Matt Kirby lost an unfortunate battle of the blinds.
Action folded to the small blind at Matt Kirby's table, and he limped in. Kirby put him all in the big blind, and the player called off for 27,500.
Kirby:
Small blind:
A flop left Kirby needing to pair up, which he did when the hit the turn. A river gave his opponent two pair though, and Kirby was left with just six big blinds.
Bryan Moon and Josh Reichard got all in preflop from the blinds.
Moon:
Reichard:
Moon had his opponent dominated, and Reichard called for spades. Just one appeared on the flop, but Reichard now could chop if a deuce hit. A opened up still more chopping outs, but the river sent the pot to Moon, and we won't have a repeat champion here at MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming.
With the board reading , the cutoff checked to Chris Burmeister, who put his opponent all in for 51,500 into a pot of about 80,000. The player tanked for a couple of minutes seeming genuinely pained as he brushed his cap back and counted his stack. Finally, he called.
Burmeister:
Cutoff:
Unfortunately for the cutoff, Burmeister had two of the outs he likely thought he had, and two pair would do him no good since it gave Burmeister a straight. A was a harmless river, and Burmeister pumped his fist.
Marc "Poker Joker" Powers shoved all in for 21,200 in the small blind, and the cutoff opener called him.
Cutoff:
Powers:
The flop gave Powers even more outs, and a turn meant even a ten would win it for him. The river completed his straight draw, and Powers got a much-needed double.
Kurt Hennes limped from middle position, and Jason Sell raised to 8,200 on the button. Hennes then pushed all in for 51,000, and Sell went into the tank for a couple of minutes.
"Been limping small pairs," he said, thinking aloud. "Is this the time you trap me?"
"Could be," Hennes said. "Trap city...turn to rack city."
Finally, Sell made the call. Hennes showed him .
"You did it," Sell said. "But I have an ace."
Sell had , to be precise, but he failed to catch up on the runout.
Hennes, who said he was down to two big blinds at 250/500, now has an average stack.
flop left Kirby needing to pair up, which he did when the 
hit the turn. A 
river gave his opponent two pair though, and Kirby was left with just six big blinds.
flop, but Reichard now could chop if a deuce hit. A 
opened up still more chopping outs, but the 
river sent the pot to Moon, and we won't have a repeat champion here at MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming.
provided no help.
, the cutoff checked to Chris Burmeister, who put his opponent all in for 51,500 into a pot of about 80,000. The player tanked for a couple of minutes seeming genuinely pained as he brushed his cap back and counted his stack. Finally, he called.
was a harmless river, and Burmeister pumped his fist.
