Marshall Hits the River
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Cary Marshall opened to 3,000 from UTG+1 and Andrew Rothfolk called from the next seat over. A third player tagged along and the three saw the flop come 
. All three checked and the 
hit the turn. Marshall checked again and Rothfolk led for 4,200. The third player called and Marshall stuck around as well.
The 
completed the board and all three checked once more. Marshall rolled over 
for rivered queens and his two opponents threw their hands at the muck, awarding Marshall the pot.
While Rothfolk lost this hand, he has still managed to have a choke hold on the day and has built his stack up to about 210,000 total.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
104,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
for roughly 16,000. Another player flat called with 
and action folded to Massey who announced that he was all in over the top for about 50,000 to go. The player with ace-jack called and Massey rolled up 
before the flop. Mark Maletic had the player covered and called the all in of about 14,000 with 
. The board ran out 
and Maletic was able to score a knockout and boost his stack to about 142,000.
against an opponent's 
and Kessler shipped all in holding 
for an open-ended straight draw with backdoor spades. Massey called with 
