Ryan Remington checked in middle position to Rich Dixon, who bet 2,300 on a board of . Remington called and the river was a . He checked and quickly called 5,000 more.
"You got a ten?" he asked.
Dixon responded in the negative and seemed reluctant to show his cards, so Remington slapped down and took the pot.
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On a flop, Aaron Frei bet 1,600 and Nader Wahdan jammed on the button for 2,700. A player in the blinds shipped all of his chips in the middle, around 33,000. Frei tanked briefly and folded.
Wahdan:
Opponent:
Wahdan was smashed with his middle pair against top pair and a flush draw, but he improved right away when the hit the turn, giving him two pair. He still had a lot of cards to fade, but the wasn't one of them, giving him a playable stack again a little below 10,000.
On a completed board of , Phil Mader was on the button and facing a pot-sized bet of 5,000 from the big blind. Mader tanked around 90 seconds and then flicked in a chip to call.
The big blind showed for trips, but Mader could beat that with for a flush.
Steve Wilkie opened for a raise in middle position, and Matt Livingston made it about 2,600 in the blinds. Wilkie snap-called, and Livingston continued for 3,300 on a queen-high flop. Wilkie tossed his in the middle.
Livingston turned over the then flicked his cards in so they reversed positions and the was exposed.
The field is looking a little more healthy here on Day 1b of the Denver Poker Open, looking certain to pass the Day 1a tally of 73 entries.
Among the recently seated players were all-time Wyoming money leader Rich Dixon and "Farmer" Phil Mader of Nebraska, both at the same table on the edge of the room.