Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Local player Henry Gingerich is a regular at the Horseshoe tournaments and finished second in August for $18,065 in the Horseshoe Poker Classic. His Flight A run has come to an end, however. The action folded to Henry Gingerich on the button and he open-shoved for his last 4,500. Andy Van Blair in the big blind asked for a count before making the call to put Gingerich at risk.
Henry Gingerich: ![]()
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Andy Van Blair: ![]()
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Gingerich had live cards but needed to catch to stay alive. The dealer spread a board of ![]()
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, bringing no help to Gingerich and he headed the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
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Busted |
On a flop of ![]()
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, Cash Carpenter bet out 2,000. Jon Lawson, his only opponent, turned over the
and folded.
In response, Carpenter turned over both his hole cards to reveal ![]()
. "Jack high versus king high," Carpenter says, "And if I go all-in I'm bluffing."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,300
41,300
|
41,300 |
|
|
53,000
3,200
|
3,200 |
|
|
22,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
On the last hand before the break, Tom Hudson found himself in the small blind with ![]()
. Four players had limped in for 300 each, and Hudson raised to 2,200. All four players called.
The flop came ![]()
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and Hudson continued for 6,500. The next player shoved all-in, another folded, and Dave Queen tank-called for less on the button. Hudson called to put both players at risk.
Tom Hudson: ![]()
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Dave Queen: ![]()
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3rd Player: ![]()
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Hudson flopped best but had to fade a few outs to hold. The turn
gave Queen the nut flush draw and more outs, but the
on the river secured the hand for Hudson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,300
18,300
|
18,300 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Here are a few chip stack updates as we restart the action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,200
56,200
|
56,200 |
|
|
46,400
26,400
|
26,400 |
|
|
41,300
21,300
|
21,300 |
|
|
38,300 | |
|
|
25,400
14,300
|
14,300 |
The players are taking the first 15-minute break of the schedule. When they return, the blinds will increase to 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante.

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