Kelly Whitlock bet 25,000 out of the big blind on a flop against Kou Vang in early position. Vang made the call, and Whitlock checked to him on the turn. Vang fired 38,000, and Whitlock quickly called. The dealer burned and turned an , and Whitlock checked. Vang put her all in for about 130,000, and she folded relatively quickly.
Action folded to Jeff Fielder, who jammed for about 50,000 from the cutoff. The next two players folded, but Dan Dreyfuss immediately called upon peaking at his cards.
Dreyfuss:
Fielder:
"All I need's a jack," Fielder said, painting the picture in a rather positive light.
Unfortunately for Fielder, he found no jacks on the runout.
Rosie Paules just dragged the biggest pot of the tournament when she got all in after a flop with against a player holding for top set. Paules turned additional outs when a hit the board, and an river meant she had filled both of her draws to bust her unfortunate opponent.
We found William Givens betting 19,000 against a lone opponent on a flop of . The player in the hijack decided to raise to 38,000, and Givens called. A turn made the board especially scary, and both players checked. On the river, Givens checked again and watched the hijack fire 50,000. Givens thought for about a minute and counted out calling chips before ultimately folding.
Blake Bohn opened for 11,000 in the cutoff, and Brett Schwertley made it 27,500 from the button. The blinds folded, and Bohn four-bet to what looked like 86,000. Schwertley had come back with an all-in wager, putting Bohn at risk for his last 155,000 or so. Bohn thought for a bit and looked his opponent up and down for any hint as to the strength of his hand. Finally, Bohn gave up his cards, sending the pot to the Nebraska native.
We found players and spectators gathered around a table at the edge of the room, and three players were all in. Eric Loehr held for a pair of nines that he'd gotten all in preflop, but Ally Woolworth had flopped top pair with on a queen-high board. A third player had a flush draw with , but Loehr was able to spike a nine on the river to triple up, while Woolworth collected what looked like about 150,000 from the player who had Loehr covered.
Michael Martinez three-bet all in for about 60,000 from the button after Roger Martin opened for 11,000. Rosie Paules called in the big blind and Martin folded.
Paules:
Martinez:
Paules flopped a straight draw when hit the flop, but two bricks completed the board: and .
Action folded to Kevin Alexander in the small blind, and he put his opponent all in for about 50,000. The player thought for awhile before deciding to call off his stack.
Alexander:
Big blind:
The board ran out , and Alexander collected his opponent's stack.
flop against Kou Vang in early position. Vang made the call, and Whitlock checked to him on the 
turn. Vang fired 38,000, and Whitlock quickly called. The dealer burned and turned an 
, and Whitlock checked. Vang put her all in for about 130,000, and she folded relatively quickly.
runout.
flop with 
against a player holding 
hit the board, and an 
river meant she had filled both of her draws to bust her unfortunate opponent.
turn made the board especially scary, and both players checked. On the 
on a queen-high board. A third player had a flush draw with 
and 
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