The player in early position raised to 600 and Kevin Johnson called from the hijack along with Vincent Moscati from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and was checked around to the 
turn. Moscati and the player in early position checked again. Johnson threw in a bet of 1,000, that was enough to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 |
The turned board showed 
and the pot contained about 10,000. Action checked to Mukharji Uppalapati who bet 5,500 and his opponent check-called to the 
river.
Action again checked to Uppalapati, he bet 6,000 and again his opponent check-called. Uppalapati turned over 
, giving him three sevens and the pot as his opponent mucked their cards.
Mukharji Uppalapati opened to 400 from middle position and the player in the hijack called. The cutoff three-bet to 1,500 and Uppalapati and the hijack stuck around with a call.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and Uppalapati and the hijack checked. The cutoff bet 2,000 and Uppalapati check-raised to 5,000. The hijack folded and the cutoff gave it some thought, but then let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,000 | 42,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Players are now gone on their first 15-minute break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | 4,000 |
|
44,000 | 7,300 |
|
41,000 | 11,000 |
|
36,000 | 6,000 |
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
31,000 | |
|
28,000 | 28,000 |
|
24,000 | 24,000 |
|
21,000 | 21,000 |
|
12,000 | -18,000 |
The player in the hijack raised and Stephen Deutsch three-bet to 1,300 from the cutoff. The player in the big blind called and the hijack added the remainder to call as well.
Players saw a flop of 
and action checked to Deutsch who bet 2,400. The player in the big blind folded but the hijack check-called.
The turn brought the 
and the player in the hijack checked once more. Deutsch continued with another bet of 6,500 and his opponent took a few seconds of reflection, but decided to let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 21,000 |
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Baltimore to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller; however, that is just one of more than a dozen gold ring events that have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #1: $250 No-Limit Hold’em, 152 entrants created a $69,500 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 23 players including Beth Griffee (1oth - $532), Greg Parker (15th - $455), Timothy Worley (20th - $364), and John McCauley (23rd - $341).
In the end, it was 41-year-old John Megahan of Greenville, North Carolina – a retired Marine Corps infantryman – who came out on top to win an $8,054 top prize and his first gold ring.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Megahan | $8,054 |
| 2 | James Freeze | $4,980 |
| 3 | Brook North | $3,445 |
| 4 | An Huang | $2,442 |
| 5 | Mark Harris | $1,774 |
| 6 | Thomas Gallo | $1,321 |
| 7 | Steven Nooralian | $1,011 |
| 8 | Joseph Harr | $794 |
| 9 | Otavio Meneses | $532 |
The flop showed and the pot had 1,700 in it. A player bet 900 and Micael Anvari called to see the 
turn card.
Anvari's opponent bet 2,200 and again Anvari called to the 
river card.
Action checked to Anvari who bet 5,600 and his opponent quickly called. Anvari tabled for a rivered straight and his opponent mucked, shipping the pot to Anvari.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,500 | 29,500 |