No-Flop Poker
We just went one full orbit with no flops, as each pot was won with either a single preflop raise or a standard three-bet reraise. It's exciting poker, there just isn't much post-flop play right now.
We just went one full orbit with no flops, as each pot was won with either a single preflop raise or a standard three-bet reraise. It's exciting poker, there just isn't much post-flop play right now.
After a complete no-flop orbit, this was the next hand:
James Carroll raised to 75,000 from the button, and he quickly folded to a 230,000-chip three-bet from big blind Jeff Williams.
And so it goes...
Jason DeWitt raised to 75,000 under the gun, and Jeff Williams flat-called in the big blind. Barring some funny stuff from big blind James Carroll, we'd have our first flop in ten hands. Carroll folded, and the dealer remembered how to run out a flop of . Both players checked.
The turn came the , and Williams' 90,000-chip stab was enough to buy him the pot without contest.
James Carroll raised to 75,000 from the hijack seat, and Jason DeWitt was the only caller, matching the bet from the button to see a heads-up flop.
It rolled out , and Carroll checked before calling a bet of 100,000 from DeWitt.
The turn came the , and Carroll knocked the table again. DeWitt bet again, 215,000 this time, and that was good enough to take it down.
DeWitt - 2.45 million
Carroll - 1.91 million
James Carroll made it 75,000 to play from early position, and he was called by Jeff Williams (cutoff), Samuel Trickett (button), and Peter Gilmore (big blind). After all that whining about not seeing flops... just like that, we've got our first four-way flop of the day!
It came out , and Gilmore responded to that by moving all in for his full stack of 552,000 chips. That sent Carroll deep into the think tank, and he asked for a count of Gilmore's stack about halfway through his deliberation. Eventually, he released his cards. Williams made a reluctant looking fold himself, and Trickett insta-mucked to give the pot to Gilmore.
Just for good measure, the winner flashed as he was pushed the pot, and his flopped straight has earned him a chip boost to about 900,000.
David Benefield raised to 71,000 under the gun, but that was not going to get through. Right next door, Jeff Williams three-bet to 215,000, and that was no good either. Jason DeWitt was two seats over, and he promptly four-bet to 450,000 total. Folds all the way around earned him those chips without having to go any further in the hand.
Jason DeWitt raised to 75,000 under the gun, and Jeff Williams' three-bet of 240,000 shipped the pot to his corner as DeWitt quickly surrendered.
We've been back to no-flop poker for the last five hands.
Under the gun, Peter Gilmore open-shoved for, um, 856,000 chips...
Samuel Trickett tanked for about two minutes from the small blind, but he and the rest of the table eventually folded to let Gilmore have the blinds and antes.
On the next hand...
James Carroll opened to 75,000 from middle position, and Jason DeWitt called when the action folded to his small blind. In the big, Peter Gilmore moved all in again for an additional 854,000. Fold-fold earns him the pot, and he flashed on the final hand before the dinner break.
Our eight finalists have retired for a one-hour dinner break. We're going to go get you some hard chip counts before heading off to the poker kitchen.
Play will resume just after 8:30 p.m. local time.