With 
showing on the flop, John Nethery bet 1,200 from early position. The player to Nethery's direct left, as well as Sam Cosby in the cutoff, called.
Nethery put out another bet on the 
turn, getting a fold from the early position opponent, and a call from Cosby.
Nethery fired a third barrel on the river, betting 3,200 and getting a call from Cosby. Nethery showed 
, and Cosby mucked.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
With 
on the board, action checked to an early position player, who bet 1,100. Gina Stagnitto called in the small blind, and Noel Rodriguez raised to 4,600 from the big blind. The early position player folded, and Stagnitto called.
The river came , Stagnitto checked, Rodriguez bet 5,000, and Stagnitto snap called. Stagnitto turned over 
, Rodriguez mucked, and the pot was shipped to Stagnitto.
Jed Hoffman, under the gun, checked to another early position player on a 
flop.
The opponent bet 3,300, and Hoffman called. Both players then checked through the 
turn and 
river, and Hoffman showed down 
to take down the pot.
The hijack opened to 800, the cutoff three-bet to 2,100, and Robert Georato put in the four-bet to 4,200.
The cutoff quicly folded, and the button thought it over for a bit before also electing to fold.
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the $1,700 Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe.
In Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 126 runners created a $41,580 prize pool paid out to the top 19 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Dan Barker (10th - $798), Vincent Moscati (12th - $798), Mark Allen (16th - $615), Jed Hoffman (17th - $615), and Raymond Marchi (19th - $567).
The title came down to Jasthi Kumar and Sergio Vargas, with the latter battling back from a 10:1 chip deficit before the former stormed back himself to win it for $11,328 and his third career ring.
“He was behind every single time he was all in and he won all four times,” Kumar said after the win. “From the time we were in the money it was a smooth ride, but before that I was struggling. It feels great – really great. A win is a win.”
He added: “Those (trophies and rings) are more important to me, otherwise I wouldn’t play these tournaments. I would like to play bigger tournaments, but I cannot take off from work.”
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasthi Kumar | San Ramon, California | $11,328 |
| 2 | Sergio Vargas | Las Vegas, Nevada | $7,001 |
| 3 | Jerod Smith | St. Louis, Missouri | $4,870 |
| 4 | Jon Rhamey | Minden, Nevada | $3,473 |
| 5 | Steven Sanzaro | Naples, Florida | $2,540 |
| 6 | Adam Owen | Folkestone, United Kingdom | $1,907 |
| 7 | Rudy Sisson | Sacramento, California | $1,470 |
| 8 | Jerome Stenehjem | Tucson, Arizona | $1,165 |
| 9 | Shane Gonzales | Concord, California | $950 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Marty Gorenc opened to 400 from the button, and Jasthi Kumar made the call from the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop, and Kumar checked again on the 
turn. Gorenc bet 900 and Kumar made the call.
Both players then checked the river, and Gorenc's 
outkicked Kumar's , shipping the small pot to Gorenc.
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