With a flop reading , Huck Seed's opponent bet out 12,100, leaving himself with 25,000 behind. Seed contemplated his next move before saying "Alright, I'll gamble with ya", and tossing in enough chips to put the player all in. He made the call and the cards were turned up:
Seed:
Opponent:
"Ugggh", Seed groaned. "Why could you have had six-EIGHT of hearts?" Seed was behind and in need of an ace or a heart to take control of the hand. Unfortunately for him, the turn and river came and . Seed doubled up his opponent and fell to about 39,000.
Shankar Pillai led out for 3,100, and an opponent on the button called. Pillai slowed down, checking to his opponent when the turned. His opponent tossed out 5,500, and Pillai called.
Both players checked after the hit the river, and Pillai's opponent rolled over . Pillai mucked, and saw his stack decrease to 130,000 chips.
We haven’t seen former 1986 WSOP Main Event champ and five time WSOP bracelet holder Berry Johnston in many hands today and he’s hovered around the original starting stack for most of the day. But we just found Johnston on the button and all in on the flop against the player in the big blind.
Johnston:
Big Blind:
Johnston was in dominant position for the double up unless his opponent could nail running kings or running straight cards. The on the turn did help the big blind to make a Broadway draw but the river was the to give the player an inferior top pair to Johnston’s over pair of aces who doubled up.
Mark Gregorich raised it up in the cutoff, and the player on the button made it 5,300 to go. Tony Hachem tank folded in the small blind, and action went back to Gregorich, who went all in for around 24,000. His opponent thought for about a minute before making the call.
Gregorich:
Opponent:
"I folded eights. I hope there's not one on the flop," said Hachem. Well there wasn't but it still would have been a good flop for his hand, coming . Gregorich was way out front, and it stayed that way on the turn, the , and the river, the . Hachem groaned when he saw the river, saying "If he doesn't raise I call and I'm not getting away from my hand on the flop." Regardless, Gregorich scored the double up, getting himself some much needed chips.
By the turn, the board read and there was already over 50,000 in the middle. Iulian Jacob bet 25,000, and after pausing a few seconds, John Racener called.
The river brought the . Jacob soon was all in for his last 35,000 or so, and Racener quickly called. Racener didn't wait for Jacob to show his hand, tabling his for tens full just a moment after calling. Jacob mucked his hand and headed to the rail.
We only got to the table when the hand was already over but the board read and an player had doubled through Bryan Colin when her flopped a set against Colin’s . After paying off what looked to be around 36,000 to his opponent at the end, Colin’s stack was left quite a bit lighter.