A player limped from early position and Justin Rice raised to 700. Rob Wood made the call from late position and the initial limper decided on a three-bet to 3,200. Rice got out of the way and Wood made the call. The flop was and the three-bettor's lead for 4,400 was met with a quick call. The turn was the and Wood's opponent jammed all in for 8,250. Wood snap-called, tabling for top pair and a flush draw. His opponent was behind with the and hit the rail when the fell on the river.
WSOP bracelet winner and HPT champ Adam Friedman is at FireKeepers Casino playing his first-ever MSPT event. He talks about his experience thus far, his plans for the summer, and possibly playing the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship.
Successful MSPT grinder, "Wild Bill" Romer has been eliminated. Romer raised under-the-gun to 450 and got a call from Denny Robinson in late position and from the big blind. The flop was . The big blind checked, Romer bet 850 and Robinson called. The big blind player now woke up with a raise to 3,200 and Romer flat-called. Robinson decided the betting wasn't over and reraised to 10,000. The big blind got out of the way and Romer made the call, leaving them heads up to the turn. Romer checked the turn and Robinson pushed all in. Romer quickly made the call and needed to hit a nine or ace on the river as his needed to hit a draw to best Robinson's set of sixes. The river was the and Robinson scooped the wild pot as Romer left the tournament area.
"All in and a call," we heard a dealer yell. We made our way over to discover Darrell Newcomer getting his last 7,625 all in on a board reading .
Newcomer, who was in the big blind, rolled over the for two pair, which was ahead of his opponent's . The river ended up pairing the board, and for a moment Newcomer seemed concerned that he had been counterfeited, though he quickly realized the six gave him a winning full house.
Newcomer is now back to the starting stack of 20,000.
We saw Justin Rice sitting with a short stack of 6,000. We didn't see the hand that crippled him, but he informed us that he was on the wrong end of an ace-versus-kings battle.
Rodd Robinson limped from middle position, Devin Looney completed from the small blind and the big blind checked his option. The flop came down . Looney checked, the big blind checked and Robinson bet 600, Looney raised to 1,400, the big blind folded and Robinson three-bet to 2,800. Looney made the call and saw the fall on the turn. Both players checked and the river was the . Each player checked again and Robinson turned over pocket aces. Looney mucked and proclaimed "nice turn card," mentioning that he had .
World Series of Poker bracelet winner and Heartland Poker Tour champ Adam Friedman drove four hours from Ohio last night to play his first-ever MSPT. He opted to rest up on Day 1a, so today marks his debut. Unfortunately for him, things aren't going quite as planned as he's down to less than half the starting stack.
In a recent hand, there was around 1,500 in the pot and a board reading when a player checked to Friedman, who bet 525. A player behind called, the other player folded, and it was heads up to the river, which they both checked.
"You're good," Friedman admitted, which prompted his opponent to tabled the . Friedman mucked and inventoried his remaining chips.
and the three-bettor's lead for 4,400 was met with a quick call. The turn was the 
and Wood's opponent jammed all in for 8,250. Wood snap-called, tabling 
for top pair and a flush draw. His opponent was behind with the 
and hit the rail when the 
fell on the river.
. The big blind checked, Romer bet 850 and Robinson called. The big blind player now woke up with a raise to 3,200 and Romer flat-called. Robinson decided the betting wasn't over and reraised to 10,000. The big blind got out of the way and Romer made the call, leaving them heads up to the turn. Romer checked the 
turn and Robinson pushed all in. Romer quickly made the call and needed to hit a nine or ace on the river as his 
and Robinson scooped the wild pot as Romer left the tournament area.
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for two pair, which was ahead of his opponent's 
. The 
river ended up pairing the board, and for a moment Newcomer seemed concerned that he had been counterfeited, though he quickly realized the six gave him a winning full house.
. Looney checked, the big blind checked and Robinson bet 600, Looney raised to 1,400, the big blind folded and Robinson three-bet to 2,800. Looney made the call and saw the 
fall on the turn. Both players checked and the river was the 
. Each player checked again and Robinson turned over pocket aces. Looney mucked and proclaimed "nice turn card," mentioning that he had 
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river, which they both checked.
. Friedman mucked and inventoried his remaining chips.
