Hands #49-51: "Everyone Loves a Chopped Pot!"
Hand 49: Erik Seidel moved in from the button with the ![]()
for 450,000. Steve O'Dwyer in the small blind asked for a count with ![]()
and reshoved. Thorel folded.
The flop came ![]()
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which left little room for chopped pots. But the
on the turn improved those odds drastically, and the
on the river made for a split.
"Everyone loves a chopped pot!" James Hartigan sang alone as co-commentator Lex Veldhuis failed to join in.
Hand 50: Steve O'Dwyer on the button with ![]()
raised to 75,000. Byron Kaverman in the big blind called with ![]()
and checked on ![]()
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. O'Dwyer bet 105,000 into 185,000 and Kaverman called.
The
on the turn did nothing and Kaverman checked again. O'Dwyer waited till he had just 3 seconds left and then moved in for 553,000 into the 395,000 pot. Kaverman folded.
Hand 51: Steve O'Dwyer opened ![]()
under the gun and he took down the blinds and antes.