In a blind vs. blind situation, Randy Lew's opponent, who had Lew covered, went all-in. Lew fell hard into the tank and looked visibly distraught, but managed to convince himself to make the (right) call for his last 35,000.
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Lew was punished despite making the correct call, however, as the flop ran out , leaving Lew well behind.
The turn and river were no help to Lew, who was sent to the rail in disappointing fashion.
We caught up with the action on a flop that read . The player in the big blind checked, as did an early position player. Maria Ho fired a 7,500 bet, which landed a fold from the big blind. However, the early position player check-raised to 10,000 more to 17,500. Ho fell hard into the tank, but landed on a call after much deliberation.
The turn came the and Ho's opponent immediately slid out a stack worth 20,000. Ho went through the motions, but eventually folded her hand.
Bernard Lee filled us in on a hand that took place just before the dinner break.
On the button, he raised to 5,700 with pocket kings. The player in the big blind re-raised all in with about 35,000 behind and Lee snap called, thrilled to see his opponent table . The board ran out , safe for Lee to increase his stack to 189,000.
On the flop of , John Zentner checked to Bernard Lee. He fired 6,800 only to have Zentner check-raise all in for 34,700. After a couple long minutes in the tank, Lee gave it up and Zentner was pushed the pot.
Shortly after Dave Sands lost most of his stack with to John Dolan's when four spades hit the board, Sands found himself all in for 11,200 with against two opponents.
Fortunately for Sands, they checked down a board of and could not beat his top pair top kicker. Though he is still short, Sands has a little bit of life with about 35,000.