We arrived to see Ruthenberg all in preflop and Peter Eastgate tossing in the call. Hot Pro-on-Pro action!
Ruthenberg:
Eastgate:
Board: an undramatic
. The big blind checked to the Elk, and he led out with a bet of 6,900. The third player in the hand called, the big blind folded away, and it was heads up the rest of the way.
. ElkY checked this time, and he would eventually call another bet of 15,900.
. Another check from ElkY saw his opponent pause for a minute or two. Finally, he grabbed the 23,700 chips he had remaining and moved all in. ElkY asked for a count and made the call.
for the set, and the Team PokerStars Pro flung his cards into the muck with a bit of visible frustration. Shaking his head, ElkY counted down his stack after that hand; it sits at 129,000.
, only to find Grace holding pocket queens. Must be nice.
and raised. Another gentleman shipped his 45,000 stack in with
offsuit, Mattern snap-called, and there was a showdown.
) held the pocket aces and sent the always-jovial Minieri off to the rail.