Vanderpol Beats Somerville with Queens
After Jeff Jansen raised to 450 from the hijack seat, Jason Somerville called from the button. Henry Vanderpol called out of the big blind, and the dealer spread the 
flop. Vanderpol and Jansen checked, then Somerville bet 1,025. Vanderpol called, and Jansen folded.
The turn was the 
, and both Vanderpol and Somerville checked to see the 
land on the river. Both checked again.
Somerville tabled the 
in an optimistic manner, but it was no good against the 
that Vanderpol held, and he won the pot. That moved Vanderpol to about 12,500 and knocked Somerville down to 14,300.
A couple of hands later, Vanderpol opened from middle position with a raise. After the player in the cutoff seat reraised to 900, play folded back to Vanderpol and he moved all in. His opponent quickly folded, and Vanderpol won the pot to chip up some more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,300
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
||
|
13,500 | |
and Somerville lead out for 1,100 and Casey was his only caller, after which the turn brought out the 
.
and Somerville check-folded to a bet of 1,700.
for a flopped full house and Somerville's response was, "Well, I had zero out," as he lost some of his stack.
and Jeremy Conant had the biggest smile on his face as he held 
and 
respectively, and top set found itself drawing dead on the turn. Conant's now sitting pretty on a pile of chips with still a few levels left to register.
, and action checked to the woman in middle position. She bet 400, the player in the big blind called, and then King raised to 1,100. The woman reraised to 2,200, the player in the big blind folded, and then King went all in. The woman called to put herself at risk, but she by far the best of it with the 
.
, and the river brought just that with the 