Thomas Jones was one of five players who saw the flop in a limped pot. Jones was the first player to bet when the action checked to him. He made it 1,000 and the next player to act raised to 2,100. Jones was the lone caller and the two players were heads up to the turn.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Jones bet again, this time he made it 2,100 to go. His opponent called quickly and Jones showed for top pair with a jack kicker. It was good enough to win the pot.
Nicole Miller raise under the gun to 400 and the player in the big blind defended. The flop came and the big blind checked to Miller. She c-bet to 500 and her opponent folded.
Former HPO Champion Charles Maxcy limped from early position and Connor Burchwell raised to 500. The remaining players folded and Maxcy called. Maxcy checked the flop and Burchwell c-bet to 450. Maxcy quickly folded.
Two players had 1,300 in front of them and Tom Williamson made it 6,450 to go. The two players folded. As Williamson was collecting the pot, one player asked if he would show. Williamson shook his head no.
Marc Smith casually joked that he was the 78,000th ranked player in the world. In fact, he is the 79,218th ranked player according to GPI.
The LA Sunset might not be lining up to draft him for next year's GPL, but he booked a win in a PLO tournament at HPO Columbus last year and a fifth place finish in a deepstack event as well. He's sitting just under $5,000 in career earnings and is part of what makes HPO special.
While there are some big names making their way through the HPO fields, there are several local players and home game heroes that are making their mark as well. Smith is just one of those players. Smith is off to a decent start so far today.
He was one of four players that saw a flop of for 300. The action checked to him and he bet 1,300. His opponents folded and he took down the small pot, uncontested pot. So far he's added about 4,000 to his starting stack.
flop in a limped pot. Jones was the first player to bet when the action checked to him. He made it 1,000 and the next player to act raised to 2,100. Jones was the lone caller and the two players were heads up to the turn.
and both players checked. The river was the 
and Jones bet again, this time he made it 2,100 to go. His opponent called quickly and Jones showed 
for top pair with a jack kicker. It was good enough to win the pot.
flop. The turn was the 
and the small blind led for 1,100. Yanovsky called.
and the small blind led again, this time for 2,000. Yanovsky made it 6,500 and his opponent quickly called.
for broadway and his opponent mucked.
and the big blind checked to Miller. She c-bet to 500 and her opponent folded.
flop and Burchwell c-bet to 450. Maxcy quickly folded.
for two pair and was just ahead of the 
of Swartz.
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for 300. The action checked to him and he bet 1,300. His opponents folded and he took down the small pot, uncontested pot. So far he's added about 4,000 to his starting stack.
