2010 World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Shawn Busse raised to 425 from the hijack seat and the button three-bet to 1,175. Action folded back to Busse and he made the call to see the flop come down . Both players checked.
The turn was the and both players checked again. The river completed the board with the and Busse fired 1,600. His opponent made the call and Busse turned over the . His opponent mucked and Busse won the pot to move to 25,000 in chips.
A player opened to 400 from middle position, and the action folded to Tom "Durrrr" Dwan who defended his big blind. The flop came , Dwan checked, and his opponent continued for 600. Durrrr studied him momentarily before calling. Both players checked after the turned, but when the paired the board on the river Dwan led out for 1,650. His opponent tank-mucked, and Dwan pulled in the pot.
Bernard Lee was kind enough to let us know how he's day been going so far in Event #4: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em. He's up to 34,400 in chips with one big hand coming from a spade flush before the break.
A player raised to 325 and Lee reraised to 1,125 from the button. His opponent called and the flop came down . Both players checked and the fell on the turn. The first player bet 1,100 and Lee called.
The river completed the board with the and action checked to Lee. He fired 2,850 and his opponent called. The player announced a queen for a straight, but Lee revealed the for a flush and won the pot.
As we mentioned in our original opening post, today was a true test on how Black Friday would affect the preliminary events of this year's WSOP.
With a few more players committing $5,000 to the prizepool, today's number now sits at 805 entrants; an increase from the 792 of last year.
Although Jason DeWitt pocketed a handy $818,959 in prizemoney, it is unlikely that this year's Event #4 winner will take home substantially more, but an $850,000 first prize is not out of the question as registration is still open for a further two hours!
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. Both players checked.
and both players checked again. The river completed the board with the 
and Busse fired 1,600. His opponent made the call and Busse turned over the 
. His opponent mucked and Busse won the pot to move to 25,000 in chips.
, Dwan checked, and his opponent continued for 600. Durrrr studied him momentarily before calling. Both players checked after the 
turned, but when the 
paired the board on the river Dwan led out for 1,650. His opponent tank-mucked, and Dwan pulled in the pot.
. Both players checked and the 
fell on the turn. The first player bet 1,100 and Lee called.
and action checked to Lee. He fired 2,850 and his opponent called. The player announced a queen for a straight, but Lee revealed the 
for a flush and won the pot.
and roughly 2,000 in the pot, we found Tommy Vedes tossing out a bet of 1,675.
completed the board on the river.
for bottom set to collect the pot as Vedes slips to 24,000 after peaking at over 30,00 already today.