Arthur Peevy checked a board from under the gun, and the cutoff bet 6,000 into the 10,000 chip pot. The button folded, and Peevy called.
Peevy flicked in two 5k chips on the river for a bet of 10,000. The cutoff, who had just 12,000 behind, shook his head for a moment before folding. Peevy flung the face-up on the felt, showing his opponent that he had rivered a straight before collecting the pot.
[Removed:286] three-bet shoved her short stack of around 5,000 in from the small blind and was at risk against Michael Larkin from under the gun.
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[Removed:294]'s jacks improved to a full house on the flop, and the turn was safe as well. The river gave both players quads, but Larkin now held the nuts with his ace kicker, sending [Removed:294] back to the registration desk to rebuy.
Alain Candales Falcon raised to 1,200 from the cutoff, and was called by Eric Rivera in the small blind and Katerina Lukina in the big blind.
Action checked to Falcon on a flop, and he bet 2,500. Only Rivera called.
Both players checked the turn, and Rivera led out for 6,900 on the river. Falcon raised to 15,000, and Rivera tanked for a minute before flicking in calling chips. Falcon rolled over for runner-runner trip sixes, and Rivera smirked and showed for a flush draw that made the same trip sixes, and their lack of kickers resulted in a chop pot.
Michael Lind had a bet of 20,000 in front of him from the hijack, and with a board on the felt, RecPoker founder Steve Fredlund was contemplating a decision with his stack of around 16,000. Fredlund eventually stacked his chips up in a column and slid them in the pot, and Lind tabled for top two.
Fredlund winced, then showed for an inferior two pair, and Lind earned the knockout.
RecPoker, an official partner of the RunGood Poker Series, is here on the second of their "RunGood Road Trips", and leading the team this weekend is Steve Fredlund, who is both the founder of RecPoker and the host of the RecPoker Podcast.
RecPoker's first foray into RunGood Road Tripping was at the RGPS Horseshoe Council Bluffs $575 Main Event, which ended in a stunning 11-way chop for first. A well represented crew was led by John Somsky (32nd - $1,953) and Fredlund (37th - $1,536), while Marvin "Boomer" Schumer took down the Seniors Event for $4,751.
Fredlund hosts a weekly podcast called "Chats", which are described on-site as "engaging conversations with wonderful people in the poker community," and recent guests include many prominent poker figures, such as Kenny Hallaert, Kevin Mathers, and even 2014 WSOP Main Event champ Martin Jacobson. Another weekly podcast called "Forums" is hosted by Jim Reid, and focus on strategy conversations sparked by the extensive threads in the RecPoker forums.
With an array of free content and a supportive community, some of whom have joined up with Fredlund in the "RecPoker House" nearby to attend this week's events, it's easy to see why RecPoker is a well-respected and popular site for engaging poker content.
Fredlund, who fired and busted in yesterday's Day 1a flight, is back in action today, and we'll keep an eye on him and the rest of the RecPoker Road Trip crew all day long.
"It was a crazy one!" Vito DiStefano said while showing off his newly earned massive stack. He was kind enough to share details of his good fortune.
"I had and raised, and was three-bet by . A player had in the big blind and called, and I called as well."
Good fortune awaited DiStefano on the flop; "I flopped the nuts on a flop, and both those guys flopped two pair. It checked to the guy in late position, he bet half the pot, and the big blind went all in. I called, the late position guy called, and I held up!"