We arrived to find Matthew Colvin all in and at risk for his last 16,350 against a lone opponent on a flop. Colvin's opponent called and the hands were turned over.
Colvin:
Opponent:
Colvin's opponent had the lead with his pair of eights, but Colvin was drawing live heading to the following streets. The rolled off on the turn, sealing the deal for Colvin with the nut flush. The board finished with the and Colvin was shipped the double up. He's now sitting on about 38,000.
We saw Maria Ho talking to the floor staff and she relayed her bust out hand to us. "I had on a board against David Baker and he had . I wasn't getting away from that hand against him," she said.
A player in middle position limped in and Jacob Bazeley made it 1,500 to go from late position. It was folded back to the limper who made the call. The flop came and the limper quickly check-folded to a Bazeley bet. After the hand, Bazeley was sitting with more than double the starting stack with 52,000 in chips.
Aaron Massey and an opponent took a flop of in a raised pot. Massey was first to act and led out for 900. His opponent instantly raised the action to 6,000 and Massey quickly called.
The turn was the and Massey flung out a single orange T5,000 chip. His opponent responded with a raise all in for approximately 28,000, prompting Massey to look back down at his cards.
"Set of nines?" he said out loud before announcing a call.
Massey:
Opponent:
Massey's top two pair were in a commanding lead and he scored the knockout after the completed the board. The 2012 River Poker Series Main Event champion now has roughly 82,000 just over halfway through Level 6.
We get to the table and a player in early position has opened for a raise to 1,000. He was called by a player in middle position and the player in the small blind. Christian Harder was in the big blind and put out a raise to 4,800. The original raiser quickly folded as did the player in middle position.
The player in the small blind was not so quick but he ultimately decided to let it go. Harder's stack sat at 55,000 after the hand.