby min-raised to 5,400. Davis tanked momentarily before moving all-in. Ruby snapped, and the hands were tabled:
Ruby:
Davis:
Davis found no help from either the on the turn or the on the river and was sent to the rail. Ruby raked in his winnings and is now sitting with 22,000 chips.
Though we haven't made note of any huge hands he's been involved with, Matt Hollinger is now sitting with about 34,000 in chips.
We recently saw him take 1,000 off an opponent in the big blind. Hollinger raised in second position to 1,000 and was called by the player in the big blind. On a flop of . Hollinger bet 1,500 after the big blind checked. The big blind folded to Hollinger, who added another small collection of chips to his growing stack.
We turned our attention to Table 12 upon hearing a player say they were all in on a board reading . The player, holding was called by Kent Washington who had flopped a set with his . The river was , which gave Washington a full house and some more chips to add to his growing stack.
Jack McClelland was in the small blind for 300 of his remaining 1475 when he decided to call a players raise. The call put McClelland all in and he turned over against his opponent's . The flop brought and McClelland took the lead. The on the turn and on the river changed nothing. With the folded big blind and antes, McClelland is now up to 4,425.
Jack McClelland was all in pre-flop with and needed to improve against his opponent's . The flop allowed him to do just that when it delivered . The turn was a and the river was a , and McClelland shot up to about 10,800.
Jonathan Kotula, who won this event in 2008, raised preflop and had one caller. After the flop came , Kotula bet 3,200 only to have his opponent push all-in. Kotula made the call and flipped over , while his opponent was behind with . The turn was the and the river . Kotula eliminated another player and increased his stack to well over 40,000. Could Kotula take this event yet again?
We arrived at Table 14 to see Daniel Ahn call another player's all in. Ahn's were up against . However, Ahn improved to a set on a flop that read . The turn delivered a with a following on the river. Ahn collected a few thousand more chips and freed up a chair for a new player.
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. Mckellar checked and his opponent bet 2,000. Mckellar raised, putting himself all in, though he had his opponent, who called, well covered.
while his opponent proudly turned over 
. Things were looking good for Mckellar's opponent, but when the 
followed the 
, Mckellar found himself with one more victim to add to his list.
. Davis bet 2,700 and Ruby min-raised to 5,400. Davis tanked momentarily before moving all-in. Ruby snapped, and the hands were tabled:
on the turn or the 
on the river and was sent to the rail. Ruby raked in his winnings and is now sitting with 22,000 chips.
. Hollinger bet 1,500 after the big blind checked. The big blind folded to Hollinger, who added another small collection of chips to his growing stack.
was called by Kent Washington who had flopped a set with his 
. The river was 
, which gave Washington a full house and some more chips to add to his growing stack.
against his opponent's 
. The flop brought 
. The flop allowed him to do just that when it delivered 
. The turn was a 
. The turn was the 
with a