Allen Kessler opened to 250 from early position and action folded all of the way around to the big blind. He tossed out a call and the duo took a flop of . Two checks prompted the to fall on the turn and it was checked once again to Kessler.
Kessler fired out 300 and his opponent called the bet. The board completed with the and they both checked once more.
"One pair," remarked Kessler. He tabled the and his opponent mucked at the sight of the jacks. Kessler is now at around 23,000.
Earlier we witnessed Bernard Lee send a player to the rail within the first twenty minutes of play. He seems to be keeping up the aggression, as we came upon him engaged in a pot with one single opponent. Going to the flop there was well over 5,000 already in the middle of the table.
The dealer spread out and Lee shot out 1,725. His opponent tapped his fingers on the table and finally released his hand, awarding Lee the pot and boosting his stack to about 31,000 in chips.
Ari Engel and two other players took a flopped that was filled with diamonds. The first player checked when he saw fall and Engel announced a bet of 400. The third player folded and the first player to act flat called.
The board paired on the turn when the hit and it was once again checked to Engel. He checked behind and the completed the board. Two checks again prompted the first player to roll over for queens and fives. Engel mucked his hand and his opponent took in the pot. Engel is sitting with around 16,000 in chips.
We caught up to find a short-stacked player all in and at risk before the flop. From what we gathered, this player had just come off of losing a large pot early on for a majority of his chips. When we came upon the table, he was all in and at risk with against the of Bernard Lee.
Lee was in the lead with his ladies, but after the flop brought , he had fallen behind to his opponent's pair of kings. The on the turn brought two pair for Lee's opponent, but it also gave Lee the Broadway straight. The finished the board and Lee was able to put the nail in his opponent's coffin a mere twenty-minutes into play. Lee is now sporting a stack of about 24,000.
. Two checks prompted the 
to fall on the turn and it was checked once again to Kessler.
and his opponent mucked at the sight of the jacks. Kessler is now at around 23,000.
and Lee shot out 1,725. His opponent tapped his fingers on the table and finally released his hand, awarding Lee the pot and boosting his stack to about 31,000 in chips.
hit and it was once again checked to Engel. He checked behind and the 
completed the board. Two checks again prompted the first player to roll over 
for queens and fives. Engel mucked his hand and his opponent took in the pot. Engel is sitting with around 16,000 in chips.
, he had fallen behind to his opponent's pair of kings. The 
on the turn brought two pair for Lee's opponent, but it also gave Lee the Broadway straight. The 
finished the board and Lee was able to put the nail in his opponent's coffin a mere twenty-minutes into play. Lee is now sporting a stack of about 24,000.