Two of the bigger stacks just clashed at Table 11, with Brian Stevens raising to 4,000 in the small blind and Brian Newman three-betting to 9,000 in the big. Stevens called, and flopped. Stevens checked and called 10,000. Both quickly checked the , and Stevens bet 25,000 on the river. Newman snap-called, and Stevens showed him for a missed double-gutshot.
Dale Hackney's slide didn't last long. The next time we walked over to his table, cards were up on a completed board with Hackney having flopped top set of aces against an opponent who had second set of jacks. Hackney's opponent had around 60,000, and Hackney had him easily covered.
We found Dale Hackney tanking against a 14,000 bet from fellow middle-position player Ryan Dykhouse. The board was , and Hackney seemed to be leaning to a call.
"I think you have a pair," he said. "I hope it's eights."
Dykhouse had far more than a mere pair: for the flopped boat.
David Gutfreund got off to a less than stellar start, but he's picked things up in the later levels.
Most recently, four players saw a flop, and the small blind bet 4,200. The big blind called, and Gutfreund announced he was all in after looking at the small blind's stack. The fourth player folded, and the small blind called it off for 25,000 more. The big blind folded.
Gutfreund:
Small blind:
Equities were close, but Gutfreund held as the and ran out.
Nick Pupillo raised from late position and called the shove of a player in the small blind who had about 17,000. Pupillo's dominated his opponent's , and the Mid-States Poker Tour team pro won the pot when the board ran out clean.
Adam Friedman opened to 2,500 from the hijack, as he's been doing frequently at his table, and he got calls from Ted Choe in the cutoff and the big blind. The flop brought , and Friedman's continuation-bet of 2,800 was raised to 8,000 by Choe. The big blind mucked, and Friedman called. Friedman checked the , and he folded relatively quickly to Choe's bet of 9,000.
flopped. Stevens checked and called 10,000. Both quickly checked the 
, and Stevens bet 25,000 on the 
river. Newman snap-called, and Stevens showed him 
for a missed double-gutshot. 
.
, and Hackney seemed to be leaning to a call.
for the flopped boat.
flop, and the small blind bet 4,200. The big blind called, and Gutfreund announced he was all in after looking at the small blind's stack. The fourth player folded, and the small blind called it off for 25,000 more. The big blind folded.
and 
ran out.
, and the Mid-States Poker Tour team pro won the pot when the board ran out clean.
, and Friedman's continuation-bet of 2,800 was raised to 8,000 by Choe. The big blind mucked, and Friedman called. Friedman checked the 
, and he folded relatively quickly to Choe's bet of 9,000.
