We caught up to see a pot of over 8,000 sitting in the middle of the table and a board reading . Dwyte Pilgrim pondered for a moment before checking to his opponent. His opponent very quickly announced "All in", having Pilgrim covered.
Pilgrim debated for a moment before throwing his hand away, leaving him with 9,400 in chips.
With the flop reading , action checked around to a late position player who tossed out 2,000. One player got out of the way and the player under the gun made the call. Dwyte Pilgrim responded by making a raise to 9,500, leaving him with only 500 behind. The original bettor pondered for over a minute before finally releasing his hand. The player under the gun also mucked his hand and Pilgrim scooped a pot that brought his stack up to 17,900.
John Dolan opened for 1,300 in late position and was called by Yong An in the big blind. The flop hit and both players checked. The turn was the and both players checked again. The river brought the , An checked and Dolan bet 1,500. An called and Dolan tabled , but An had him beat holding .
Chris Tryba and Matthew Waxman are seated at the same table and are filling their time with prop bets. Waxman is 0-3 and down $100 to Tryba for missing water bottle tosses into a nearby trash can.
Kyle Cartwright opened the action by raising to 500 from early position. He received a call from another player in middle position and the player in the big blind. The flop came and the big blind checked. Cartwright continued out for 500, causing the middle position player to get out of the way. The big blind opted to push out a check raise, making it 1,100 to go. Cartwright made the call.
The turn brought the and the big blind continued his aggression, betting 1,525. Cartwright called once again the river cme . The big blind pushed out 2,100 and Cartwright quickly made the call. His opponent flipped up but was ultimately behind Cartwright's . Cartwright has now almost doubled his starting stack.
Four players all put 525 in the pot preflop, including "The Captain" Tom Franklin on the button. The flop came and action checked to Franklin. He bet 1,200 and was called by Ben Mintz in the small blind. Both players checked the turn. The river came and Mintz bet 1,625. Franklin insta-called and tabled , which bested Mintz's .