Action folded to Steve Pham on the button and he put in a raise to 3,200. The player in the small blind made the call, while the big blind opted to get out of the way. The flop inspired the small blind to check, and Pham continued for 2,400. The small blind woke up with an all-in check-raise to roughly 11,000, and Pham couldn't spike his chips in fast enough.
Pham:
Opponent:
Both players had flopped top pair, but Pham's kicker had him out in front. The turn have his opponent an open-ended straight draw, but it didn't come in as the paired the board on the river.
We saw RunGood Ambassador Bernard Lee stacking chips, and while we missed the hand he won them in, he was kind enough to fill us in on the details.
According to him, he opened for 1,400 and then called when an opponent three-bet to 2,800. Both players checked the flop, and the dealer burned and turned a . Lee's opponent check-called a bet of 2,200 and then led out for 5,000 when the river was a repeat . Lee raised to 14,300, and then snap-called when his opponent moved all in for more than twice that.
Lee tabled for flopped quads, which of course bested his opponent's hand, which ended up being the for those wondering.
It was one hand and done for the player that took the seat formerly occupied by Josh Mitts.
We're not sure of the player's name, but we do know he got his chips in on a flop holding the against the of Scott Sharpe. It was a brutal flush-over-flush flop, and only the would lose it for Sharpe. It didn't come though as both the turn and river proved safe.
Josh Mitts opened for 800 and action folded to Bernard Lee, who opted to move all in. Mitts only had 5,000 or so total and wasted little time in calling off.
Lee:
Mitts:
The flop paired Lee, but it also gave Mitts a gutshot straight draw. That was rendered moot though as another on the turn left him drawing dead. The river rubbed salt in the wound of Mitts, who made Broadway, which of course was no good against Lee's boat.
Justin Gardenhire, who just late registered the tournament, has been a Team RunGood veteran since the inaugural year. He is married with one beautiful daughter and resides in the great state of Oklahoma. With a ninth-place finish in the World Series of Poker National Championship and a 17th-place finish in the WSOP $1,500 PLHE event last year he is hoping to get the Rio “monkey” off his back and close out an event at the 2015 WSOP, but of course a Run Good title in between would be sweet.
"I began playing poker as many of us did with friends in a private game. A group of about eight of us would play a $10 tournament almost every night then the winner would usually take everybody out to the bar afterwards and spend all his winnings on the group," Gardenhire says of his poker origins. " Although most of these guys don't play anymore I knew from the start with my love of gambling and competitiveness my passion for poker wouldn't die out anytime soon. From there I met Ash Day who introduced me to online poker and that is when I started playing for money that wouldn't just change what I did that night but what I did for the rest of my life. I have been very fortunate to meet some of the people along the way that have helped me develop as an all around poker player."
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With 2,600 in the pot and a flop of , Josh Mitts checked from the small blind and Bernard Lee bet 1,525 from the cutoff. Mitts then woke up with an all-in check-raise for 4,450 more, and Lee thought for a few moments before giving it up.
flop inspired the small blind to check, and Pham continued for 2,400. The small blind woke up with an all-in check-raise to roughly 11,000, and Pham couldn't spike his chips in fast enough.
turn have his opponent an open-ended straight draw, but it didn't come in as the 
paired the board on the river.
flop, and the dealer burned and turned a 
. Lee's opponent check-called a bet of 2,200 and then led out for 5,000 when the river was a repeat 
for those wondering.
flop holding the 
against the 
flop paired Lee, but it also gave Mitts a gutshot straight draw. That was rendered moot though as another 
river rubbed salt in the wound of Mitts, who made Broadway, which of course was no good against Lee's boat.
, Josh Mitts checked from the small blind and Bernard Lee bet 1,525 from the cutoff. Mitts then woke up with an all-in check-raise for 4,450 more, and Lee thought for a few moments before giving it up.