A short-stacked Arkadiy Tsinis moved all in under the gun for 40,500 and action folded around to Nathan Bjerno in the big blind. He asked for a count before making the call.
Bjerno:
Tsinis:
Bjerno was ahead, but that changed on the flop. Bjerno paired his eight on the turn, but would fail to catch another useful card on the river, which came the . "I can't beat this guy," Bjerno said as he counted out chips.
Immediately after, Tsinis was moved to another table, but not before someone joked, "Hit and run."
Everyone folded to the small blind at Table 40, and he completed the blind. Grant Hinkle rapped the table in the big blind, and the dealer rolled out the flop: . The small blind check-raised Hinkle's bet of 4,000 to 12,000. Hinkle moved out a tower of gray T5,000 chips, putting his opponent all in. The small blind crossed his arms, thought for a bit, and announced a call.
Hinkle:
Small blind:
The on the turn gave Hinkle nothing, but the on the river reversed his fortunes and sent his opponent to the rail. Hinkle is now the chip leader.
Just won another huge one. 7 handed at 4k cutoff makes it 9500 me 22500 with 77 him rip 125k we hold against the AK. 400k #cantcountdathighApril 21 2013
Scott Sharpe and Mark Fink began the day as the two big stacks, and now both are seated together at Table 34. Both are still on healthy stacks, but they're not afraid to do battle.
In a recent hand, Sharpe opened from middle position, for how much we're not sure, and Fink three-bet to 20,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Sharpe pushed back with a four-bet to 56,000, and Fink opted for a five-bet to 110,000. It proved enough to get the job done as Sharpe sent his hand to the muck.
We found Grant Hinkle involved in a big-blind-versus-button battle against the player in Seat 7. Hinkle, in the big blind, had fired 32,000 on a board. His opponent silently pointed to the bet to get a count, then slid in a call. The river was the and Hinkle bet 50,000. The player on the button immediately whispered, "Call." Hinkle showed for a turned straight, and his opponent rolled over to reveal his misfortune.
Hinkle, who started the day with 78,000 chips, has nearly quintupled his stack.
Action folded to WSOP bracelet winner Robert Cheung in the small blind and he moved all in to put pressure on Jonathan Hilton, who was sitting with around 60,000 in the big. The latter quickly called off and it was a flip.
Cheong:
Hilton:
The flop didn't hit Hilton directly, but it did open some counterfeit options. The turn did the same, though it also took away some out as Cheung picked up flush blockers. The river actually gave Cheong the said flush and ended up being the last card Hilton would see in the Horseshoe Council Bluffs Main Event.
Meanwhile, local player Brandon Fish followed Hilton out the door.
Andy Krakowski had moved all in on the turn for 70,400 with the board reading . "Call," his opponent said after some thought. Krakowski let out a loud whoop of excitement and couldn't turn over his fast enough. His jubilation turned out to be justified, as his opponent showed and was drawing dead. A meaningless hit the river, and Krakowski took nearly all of his opponent's chips. He now has around 265,000.
It's not hard to imagine how Ben Smith got the nickname "Cowboy". The man from Wisconsin can often be found on the Circuit wearing his trademark cowboy hat.
Smith tends to play a patient game, and that seems to be the case here in Council Bluffs as the money bubble nears. In a recent hand, Smith opened for 9,000 from middle position and received a call from the player in the cutoff. Both players checked the flop as well as the turn, and then Smith casually led out for 24,000 on the river. The cutoff didn't want any of it and tossed his cards to the muck.
The small win pushed Smith up to the century mark in chips.
flop. Bjerno paired his eight on the 
turn, but would fail to catch another useful card on the river, which came the 
. "I can't beat this guy," Bjerno said as he counted out chips.
. The small blind check-raised Hinkle's bet of 4,000 to 12,000. Hinkle moved out a tower of gray T5,000 chips, putting his opponent all in. The small blind crossed his arms, thought for a bit, and announced a call.
board. His opponent silently pointed to the bet to get a count, then slid in a call. The river was the 
and Hinkle bet 50,000. The player on the button immediately whispered, "Call." Hinkle showed 
for a turned straight, and his opponent rolled over 
flop didn't hit Hilton directly, but it did open some counterfeit options. The 
turn did the same, though it also took away some out as Cheung picked up flush blockers. The 
. "Call," his opponent said after some thought. Krakowski let out a loud whoop of excitement and couldn't turn over his 
fast enough. His jubilation turned out to be justified, as his opponent showed 
and was drawing dead. A meaningless 
hit the river, and Krakowski took nearly all of his opponent's chips. He now has around 265,000.
turn, and then Smith casually led out for 24,000 on the 