Current Casino Champion points leader Ashly Butler opened the action for 350 and an unknown player raised to 700 behind him. The blinds released and Butler called.
The flop came and Butler check-called 800. The turn came , Butler bet 1,150 and his opponent wasted little time raising to 4,000. Butler took a moment before calling and the river came .
Butler checked again, his opponent bet 6,000 and Butler announced a call. His opponent had air and Butler tabled for the flush.
We caught up with this hand on the flop of . The player in the big blind was heads up with Ed Bridges who was under the gun. The big blind bet 1,500 and Bridges insta-shoved to 14,525.
"Why would you overbet so much?" the big blind wondered aloud. "Pocket jacks?"
The unknown player called and tabled . Bridges turned up for a flopped full house and watched the board complete . Bridges is sitting above 30,000 at the moment.
We caught up with this hand on the turn with the board showing . An unknown player bet 3,000 and Jewell called behind him. The river came and both players checked.
Rex Clinkscales and Ryan Tepen know each other well from the Circuit. They're currently at the same table and trading chips back and forth with each other.
rexclinkscales Rex ClinkscalesWon a healthy pot vs @RyanTepen after I 5bet pre with j3cc #wsopcip #rungoodAugust 18 2012
RyanTepen Ryan Tepen“@rexclinkscales: Won a healthy pot vs @RyanTepen after I 5bet pre with j3cc #wsopcip #rungood”< it's hard to make a pair! #nicehand #sighAugust 18 2012
rexclinkscales Rex Clinkscales#sigh had to give @RyanTepen his chips back my jj vs his kk on 10xx flop stack at 15.5k at75/150August 18 2012
Aaron Massey has taken the chip lead and called us over to tell us about the hand. The under the gun player called 150, Massey raised to 500, Justin Truesdell called and Claudia (unknown last name) raised to 1,500 on the button.
Only Massey called and the flop came . Massey checked, Claudia bet 1,500 and Massey called. The turn came and Massey check-called 4,000. The river came , Massey checked and Claudia moved all in for 12,800.
Massey spent a full seven minutes in the tank and then called.
"Nice hand," Claudia said and tabled for a bluff. Massey tabled and took the pot. He chipped up to 42,000 after the hand.