A short-stacked player raised to 350 from middle position and the action folded to Johannes Steindl in the big blind. After examining the original raiser's stack, Steindl grabbed a large stack of T500 chips and moved all in for effectively 2,100. His opponent snapped it off.
Showdown
Steindl:
Opponent:
The flop fell , no help for Steindl, but the brought a gut-shot draw. The river blanked with the though, and Steindl slipped down to 12,200 chips.
Scott Weissman is an amateur player from Miami, Florida with one major cash for $2,910. He decided to late register today and is sitting in Seat 4 at Table 108.
His tablemates you ask?
Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis, Alexand Kravchenko, Andy Bloch, JC Tran and Ashton Griffin. We'd count their career earnings but we don't have that many fingers.
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A player raised to 500 from under the gun and another player in the small blind called. Ngoc Tran moved all in for 1,575 and the original raiser called. The small blind released and the hands were turned over.
Showdown
Under the Gun:
Tran:
Tran's hand was ahead until the river where the fell and he was eliminated from the tournament.
On a board of following a check, bet of 675 and a call, Jay Rosenkrantz bumped it up from the button to 1,800.
One-by-one each player casually tossed their hand into the muck to see Rosenkrantz rake in the pot and move to over 11,000, but not before flashing his for a bluff.