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WSOP bracelet winner Barney Boatman is off to a rather fast start here sitting on close to 45,000 already.
He's played a lot of pots already and since he's short and just a few seats away, it appears whale Bob Bright may have been chief donator in at least a few of them.
With a little bit of loose image now, it was surprise to see five callers when he opened up with a 300-chip preflop raise a minute ago. What was less surprising was to see just two callers when he made it 500 on the 
flop.
Everybody checked the club-flush draw completing 
turn, but when the player in the small blind bet 1,500 on the 
river, Boatman and the third man in the hand let it get through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
9,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
on fourth street, Jennifer Tilly bet 1,200 after two players checked in front of her. The big blind made the call, and the postflop aggressor who had bet 500 on that street mucked his hand. The 
completed the board, and the big blind fired out 2,600. Tilly quickly called.
, and Tilly's 
for a straight was easily best.
and Cheong check-raised a 2700-chip bet from Ausmus, dropping two pink 5,000 chips on the felt in front of him. Ausmus folded and Cheong moved a little closer to the 30,000-chip starting stack again.
and this time Peters bet 4,350. Cheong called again, but on the 
in position. Mizzi bet 3,800, and Somerville called. On the 
flop. Antonio Esfandiari raised to 2,350 in the next spot, and two players folded behind. The initial bettor made the call.
board. Schwartz folded and a slim and trim looking Forrest fattened his stack a little.
