A player in early position opened the pot for 2,700 and it folded around to Frank Glover, who went into a think. After half a minute, Glover tossed in two gray chips for a raise to 10,000. The blinds got out of the way and the initial raiser wasted no time moving all-in for around 13,000 total. Glover called and his opponent asked, "How big is your pair?"
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"I need a six up there," the early position player said, and the dealer spread a flop of , all but ending the hand. The left Glover's opponent drawing dead, with the on the river to complete the board.
A player in early position opened for 4,000 and Tomas Teran, who ran deep in the RGPS Bossier City Main Event last October, called. Everyone else folded and the dealer spread a flop of . The initial raiser checked and Teran checked behind.
The turn added the to the board and the early position player bet 4,500. After some thought, Teran called.
The hit on the river, and the initial raiser checked. Teran thought for a few seconds and then checked behind.
The first player turned over for a king high and a missed straight draw. Teran then turned up for ace high and a missed flush draw, good enough to collect the pot.
Dennis Baker found himself heads-up in a pot in the last hand before break. The flop read and he and his opponent got into a betting war. Baker eventually bet enough to put his opponent all-in, and after a brief hesitation, he called.
"You don't have clubs, do ya?" Baker asked.
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Baker was up against top and bottom pair, but had a live draw. Seeing he needed to catch a club, Baker said, "Alright, let's get some clubs up there."
The dealer burned and turned the and Baker clapped his hands.
"Okay, now just don't fill him up," Baker said.
The completed the board and Baker pulled in the pot.
The players are enjoying the second scheduled 15-minute break of Flight D.
After the Southern Poker Open at Horseshoe Bossier City concludes on Sunday, next on the RunGood schedule is the RunGood Poker Series at Horseshoe Casino & Hotel in Tunica, August 13-18. The lineup of events include added prizes, guaranteed prizepools (10K, 25K, 100K), and a championship ring for every tournament winner. Full schedule here: www.RunGoodEvents.com.
We missed the hand, but the players at the table tell us that Huey Hulin came by his 335,500 chips in an incredible hand that saw four players all in by the flop. Hulin had them all covered holding . His opponents held , , and .
The board ran out clean for Hulin's pocket aces, , launching Hulin into the overall chip lead.