With a flop of , David "ODB" Baker check-raised his opponent's 5,200 chip bet to 10,500. His opponent clicked it back to 15,000 and Baker shrugged and tossed out a stack of orange T5,000 chips to set his opponent all in. His foe made the call and Baker said "I don't like it" as he turned over for a pair of jacks with a king kicker. He was behind, however, as his opponent had . The turn and river would brick out and Baker would send a total of 36,400 over to his opponent.
Despite the hit, Baker was still sitting comfortably with 85,000 chips after the hand.
Joseph Cheong has moved to second in chips after picking up a big multiway pot with pocket kings. He currently sits with close to 250,000 in chips and trails only Matthew Lapossie who has approximately 300,000.
The flop read and three players including Brandon Steven were engaged in the hand. There were two checks over to Steven and he fired out a bet of 5,700. The first player called and the second folded, leaving the two heads up to the turn.
The dealer put out the on the turn and action checked to Steven for a second time. He bet 12,000, his opponent folded, and Steven picked up the pot.
As tables in the tournament room break and balance, players get moved around the room and can ultimately end up playing with folks that they've seen before. This is the case late in Day 1a, as three players who final tabled this very event in 2012 are all seated around the same table once more.
Aaron Massey, who won the event and pocketed $651,559 for his efforts is still alive and thriving late in the day with approximately 85,000 in chips. Seated directly across from Massey is the man he defeated heads up for the title, Andy Robinson. Despite Robinson finishing just short of the title, he was still awarded an incredible $334,030 for his runner-up finish Robinson is sporting a stack size close to Massey's with about 92,000. Finally, Jay Merchant, 2012's fourth place finisher, is seated at the far end of the table. Merchant has roughly 88,000 to his name currently.
PokerNews was on hand for the 2012 River Poker Series Main Event. A full recap of the event can be found here.
We got to the table with Joseph Cheong calling a bet from Noah Vaillancourt on a board of making the pot approximately 100,000. The turn was the and Vaillancourt took a few moments before announcing that he was all in. Cheong looked at his cards quickly to confirm that he had the hand he held — — and made the call.
Vaillancourt was drawing thin as he had and when the river was the that would be the end of his tournament. That massive pot moved Cheong up to 390,000 in chips just a bit shy of Matthew Lapossie who currently has 395,000.
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for a pair of jacks with a king kicker. He was behind, however, as his opponent had 
. The turn and river would brick out and Baker would send a total of 36,400 over to his opponent.
and three players including Brandon Steven were engaged in the hand. There were two checks over to Steven and he fired out a bet of 5,700. The first player called and the second folded, leaving the two heads up to the turn.
on the turn and action checked to Steven for a second time. He bet 12,000, his opponent folded, and Steven picked up the pot.
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making the pot approximately 100,000. The turn was the 
and Vaillancourt took a few moments before announcing that he was all in. Cheong looked at his cards quickly to confirm that he had the hand he held — 
that would be the end of his tournament. That massive pot moved Cheong up to 390,000 in chips just a bit shy of Matthew Lapossie who currently has 395,000.
