2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series
James Mackey opened to 2,000 from early position and received calls from the players in the cutoff and on the button. William Carr was in the small blind and three-bet to 8,000. Both Mackey and the cutoff quickly folded. The player on the button then cut out a call.
The flop came ![]()
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and Carr fired a continuation-bet of 10,000. His opponent pushed his cards minimally forward to muck them and the dealer sent the pot Carr's way.
With around 9,000 already in the pot, Morty Davis bet 6,500 on a ![]()
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flop from middle position, and the cutoff jammed to put Davis at risk for 16,200 total. Davis didn't look thrilled, but called anyways.
Morty Davis: ![]()
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Davis didn't have to wait long to catch back up, as the
fell on the turn to give Davis a Broadway straight and a big lead. The
river failed to give the cutoff the same straight, and Davis doubled up.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are off on their second fifteen-minute break of the day.
A player in early position opened to 1,300 and was called by Mitch Merritt in the cutoff. The big blind came along to take action three ways to a flop of ![]()
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. All three players checked.
The turn came
and the big blind bet 2,000. The original raiser called, as did Merritt. The river fell
and the big blind bet another 2000. The original raiser folded and Merritt threw in chips to call.
"Aces and nines with a ten kicker," said the dealer as the big blind tabled ![]()
for his ace to play.
Merritt tabled ![]()
and took down the pot with his queen kicker playing to secure the best hand.
The seat that was previously occupied by Stacey Jones was recently vacated after he was last seen down to his last 13,500 in chips. According to the table, he got ![]()
all in preflop against Abdul Magableh's ![]()
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When all was said and done, Magableh had improved to the best hand and Jones was sent to the rail.
A player raised to 1,300 from middle position, and was called by the player next to act, Matt Dalka in the cutoff, and Jason Haggard in the big blind.
Haggard checked the ![]()
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flop, and the middle position player bet 2,100. The player next to act called, as did Dalka, then Haggard check-raised all in for his last 19,700. All three of his opponents folded, and Haggard took down the pot.
A pot of more than 40,000 had already built up between Alex Greenblatt and Phil Mader, and the complete ![]()
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board was already on the felt.
Greenblatt had checked, and Mader fired in a hefty bet of 22,000. Greenblatt tossed in a call after a few moments thought, and after Mader turned over ![]()
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over for the winner.