Herstein Wins at Showdown
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
More than 2,000 was already in the middle on a flop of 
with three-way action that saw a middle-position player bet 600. The hijack was next to act and called, putting action onto Gary Herstein, who was on the button. Herstein put in a raise to 2,000 and got a fold from the original bettor and a call from the hijack.
The turn came 
and the hijack checked. Herstein continued, firing another 3,000, and the hijack called again. Action then went check-check on the river 
to take the hand to showdown, and the two players verbalized their hands thereafter to some degree between one another, with the hijack mucking as Herstein showed only 
, good to earn him the pot with jacks up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,200
38,200
|
38,200 |
and action checked to the player on the button, who announced a bet of 800. The small blind folded and then Taylor check-raised to 2,100, receiving a fold from the hijack before his final opponent put in chips to call.
and Howard thought for about 30 seconds before reaching for chips and going all in for his opponent's effective stack of just under 20,000. The player on the button took about 10 seconds to think, and then sent his cards to the muck.
. Action was heads up, and the big blind fired out 2,000 to put action onto David Jackson, who was in middle position. Jackson matched the bet.
for a pair of sixes and Jackson tabled 
for two pair, queens and tens, good to earn him the pot.
, and Pupillo made a continuation-bet of 1,500. His opponent called.
and he made a continuation-bet of 1,100. The cutoff and Elias called with the small blind folding in between the two, and the turn came 
