On a | board we saw Alex Bolotin bet out 15,600 from the under-the-gun plus one position. Ian Frazer on the button made the call. The on the river made Bolotin think for a second. With an unlit cigarette dangling in his mouth he cut out 20,000, and then added another 6,800 to make it 26,800 total. Almost even before Bolotin had released his chips, Frazer had already called. Bolotin mucked his cards and Frazer showed his to take down the pot.
Barry Greenstein raised it up to 5,500 preflop. He gets calls from a player in early position, late position, and the button. The four take a flop of . Greenstein tries to mow down the players with a bet of 9,000. Only the late position player calls. The turn is the . Greenstein checked and so did his opponent. On the river the came. Greenstein bet out 15,000. His opponent called and showed for trip jacks. It was a cooler for Greenstien as he held Pocket Aces the whole time. Greenstein down to 74,000
Table 437 is an interesting one with Joe Cada, Vanessa Selbst and foremost Brandon Steven. Steven, who was one of the players of the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop last year, is a man of action and is involved in the better portion of the hands in an orbit.
Just now he raised it up to 5,200 from the hijack and Joe Cada on the button was the only player looking him up. on the flop and Steven continuation bet 5,700. Cada made the call and also called the 12,700 Steven asked of him on the -turn. The river was the and both players decided to check.
"One pair" Steven announced. Cada showed his and Steven mucked.
Last year's third place finisher in the WSOP Main Event Jake Balsiger had already put a bet out on a flop of when his opponent pushed all in. Balsiger asked for a count but before the dealer could give him an accurate number Balsiger looked back at his cards and quickly called.
Balsiger's easily trumped his opponents small kicker of . The board ran out blank and Balsiger eliminated his opponent. Balsiger looking to make some noise in this year's series just like he did eight short months
Michael Shelton had his opponent all in for 20,000 when the cards were flipped. Shelton held and his opponent was holding the .
They were flipping and Shelton was looking to dodge an ace or king which is exactly what he did as the flop came . The turn gave Shelton a little worry with the as now diamonds were live. the river came the missing Shelton's opponent and giving Shelton some more ammunition as he is back to 122,000.
Ryan Welch was not happy. We do not know what happened. All we could see was his opponent holding with the board reading for a straight.
Welch had lost the hand and the dealer was counting out Welch's stack. Welch was left with just 10,000 and we can only assume that by his disappointment he got suck out on and will have to recover with 5 big blinds.
Robert Corcione opened to 4,500 under-the-gun and saw Alex Bolotin three bet to 12,200. When the action folded back to Corcione he took a careful look at Bolotin's stack, before announcing all in. Bolotin quickly called and showed his . Corcione tabled and wouldn;t get there: | | . "Skill game" said Bolotin sarcastically while he received a good portion of Corcione's chips.