We were just noting how Mike Sexton was on the short stack, and indeed he found a spot just now in which to try and improve his situation.
The hand began with a raise from a player in early position to 1,100, followed by a reraise to 3,000 from the player sitting to the raiser's left. Then Sexton reraised over the top from middle position for his remaining 12,000.
It folded back around to the first raiser who set out almost all of his stack -- about 18,000 worth -- save the single black (100) chip he'd been using as a card protector. The remaining player called, but the three players didn't reveal their hands quite yet.
The flop came and that last 100 soon went in the middle. The player who had the others covered was already celebrating a bit as the cards were tabled. He had for the set. Meanwhile, the original raiser tabled , and Sexton showed .
The turn was the and river the , and two players, including Sexton, hit the rail.
With the board reading , Sandra Naujoks check-called a bet of 3,000 from her opponent before the dealer put the out on the river. Naujoks checked again and her opponent fired 6,400. Naujoks went into the tank for a minute, but wound up folding her hand. She's down to 37,000.
On a flop of , David Oppenheim shoved for his last 8,500 chips. His opponent called with , and Oppenheim's was going to need some help to stay alive.
The turn was no help whatsoever, but the river certainly was. That filled in Oppenheim's gutshot, keeping him afloat and doubling him up close to 20,000.
There was about 9,000 in the pot when we saw the dealer put the river down on a board of . Isaac Baron was the one doing the betting, and he fired out 4,300 when the board was complete. Michael Reed was his lone opponent, and Reed tank-called with pocket threes. It was good; Baron showed for the miss.
Baron has started his day well, but that little hit knocks him back to about 120,000.
After a player limped under the gun, Carter Gill raised to 1,850 from the cutoff. The button, small blind, big blind and under the gun all made the call.
When the flop came out , action checked to Gill who bet 3,600. Everyone folded except the under the gun player who raised to 8,600. Gill thought about it for a moment, mucked face-up and said, "You probably have a set."
On the flop of , four players were involved. First up was Greg Mueller and he checked. The next player fired 2,300 and the player after him folded. Carter Phillips was next in line and fold before action moved back to Mueller. He made the call.
The turn card was the and Mueller checked. His opponent fired 4,000 and Mueller folded. He's down to 12,000 in chips.
We walked up to the table of Jennifer Leigh to catch her in the middle of a big pot with the board reading . Leigh was first to act on the river and she tossed 9,000 into the pot.
Her opponent gave the decision a little thought, but perhaps the reputation of "Jennicide" being an aggressive, online player has spread, as her opponent made the call with just for third pair. It was good as Leigh showed . She slips back to 75,000.
A player in middle position opened with a raise and it folded around to Gabe Kaplan who called from the big blind. The flop came . Kaplan checked, his opponent bet 1,050, and Kaplan called.
The turn brought the , pairing the board. Kaplan checked again, and his opponent tossed out a single orange (5,000) chip, announcing a bet of 2,200. Kaplan sat for a moment, then set out his remaining stack of chips -- about 11,500 -- in front of him.
"All in?" asked the dealer of Kaplan. Kind of an obvious answer to that one. Kaplan chuckled and held his hands open to indicate that he didn't have anything else to put in the middle.
"Oh, all right," he said with a grin, and started to reach in his pocket to find more to bet. The players and dealer all laughed.
Meanwhile, Kaplan's opponent was in the tank, and after a couple of minutes let his hand go. Kaplan has chipped up to nearly 17,000.
A middle position player raised to 1,100, Jason Gray made the call from the button and the big blind called as well. The flop came down . The big blind checked, Mr. Middle Position bet 2,100, Gray called and the big blind folded. The turn paired the board with the and both players checked. The river fall the and they checked it down one more time.
Gray turned over and it was good to take down the pot. He's up to 72,500.
Greg Mueller was all in preflop for 10,400 with the . His opponent held the . The board ran out and Mueller successfully doubled to about 21,000 in chips.
and that last 100 soon went in the middle. The player who had the others covered was already celebrating a bit as the cards were tabled. He had 
for the set. Meanwhile, the original raiser tabled 
, and Sexton showed 
.
and river the 
, and two players, including Sexton, hit the rail.
, Sandra Naujoks check-called a bet of 3,000 from her opponent before the dealer put the 
out on the river. Naujoks checked again and her opponent fired 6,400. Naujoks went into the tank for a minute, but wound up folding her hand. She's down to 37,000.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, David Oppenheim shoved for his last 8,500 chips. His opponent called with 
was going to need some help to stay alive.
was no help whatsoever, but the 
river certainly was. That filled in Oppenheim's gutshot, keeping him afloat and doubling him up close to 20,000.
. Isaac Baron was the one doing the betting, and he fired out 4,300 when the board was complete. Michael Reed was his lone opponent, and Reed tank-called with pocket threes. It was good; Baron showed 
, four players were involved. First up was Greg Mueller and he checked. The next player fired 2,300 and the player after him folded. Carter Phillips was next in line and fold before action moved back to Mueller. He made the call.
and Mueller checked. His opponent fired 4,000 and Mueller folded. He's down to 12,000 in chips.
for third pair. It was good as Leigh showed 
. The big blind checked, Mr. Middle Position bet 2,100, Gray called and the big blind folded. The turn paired the board with the 
