Joe Ebanks opened for an unknown raise and Chris Bolek moved all in for his last 4,800. It was folded back to Ebanks who made the call with and was racing against Bolek's .
Bolek would maintain the lead on the flop but the on the turn would move Ebanks into the lead and he would not relinquish it on the river.
It started out as two friends running bar leagues back in 2005 and has emerged into one of the up and coming poker tours in all of the world. The future is bright for Bryan Oulton and Sandy Swartzbaugh, the two responsible for running the PPC Poker Tour. They've moved on from bars to ballrooms at luxury hotels in Aruba and are expecting record growth in the upcoming year.
One of the reasons for the success of the tour is the potential to win a trip to Aruba for a "poker-cation" as Swartzbaugh likes to call it. "People like playing our tournaments because of the allure of the lower buy-ins for our Main Events. That and they have the potential to win a trip to Aruba and go to a beautiful tropical island and play poker with pros like 2012 World Poker Tour Player of the Year Joe Serock and Ronnie Bardah, the first player to ever cash in five straight World Series of Poker Main Events."
With a record already assured in this years $200,000 Guaranteed Main Event, the PPC Poker Tour is looking forward to their third season. They will host over 30 Main Events and will be adding stops to Nevada, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Things will get underway in less than a week at the Silks Poker Room at Tampa Bay Downs from October 22nd thru the 26th including a $225 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed Main Event.
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A player in early position opened for 1,300 and Ronnie Bardah made it 3,300 to go from the cutoff. The player in the small blind casually tossed out a cal and the original raiser released his hand.
The flop came and the player in the small blind checked. Bardah bet 4,000 and his opponent asked him "how many chips you have left?" Bardah lifted his hands so he could see how much — it was approximately 17,000. After a few moments, Bardah's opponent reluctantly pushed his cards into the middle.
Bardah is surviving thus far, something he has become rather proficient at. The PPC put up a large banner congratulating Bardah on his five straight World Series of Poker Main Event cashes but he's here looking for more than just a cash.
We got to the table with a bet of 8,600 in front of Steve Karp and 18,000 in front of Eugenio Castaneda on a board of . Karp moved all in and Castaneda looked visibly frustrated at that move.
"I have a big hand," he said to Karp, who said nothing.
Castaneda shook his head and repeated himself. "I have a big hand" and added "don't think I'm ever folding" as he pushed forward a call.
His intuition was right as Karp had flopped a set with but it's hard to fold a set, which is what Castaneda held with his . The river gave one of the two quads but it was Karp who would hit when it was the .
Castaneda stood up, still shaking his head, and looked over at his friend Karp. The two had eaten dinner together less than a couple hours ago. "Good job Steve. Well played," said Castaneda, cracking a smile. Karp sat there, a sheepish look on his face, as he whispered "I got lucky." Karp is up to 125,000 after the hand with Castaneda slipping to 28,000.
John Ott got his money in good with against his opponent's but the flop of had him drawing to a straight and two queens to stay alive. The turn was the and the river was the and the frustrated Ott, who has two wins in PPC Tour events this year, was eliminated and left muttering expletives under his breath. Ott is sitting in second in the Player of the Year race and will need to play tomorrow if he wants to catch the leader, Parry Shaw.
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and was racing against Bolek's 
.
flop but the 
on the turn would move Ebanks into the lead and he would not relinquish it on the 
river.
and the player in the small blind checked. Bardah bet 4,000 and his opponent asked him "how many chips you have left?" Bardah lifted his hands so he could see how much — it was approximately 17,000. After a few moments, Bardah's opponent reluctantly pushed his cards into the middle.
. Karp moved all in and Castaneda looked visibly frustrated at that move.
but it's hard to fold a set, which is what Castaneda held with his 
.
had him drawing to a straight and two queens to stay alive. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and the frustrated Ott, who has two wins in PPC Tour events this year, was eliminated and left muttering expletives under his breath. Ott is sitting in second in the Player of the Year race and will need to play tomorrow if he wants to catch the leader, Parry Shaw.