In the last hand of Level 11, Xiaowei Lu opened for 2,500 from the cutoff and action folded to Vicki Russel, who had just declared that she was anxious to get down to the cash games. Russel then spiked in her stack of 21,200 from the big blind. Lu asked for a count and then made the call.
Lu:
Russel:
"King or ten please," Russel asked. The dealer obliged and put out the latter on the flop. The turn and river actually improved Russel to a flush, and that left Lu with just 15,000 after the hand.
"Eight times in a row he raised my big blind," Russel explained.
Xiaowei Lu opened for 2,500 from the cutoff and Jason Thomas called from the small blind. After the big folded, the flop came out and Lu continued for 3,000. Thomas raised it to 8,000, and it was enough to end the hand right there as Lu sent his hand to the muck.
Ken Moore opened for 3,000 under the gun only to have Peter Kaemmerlen, who was next to act, three-bet all in for 19,100. Action folded back around to Moore and he made the call.
Kaemmerlen:
Moore:
It was a classic flip, but one Kaemmerlen would need to win if he wanted to keep his HPO Grantville Regional hopes alive. The flop was dry, and so was the turn. That meant Kaemmerlen needed either an ace or king on the river to stay alive, and he found the latter when the spiked.
"That's why there's an adjective between 'that' and 'river,'" Moore deadpanned while he counted out his chips to pay off Kaemmerlen.
With 5,000 or so in the pot and a board reading , Jason Thomas checked from the big blind and then called a bet of 2,500 from Xiaowei Lu on the button. Thomas checked once again on the river, and Lu followed suit.
"Nuts," Thomas said.
"Nuts?" Lu asked. Thomas then showed the for, you guessed it, the nuts.
The action the last 20 minutes has been excruciatingly slow. Peter Kaemmerlen has moved all in a couple times and swiped the blinds, but other than that there hasn't been any notable action. That should changed soon.
"All in and a call," we heard the dealer yell over at Table 12. We made out way over to discover that Lee Childs had moved all in on the turn with a board reading , and Bradley Yazici had called him.
Childs:
Yazici:
Childs had picked the wrong time to run a bluff and was drawing dead headed to the river, which came the .
"I need lessons, Chad," a resigned Childs vented to our reporter. Childs then wrapped up his headphones and took his leave from the HPO Grantville Regional Open.
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flop. The 
turn and 
river actually improved Russel to a flush, and that left Lu with just 15,000 after the hand.
and Lu continued for 3,000. Thomas raised it to 8,000, and it was enough to end the hand right there as Lu sent his hand to the muck.
turn. That meant Kaemmerlen needed either an ace or king on the river to stay alive, and he found the latter when the 
spiked.
, Jason Thomas checked from the big blind and then called a bet of 2,500 from Xiaowei Lu on the button. Thomas checked once again on the 
river, and Lu followed suit.
for, you guessed it, the nuts.
, and Bradley Yazici had called him.
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