Jesse McVicker Getting There
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Poker can be a cruel game and a recent hand we witnessed was proof positive of that. With a flop of 
, a player in middle position check-raised to 4,000 and was called by the original bettor, Jesse McVicker. The turn was the 
and the flop check-raiser made a large bet of approximately 8,000. McVicker took a quick break from the massage he was getting and grabbed a stack of T5,000 chips and put them into the middle — enough to set the other player all in. He made the call and tabled 
for a flopped set of nines and could only shake his head in disgust as McVicker turned over 
for a flopped flush draw that turned into a straight on the turn.
The board would not pair on the river and that would be the end of the tournament for the player with the flopped set. He joins the 50+ players that have already been eliminated as the tournament clock shows 356 entrants with 300 players remaining. McVicker is fresh off a win in the $1,100 tournament here earlier this week. That victory was good for a $38,089 payday.