Roberto Rodrigues started out a recent hand by making it 4,600 to anyone who wanted to see a flop. Marcel Luske in the small blind was the only one willing to make the call and did so.
The flop came and Luske checked. Rodrigues opted to bet, and pushed forward 6,600. Luske made the call quite quickly and both players were off to the turn.
With the appearing on fourth-street we saw both players knuckle the felt for a check.
A river saw Luske bet out 6,000. Rodrigues couldn't find it in himself to make the call and deposited his cards in the muck.
Table 403 is turning into a table giant stacks. With 5 people over 70,000 this is one table a player does not want to get moved to.
Recently we saw a short stacked Sandy Smith get all in against an opponent holding . Smith's opponent, Jay Hong held .
The flop came giving Smith a flush draw for some hope. A on the turn put the hand in Smith's favor, but a on the river took it away from him. Smith did not seem to noticed his opponent hit a full house and jumped for joy exclaiming "flush! flush! flush!". Smith was quickly made aware of the situation and disappointingly walked away from the tournament.
John Carruthers was all in preflop while Miles Lewis and Ted Rogers were in action for a side pot. The main pot was approximately 90,000 in chips.
The flop came down and both Lewis and Rogers checked. They also checked the on the turn and the on the river. Because they checked it down all the way, no side pot was created.
Lewis showed the , Rogers showed the and Carruthers the . Carruthers won the three-way pot and tripled up.
A player from early position raised it up to 5,000 and Hoyt Corkins in the big blind moved all in. The early position player then called and cards were tabled.
Corkins:
Opponent:
The board came and Corkins was awarded the double up.
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and Luske checked. Rodrigues opted to bet, and pushed forward 6,600. Luske made the call quite quickly and both players were off to the turn.
appearing on fourth-street we saw both players knuckle the felt for a check.
saw Luske bet out 6,000. Rodrigues couldn't find it in himself to make the call and deposited his cards in the muck.
. Smith's opponent, Jay Hong held 
.
on the turn put the hand in Smith's favor, but a 
on the river took it away from him. Smith did not seem to noticed his opponent hit a full house and jumped for joy exclaiming "flush! flush! flush!". Smith was quickly made aware of the situation and disappointingly walked away from the tournament.
and both Lewis and Rogers checked. They also checked the 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Because they checked it down all the way, no side pot was created.
, Rogers showed the 
and Carruthers the 
. Carruthers won the three-way pot and tripled up.
and Corkins was awarded the double up.