Under the gun, Chad Brown opened with a mini-raise to 1,000, and the gentleman two to his right called from the small blind. It was heads-up, and the dealer spread out a flop. The small blind led out into the pot with 1,500, and Brown quickly plucked a red T5,000 chip off his stack and into the pot with a verbal, "Raise." His opponent called the remainder, and the turn brought the and a check to the raiser. Brown took the opportunity to stick another 6,600 into the middle, and his opponent began counting up a raise. He eyeballed Brown's remaining stack (15,100) as he stacked together chips — but after about a minute, he quickly uncapped his cards and mucked to let Brown take it down, if you'll pardon the rhyme.
Under the gun, Tristan Wade came in with a raise to 800, and he found a call from a player a few seats over. On the button, though, a third player squeezed all in for 11,800, and Wade double-checked his cards before re-shoving. That got him heads-up, and Wade was in a dominating spot for the knockout.
Showdown
Wade:
Opponent:
The flop opened up a gutshot draw for the at-risk player, but the on the turn was a blank. The river was not blank at all, though. The come-from-behind pair of queens robs Wade of most of his stack, and he's got 7,550 left with which to try and double-up-or-bust.
We picked up the action on the flop in a three-way pot. The small blind and the gentleman in middle position — who we think was the preflop raiser — checked to Kyle Bowker. The pro from upstate New York put out a bet of 1,150, but the small blind check-raised to 4,100 total. That folded the monkey in the middle, but Bowker quickly called to see the next card.
It was the , and it went check-check to the river. Now the small blind stacked together another bet and made it 6,225 to go. Bowker called very quickly once again, and the small blind tabled for two pair. But Bowker's had flushed the river, and that pot gives him another chip boost up to about 64,000.
A player in middle position opened with a raise to 1,525, and Stan Quinn three-bet to 4,350 in the small blind. From the big, a third player reraised all in for about 17,000, and the initial raiser tanked and did the same for about the same amount. That put a big decision back on Quinn who had 15,000 chips left in front of him. It looked to us like he had both men covered, but it was awfully close, and Quinn needed a couple minutes to think. He mumbled to himself as he ran through the action and the numbers, but he finally surrendered what he said was and let the other two go at it.
Showdown
Raiser:
Big Blind:
The flop brought both players a set, but it changed nothing except to reduce the big blind's outs to one. The turn and river were blanks, though, and queens full get the job done. That sends a player off to the rail, and Quinn had been spared that 15,000 for the time being.
With a limper in front of him, John Riordan put in a raise to 1,200, and the lady a couple seats over reraised to 3,200. Both the limper and Riordan called, and it was three-handed to the flop.
The dealer spread out , and both men check-called another 5,000 from the lady. Still three-handed, the hit fourth street, and now the lady bet 10,000. That folded one of her opponents out of the way, but Riordan check-shoved all in for 20,600 total. The call came quickly from the aggressor, and she tabled for top pair. It was second-best, though, as Riordan tabled his for top two.
The river was a blank, and Riordan earned himself a big chunk of chips and a few complimentary, "Nice hand,"s from his opponent, and he's pushed his stack all the way up close to 70,000.