Early Action - Hands #31-40 | 2007 World Series of Poker

Hand #31 - Allen Cunningham has the button in seat 2, Lisandro limps for 20,000 from late position, and Patrick checks his option. The flop comes {A-Diamonds}

, Patrick checks, Lisandro bets, and Patrick folds. Lisandro takes the pot.

Hand #32 - Travis Rice has the button in seat 3, and Lester raises to 70,000, winning the blinds.

Hand #33 - Joe Patrick has the button in seat 5, and he raises to 55,000, winning the blinds.

Hand #34 - Gavin Griffin has the button in seat 6, Brenes limps from the small blind for 20,000, and Lehr checks his option. The flop comes {K-Spades}

, and Lehr checks. The turn card is the {4-Hearts}

, and both players check. The river card is the {4-Clubs}

, and they check again. Brenes shows {J-Hearts}

for jack high, but Lehr shows {Q-Diamonds}

to win the pot with queen high.

Hand #35 - Humberto Brenes has the button in seat 7, Lehr limps from the small blind for 20,000, and Lisandro checks. The flop comes {A-Hearts}

, and both players check. The turn card is the {Q-Hearts}

, and they check again. The river card is the {A-Clubs}

, and they check again. Lehr shows {9-Clubs}

to win the pot, and Lisandro mucks.

Hand #36 - Keith Lehr has the button in seat 8, Brenes pot-raises to 90,000, winning the blinds.

Hand #37 - Jeff Lisandro has the button in seat 9, Griffin limps for 20,000, Lester limps from the small blind, and Cunningham checks his option. The flop comes {J-Hearts}

, Lester checks, Cunningham checks, Griffin bets 30,000, Lester folds, and Cunningham folds. Griffin takes the pot.

Hand #38 - Jason Lester has the button in seat 1, and Brenes raises to 60,000, winning the blinds.

Chip counts after Hand #38:

Jason Lester - 110,000
Allen Cunningham - 415,000
Travis Rice - 385,000
Joe Patrick - 725,000
Gavin Griffin - 610,000
Humberto Brenes - 430,000
Keith Lehr - 245,000
Jeff Lisandro - 1,060,000

Hand #39 - Allen Cunningham has the button in seat 2, and Lehr raises to 60,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #40 - Travis Rice has the button in seat 3, Cunningham raises from the cutoff to 55,000, Lehr reraises to 195,000, and Cunningham folds. Lehr takes the pot.