Alex Kotliarsky opened to 175,000 in early position and Matthew Ludiker re-jammed for 440,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to Kotliarsky and he called.
Matthew Ludiker:
Alex Kotliarsky:
No spades or queens came on a runout of and Ludiker scored the double as a result.
Joseph Gunn opened to 160,000 under the gun and was three-bet to 340,000 by Barb Visher, who was on the button. Gunn called.
The flop came [td54s] and Gunn lead out for 250,000, sending Visher into the tank for over a minute. She then announced she was all in and Gunn quickly let his hand go.
Hand #1: All of the chips got into the middle preflop between Matthew Ludiker and Jordan Walker, both of whom were in early position with Ludiker at risk and in need of help to stay alive.
Matthew Ludiker:
Jordan Walker:
Walker had Ludiker in dominated shape through the flop and turn , but the river saved him and scored him the double.
Hand #2: On the adjacent table, Cy Church opened to 175,000 in middle position and Jonathan Bagwell re-jammed in the cutoff, with Church making the call.
Jonathan Bagwell:
Cy Church:
No deuce came on the runout and Bagwell scored the double.
Jerry Morrell opened to 175,000 under the gun and wound up getting all in preflop against James Callanan, who was on the button.
James Callanan:
Jerry Morrell:
The flop came to give Callanan top pair, top kicker and bring about a fist pump from him. He remained on top through the runout and his stack was counted to be 2.215 for the double. After paying it off, Morrell was left with just one big blind and lost it on his very next hand after being forced to commit the rest of his chips in the big blind, only to pick up six-three offsuit.