Gold Section Review: Richard Hughes & Dylan Hortin
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When we first walked around the Gold Section there was one man who stood a good 10,000 ahead of his competitors and he was a multiple World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder. Ryan Hughes holds bracelets in two different formats of Seven Card Stud, but has scores in virtually every game there is. In short, this kid can play poker. But we did say WAS 10,000 ahead of everyone else. Here are two pots involving Hughes - one good and one…not so good.
A man with slicked back grey hair and silver rimmed glasses raised to 700 in early position. The action folded around to Hughes, in the cutoff, and he made the call. The flop was 
and the initial raiser check-called a 1,100 Hughes bet. Pot control was the order of the turn, when both players checked at the sight of the 
. Finally we saw the 
on fifth street and the initial raiser check-called a 4,200 Hughes bet. Hughes calmly turned over 
, like all players holding winning hands do, and the initial raiser flipped over a frustrated looking 
.
Then Dylan Hortin raised from mid-position before Hughes three-bet to 1,600. Back to Hortin and he immediately made it 3,475, Hughes then made it 5,600, Hortin announced all-in and Hughes called.
| Hortin |   |
| Hughes |  |
Board: 
The total all-in bet by Hortin was 15,450 and he moved slightly ahead of Hughes on 32,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000 | |
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|
30,000 |
and the initial raiser check-folded to an Affleck all-in bet. Matt Affleck is now up to 20,500 chips.
v 
to take 3,075 from her eliminated opponent.
and we did see Todd Terry win a small pot. Other than that not much to write home about.
, Todd Terry was in early position and he was heads-up versus a player in the cutoff. Terry bet 600 and his opponent called. The turn card was the 
and both players checked. Terry turned over 
for two pair and it was enough to drag in a decent sized pot.
