Pat Lyons got his last 10,000 or so all in preflop from the big blind with action from William Wendling, who was in middle position.
Pat Lyons:
William Wendling:
The board ran out and Lyons found himself dry on chips.
"I can lose that one," he said, remarking about running one pair into another while being short-stacked. "Nice hand," he said, adding that he would be firing another bullet before the end of the registration period.
Dann Turner bet 5,500 from the cutoff into two opponents on a board. The bet prompted one opponent to fold, but Rob Anderson made the call from middle position.
The river brought the , and Anderson led out with an all-in bet for his last 15,000. The move sent Turner deep into the tank.
Turner wondered out loud about the chances of Anderson catching threes full on the river, and took a few minutes to mull over his next move. The clock was eventually called, and Turner made the fold with time running out.
"Show me a bluff!" said Turner. "No, don't show me a bluff." Anderson then tabled . "That's a bluff," said Turner as Anderson collected the pot.
Meanwhile, seated in between Anderson and Turner is Austin Yoo, who has one of the bigger stacks in the room at 92,000.
There was around 9,000 in the pot on a board of and action was thee ways between players in the big blind and cutoff as well as Alan Mulleady, who was on the button.
The big blind checked and the cutoff bet 4,500. Mulleady called. The big blind then check-raised to 10,000. With action back on the cutoff, he asked Mulleady to see his stack before going back into the tank for about 40 seconds. He then called. Action was then on Mulleady again and he quickly went all in. The big blind did his best tryout for the big screen, taking another minute to call before the cutoff quickly folded.
Alan Mulleady:
Big Blind:
Mulleady's second-nut trips were in desperate need of help after being up against his opponent's nut full house. A slew of gasps then ensued as the river fell to fill Mulleady up to a higher full house. He covered his opponent and in a shocked manner, told him he was unlucky as he got up from the table. The big blind was truly exceptional in taking the beat, responding to tell Mulleady that there was nothing he could do and that his hand was better when all the cards fell and wishing him luck.
A few moments later, Mulleady was seen betting 3,000 on the turn with a board of into his opponent on the button after a limped pot preflop. His opponent called. The river came and Mulleady bet another 6,000. His opponent took close to a minute to think over his decisions before tossing in two chips to call.
Mulleady tabled for a flush and his opponent mucked, earning a second consecutive pot and bringing him close a six-figure stack.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at Thunder Valley to live report action from both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller, but those are just a couple of the dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #6: $400 NLH Six-Handed, 101 entries generated a $33,330 prize pool paid out to the top 16 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Adam Demersseman (10th - $878), Harry Sellers (11th - $709), Vikenty Shegal (12th - $709), Arish Nat (13th - $591), Jeffrey Salmon (14th - $591), Brett Murray (15th - $591), and Ian Waldron (16th - $591).
Coming out on top was Jed Hoffman, who not only won $9,522 but also captured his fourth WSOP Circuit gold ring.
“It feels good. $10,000 and four rings,” Hoffman said after his win. Because of his work as a developer, Hoffman doesn’t get to travel much for poker.
“I can’t really chase it geographically so it’s cool to come to these series that are close to Reno,” Hoffman explained.
As time was expiring in the previous level, the hijack saw action folded to him and opened to 1,100. Pat Lyons was next to act, three-betting to 5,300 out of the cutoff. Action folded back to the hijack and he thought for a bit.
"Here, I'll make it look like this for you," Lyons said as took five T1,000 chips into his hand and exchanged them for the T5,000 chip he had on the felt. Shortly after, the hijack called.
The flop fell and the hijack checked. There was a remark about Lyons putting in the rest of his stack, which was just over a pot-sized bet.
"I gotta make it look good, this hand is being reported," Lyons said, grinning as he bet 8,200. The hijack went into the tank, looking back at his own stack which was around the same size as Lyons'.
"You can't imagine I'm going to fold for that much," said Lyons.
The hijack responded as he looked to his direct left at Lyons, who was leaning back in his chair: "I'm not sure you would fold anyways. I'm just hoping you have pocket jacks and my queens are good. How's that?"
"Good," Lyons said, meeting his opponent's stare while again beginning to wear a grin.
The hijack went back into the tank for over two minutes, apologizing to the table for taking so long. Eventually, he folded.
A few players talked about the hand and the hijack again confirmed he had two queens. Somebody told Lyons he should have shown the bluff.
"I can't show it because I wasn't bluffing," responded Lyons. He was then asked if the hijack made a good fold.
"It was a good fold. I had the board beat." After all that, Lyons now finds himself back to just below starting stack.
Ian Chan was all in for 18,900 into a pot of around 24,000 on a board of out of the big blind. His opponent went deep into the tank, thinking for three full minutes before ultimately calling.
Chan showed for a set of fives and his opponent forcefully sent his cards toward the muck, face down. They made it about 90 percent of the way there and the dealer took them the last 10 percent of the way without ever tabling them. Nonetheless, Chan scored the double.
According to Chan, he had defended the cutoff's open and then check-called a continuation-bet from him. He led out on the turn and was called before ripping the rest in on the river.