Herstein Climbing Back
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Pat Steele was in middle position and opened to 2,200. He received a call from the player on the button before Gary Herstein found action upon himself in the big blind. Herstein confirmed the amount and then asked to see Steele's stack before throwing in a three-bet to 6,800.
Steele let his hand go to put action back on the player on the button, who thought for a few moments and then tossed his hand to the muck as well, resulting in a won pot preflop for Herstein, who has chipped back up over 40,000 after losing a few pots over the last couple of hours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,500
24,900
|
24,900 |
|
33,500
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
in a heads-up pot against Aaron Johnson, who was on his direct left in the cutoff. Johnson made the call
and Calvo fired out another 5,100. Johnson thought for some time and then tossed out calling chips. Both players then checked the river 
to take the hand to showdown.
for queens and sevens with an ace kicker. Johnson was unable to beat it and flung his cards to the center of the table face-down to muck them.
and Manke announced he was all in, sliding out well over a pot-sized bet. 
, planting him even further out in front with a set of aces. He would only need to fade running broadway cards or running tens, and the turn 
came to complete the runout and score him Broom the double.
