Rich Ryan, who is a top notch poker blogger for PokerNews, raised to 325 from the cutoff. The small blind folded and the big blind threw out a raise to 1,150. Ryan, who we understand is of no relation to legendary baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan, took his time before making the call.
The flop came down and the big blind led out for 2,150, leaving himself 2,025 behind. Ryan grabbed a big stack of chips and deposited them in the pot for a raise. The big blind did not look happy and tanked for awhile before making the call. Ryan proudly turned over for a set while the big blind sheepishly revealed .
The turn was the giving Ryan a full house and the win. After the was put out on the river, Ryan shook hands with his defeated foe and stacked his newly won chips with the grace and elegance of a champion. He is now sitting with around 15,000.
With about 1,000 in the pot preflop, Men "The Master" Nguyen bet 650 after a flop. His opponent folded but added, "I think I had you beat." Nguyen is up to around 11,000.
We didn't catch the action but the dealer was counting down Eric Baldwin's stack so he could get paid. The board read and Baldwin had tabled , which was good enough to beat his opponent's . Baldwin now has a stack around 9,000.
Andy Bloch is notorious for carrying his iPad to tournaments. He has been spotted numerous times playing Scrabble in between hands during events throughout the series.
Today is no different. Bloch is over at Table 35 enjoying a game of Scrabble. We didn't catch them all, but here are a few words we noticed as we walked by: joys, variole, lounge, creation, pray, larked, hung, habitus and dip. He'd better just hope his chip stack doesn't take a "dip" while he is preoccupied.