Jonathan Olson was down to about 5,100 last time we checked on him, but the Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki champ has quickly run that up to nearly 50,000.
Larry Scholl was in late position, and he called 3,500 from the small blind on a board of . On the river, the small blind checked it to Scholl, who bet 4,100. The small blind quickly called and flipped , but Scholl had turned a flush with .
Gennady Shimelfarb raised to 1,000 from the hijack and got a caller on the button. In the big blind, James Ruszkiewicz made it 4,800 to go, and Shimelfarb four-bet to 12,000. The player on the button agonized for a bit before folding, and Ruszkiewicz moved all in for 15,275 more. Shimelfarb took a minute or so, but he pushed forward calling chips.
Ruszkiewicz:
Shimelfarb:
The board ran out , giving Ruszkiewicz the pot with his set.
Mike Deis opened for a raise in early position and then called the shove of a very short-stacked player, who looked to have about 3,000 or so. Deis had , live cards against his opponent's . The flop gave Deis a leading pair, and a turn closed out some of his opponent's outs. No help came on the river for the short stack, and Deis is among the leaders early on.
Matt Alexander just it all in preflop with against a player holding . The board ran out , keeping Alexander's kings best for the knockout. According to the players at the table, Alexander had busted the same player in the previous hand, but the player had reentered and got sent to the same seat. He promptly sent his stack to Alexander once more.