Hendricks Wins Small Battle of Blinds
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action folded around to Arish Nat, who raised to 10,000 from the small blind. Daniel Henriks defended his big blind to take action to a flop of 
. Nat made a continuation-bet of 10,000 and Henriks called.
Both players then checked the turn 
and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Upon checking back, Henriks turned over 
for third pair. Nat mucked upon seeing Henriks' nines and the dealer sent Henriks the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | |
|
139,500 | -80,500 |
and the big blind made a continuation-bet of 12,000. Rodriguez peeled to bring the turn 
. His opponent checked. He tossed out a bet of 17,000 and received a call from his opponent.
and Rodriguez's opponent fired 25,000 out into the middle. Rodriguez went into the tank for close to a minute and eventually tossed out chips to call in a manner that resulted in them splashing across a decent radius in front of him. 
for nothing more than ace-king high to the board's pair of queens, having missed his turned nut flush draw along the way. Rodriguez showed 
and was awarded the pot, bringing him to around the quarter million-mark in chips.
flop, an opponent reraised all in, and Kessler made the call, putting his remaining 45,000 in the pot.
sealed the deal on Minghini's Day 1a tournament life, bringing Ross near 200,000 along the way.
and the big blind was in the process of putting out a bet of 16,500. Srini Godavarthy was under the gun and went all in over the top of the bet. His opponent called.
