Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Time For the Dinner Break
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Players are off on a one-hour dinner break.
Flop Raise Gets Through for McQueer
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Charles Craig opened to 1,600 under the gun, the player on the direct left three-bet to 3,600, Jason McQueer cold called, and Craig called.
The flop came 
, Craig checked, the original three-bettor bet 6,000, McQueer raised to 20,000, and both opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | -8,000 |
|
42,000 | 27,000 |
Miller Bluffs and Wins
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
A player raised to 2,000 from middle position, and Bryant Miller three-bet to 5,500 next to act. The middle-position player called.
The middle-position player check-called bets of 7,000 and 11,000 on the 
flop and 
turn respectively, and the 
completed the board on the river. The middle-position player checked a third time, and Miller jammed to put his opponent at risk for his last 22,000. The middle-position player folded, and Miller tabled 
for a busted gutshot.
"Those are my lucky chips you have down there!" David McGowan told a smiling Miller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | 25,000 |
Smith Bets, Bets, Bets
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Ernest Smith raised to 1,800 from middle position, and was called by the hijack, the cutoff, and Bill Pollard in the big blind.
Pollard checked the 
flop to Smith, who bet 2,800. Both the hijack and cutoff called, while Pollard folded.
Smith bet 6,000 on the 
turn, and the hijack folded. The cutoff thought for a minute, then called.
The 
completed the board on the river, and Smith emptied the clip with a bet of 12,000. The cutoff didn't take long to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | 33,000 |
|
65,000 | 65,000 |
Yoo Squeezes, C-Bets, Takes Pot
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Facing an under-the-gun open and a call from Charles Craig in early position, Josh Yoo three-bet to 9,000 from the button, and both opponents called.
Action checked to Yoo on the 
flop, Yoo bet 13,000, and both opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000 | -2,000 |
Big Draw Pays Dividends For Magnus
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Nadya Magnus checked a 
flop from the big blind, and her opponent in middle position bet 2,000 into a pot of 5,000. Magnus check-raised to 8,000, then called off her last 11,100 after the middle-position player three-bet shoved.
Nadya Magnus: 
Opponent: 
"Well, I'm live," Magnus's opponent said after seeing that Magnus held two live cards, a flush draw and a straight draw. The turn paired Magnus, leaving the middle-position player dead to four outs, and the 
river bricked off to send the double to Magnus.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 | 10,000 |
Raghavan Can't Miss
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Ravi Raghavan raised to 1,800 from middle position, and was called by Richard Stevens in the cutoff and Bradley Jansen in the big blind.
Jansen checked the 
flop to Raghavan, who bet 2,200. Both Stevens and Jansen called.
The fell on the turn, and Jansen checked again. Raghavan bet 3,000 and only Stevens called.
Both players checked the 
river, and Stevens tabled 
. Raghavan rolled over 
for nines-up and the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
42,500 | 13,500 |
Faustman Folds Out Opponent
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
With more than 30,000 in the pot, the small blind checked, and Jeff Faustman bet 16,000 from the big blind.
After a few moments, the small blind folded, sending the pot Faustman's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
83,000 | 83,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800