Five players limped to see a flop come , creating a pot of almost 6,000. The small blind checked, an early position player bet 1,500, the next folded, and the next called.
Chris Bell watched all of this play out, then decided to raise 4,500 from the button. That's when the small blind woke up with a big reraise to 16,000, scattering everyone else, and then, eventually, Bell as well.
Bell loses a few there, but he's done well over the afternoon and early evening after having been down under 4,000 early on, and now sits with an above average stack.
Rick Hensley has chipped up nicely since the dinner break, and here at the start of Level 11 finds himself up over the 100,000-chip mark after winning a pot off of Kirk Shelmerdine.
The hand saw the under-the-gun player limp, then Hensley putting in a raise from middle position that Shelmerdine called from the button. The blinds and limper folded, then both remaining players checked the flop.
The turn was the . This time Hensley made a small bet of 1,000 and Shelmerdine called. The river brought the and a bet of 3,000 from Hensley, and this time Shelmerdine folded.
Hensley showed one card — the — and dragged the pot.
Ken "Teach" Aldridge opened to 2,100 from middle position, and the action folded to a player in the small blind who three-bet shoved for 16,900. The player in the big blind released his hand, and the action was back on the 2009 World Series of Poker bracelet winner.
Aldridge tanked for the better part of a minute, and then made the call.
Aldridge:
Opponent:
There was an ace in the window of the flop, prompting the entire table to groan is dismay, and when the dealer spread the entire flop (), a second ace appeared.
It was all over when the turned, giving Aldridge aces full of eights, and the completed the board.
Her last hand saw an opponent raise to 800 from the cutoff, then Wong reraise all in for 6,900 from the small blind. It folded back to the cutoff who tanked for about a half-minute before calling.
His was ahead of her , and after the the lead was even greater. The on the turn gave her some hope, but fifth street brought the and Wong's Main Event run came to an end.
A player opened to 2,500 from early position, Yuval Bronshtein called on his left, and a third player called out of the small blind. All three players checked on the flop (), and the turn (), and the river brought the .
The player in the small blind led out for 5,000, the original raiser folded. and Bronshtein quickly called. The player in the small blind showed for the nuts, and Bronshtein flashed before mucking.
Players are back from dinner, including Ed Modlin of Jamesville, North Carolina. We were glad to see Modlin returning. He'd been here for the first two hours earlier in the afternoon during which stretch he'd chipped up some. Then he was away for several levels prior to the dinner break, during which time his stack was blinded back down a bit.
Just now he played a hand from the button that saw him calling a middle-position player's raise, then watching the big blind reraise. Both the original raiser and Modlin called, then all three checked the flop.
The turn then brought the and a bet from the big blind. The middle position player called, but Modlin folded, then watched the big blind earn the pot by betting the river.
, creating a pot of almost 6,000. The small blind checked, an early position player bet 1,500, the next folded, and the next called.
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