Casey Cavanaugh and Charles Moore went to flop of . Cavanaugh bet 115,000 and Moore raised to 350,000.
Cavanaugh was having none of it and moved all in, earning a quick call from Moore. Cavanaugh tabled for the flopped straight and Moore was looking for help with .
However, Moore missed when the board completed and Cavanaugh doubled his stack.
Action began with Scott Stanko raising to 80,000 under the gun. Next door, Charles Moore flatted in position. In the small blind, Stephen Ma squeezed in a reraise to 280,000 straight. Now the action came to Casey Cavanaugh's big blind, and he spent a short while contemplating before surrendering. Stanko's cards hit the muck, too, but Moore was not going anywhere. Rather quickly, he announced an all-in shove, then quickly stood from his chair and nodded an affirmation to Becky Makar on the rail.
Ma was hating life. He sunk in his chair as he double-checked his cards. "I can't call," he said quietly.
"Nope!" Moore said, plopping back down in his chair.
Ma folded, and he's slipped back under a million chips now.
We were tying up the details on the last hand when an all-in pot developed quickly at the table. Scott Stanko had called a raise from the blinds, then check-raised Stephen Ma on the flop. Ma called the remainder, leaving himself with 525,000 chips in front of him.
The turn brought the and the hammer from Stanko — all in. He had Ma just covered, and the latter spent a couple minute wriggling before committing himself with the call.
Showdown
Ma:
Stanko:
Stanko was well in front, but he had some outs to fade. The river was the , and that was safe and sound.
Unable to get over the hump, Stephen Ma has been run out of the room in fourth place. That's worth more than $33,000, and that's a handsome consolation prize for three days' work.
Casey Cavanaugh opened for 65,000 from the small blind and Scott Stanko called from the big blind. The flop came out , Cavanaugh bet 75,000 and Stanko called. The turn brought the and Cavanaugh check-called 180,000. The river was the and both players checked.
Charles Moore raised to 65,000 from the button, and Casey Cavanaugh came along with him to the flop.
It brought , and Cavanaugh led out into the pot with 100,000 of his own chips. Moore wanted to play for more, though, and he made it 300,000 total. Cavanaugh instantly called.
The turn came the , and Moore stuck another 400,000 into the middle. Cavanaugh snap-called again.
The last card off the deck was the . When Cavanaugh checked again, Moore reached for chips. He had about 1.2 million left in front of him, and he bet half that — 600,000. There was a little pause from Cavanaugh this time, but only about five or ten seconds before he put the chips into the pot.
"Nuts," Moore announced. He turned up , and his ace-high flush was the winner. Cavanaugh spun out of his chair with some frustration, but there wasn't much he could do from the sound of it.
"I had aces up," he said quietly. "I don't think I can fold two pair there."
Moore has skyrocketed up past 3 million chips now, and he's now the proud owner of well over than half the chips in play.
In a limped pot, the three gentlemen took a flop. Charles Moore checked from the small blind, and he'd not end up factoring in the rest of the action. Casey Cavanaugh bet 55,000, Scott Stanko raised to 130,000, and it was off to the turn .
Cavanaugh reached for chips again, and he led right back out with another 150,000. Very quickly, Stanko announced an all-in raise. It was about 700,000 total, and Cavanaugh spent the next couple minutes pondering. He eventually folded, flashing the as he did.
Casey Cavanaugh opened to 115,000 on the button, and both Scott Stanko and Charles Moore defended their respective small and big blinds.
All three men checked through the turn of the board, and Stanko led out with 175,000 on the end. That folded Moore, but Cavanaugh made the reluctant call to see what was what.
Stanko tabled for top pair, and Cavanaugh mucked with a shake of the head.
It's been a long time coming, but Scott Stanko is once again the chip leader.
The pot began with him limping first-in from the small blind. Charles Moore checked his big for a free flop, and the dealer spread out . Check-check.
The turn came the , and it brought the action. Stanko led out with 80,000, but Moore announced a raise. He put out the call first, then added another 300,000 to it. His opponent was undeterred. Stanko reraised to 880,000 straight, and that put the decision back on Moore. He asked Stanko how much he had behind (1.02 million), tanked for a couple minutes, said, "Interesting," then folded.
Stanko is close to 3 million himself now, while Moore has tumbled back toward the two-million-chip mark.