Rodriguez Raises the River
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
A player in early position opened and saw action fold around to the small blind, who called. James Rodriguez was in the big blind and defended as well, and then all three players checked to the river on a completed board of 
.
The small blind fired out 5,000 after the river came and Rodriguez put out a raise to 18,800. The early-position player folded and then the small blind went into the tank for a bit before folding, saying he made a big laydown after Rodriguez took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,500 | 14,500 |
and action checked to the hijack, who bet 4,500. Both Rule and Siegfried called, and then action checked through the turn 2h].
and Rule cut out a bet of 15,200. Siegfried wasted no time folding and the hijack then followed suit after about 20 seconds of thought.
came to give Fjeldsted the nut flush draw and backdoor straight possibilities to go with it.
complete the runout to bring about a slow, extended sigh of relief. 
gave him more outs to fade despite flopping flush- and open-ended straight draws of his own. His six paired on the turn 
, giving Hopp a straight that remained best as the river 
completed the runout.
fell right behind to put Roy back on top and earn the elimination and accompanying pot.
and Patch bet 30,000, more than enough to put his remaining opponents all in. The hijack folded and then Wheeler thought for a bit before announcing a call.
