Parx Big Stax XXXII
The hijack opened to 1,000, Viral Ojha called in the cutoff, and the small blind called.
Action checked to Ojha on the ![]()
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flop, Ojha bet 1,800, and only the small blind called.
The small blind checked the
turn, Ojha bet 3,600, and the small blind folded.
Ruth Burman limped in the cutoff, the button raised to 1,200, and Burman called.
Burman led out for 1,100 on the ![]()
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flop, and the button called.
Burman checked the
turn, the button bet 2,400, and Burman called.
Burman led out for 5,000 on the
river, and her opponent folded.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Facing a middle-position limp, Charles Walton raised to 600 in the hijack. James Sparacio, in the cutoff raised to 2,000, the original limper called, and Walton four-bet to 15,600.
Sparacio five-bet shoved for 43,000, and Walton, clearly not thrilled with the situation, asked for a count and eventually made the call. Walton had Sparacio covered going to the showdown.
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on the flop all but clinched the hand for Sparacio, who's up to more than double the starting stack after the double up.
With around 10,000 in the middle, and the board showing ![]()
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, the hijack bet 2,500, and Charles Walton raised to 8,000 from the cutoff.
Walton's opponent thought it over for a bit, then made the call. Walton showed ![]()
, and his queen-high nut straight was the winner. The middle-position player mucked, and Walton took down the pot.
One hand after seeing most of his stack disappear in a big pot against George Chen, John Grubbs recovered and got back to just below the starting stack.
Grubbs was in the cutoff in a three-way hand, with ![]()
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showing on the turn. A middle-position player bet 2,900, the hijack folded, and Grubbs made the call.
The middle-position player checked the
turn, Grubbs bet 7,000, and the opponent made a quick call. Grubbs tabled ![]()
, with his straight good enough to take down the pot.
Details leading up to the showdown are unknown, but George Chen is up to nearly double the starting stack after doubling up through John Grubbs.
Chen held the winner with ![]()
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board, with his queen-high straight getting the best of Grubbs' top set with ![]()
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The big hand didn't eliminate Grubbs, however, as he still has 19,000 chips to work with as the early levels of Day 1b play on.