Jeff Shulman's stack has been on the rise of late and that continued recently as he partook in a hand with Michael Glick and one other player.
It started when Glick opened up the pot from middle position. Shulman then three-bet in late position and the big blind player called, along with Glick.
On the flop, the big blind checked and so did Glick as Shulman fired a bet out into the pot. Both players called and a hit the turn. Again the play was checked to Shulman and he threw in a bet. This time the big player got out of the way, while Glick raised it up. A call from Shulman and the fell on the river. Glick led here and then Shulman raised it up. Glick didn't want to commit one more bet and let his hand go as Shulman took down the pot.
"Well, you might be the only player older than me left in the tournament," quipped Tom McCormick.
He was talking to Ron Burke who quickly snapped back, "Oh, don't you worry, i'm older than you."
"I'm usually the oldest one left in a tournament," McCormick replied with a smile. "If i don't win this, then i sure hope it's you."
While Bourke seems pretty certain that he is older than McCormick, it is McCormick who has more experience at the table. McCormick has amassed an impressive resume of poker results, having more than $1.5 million in tournament winnings, including a total of 38 cashes here at the World Series of Poker.
There isn't much to complain about when you get dealt a royal flush. After all, it's best possible hand in poker. However, when you play in a limit holdem event, you might be wishing you picked up the royal in a no-limit game.
The player who ended up with the royal flush was Jeff Shulman. The hand started when an early position player opened and Shulman called in the big blind, holding . The flop would see Shulman check-call a bet from his opponent. Both players then checked the turn and the hit the river. This time Shulman would lead and his opponent called and then of course mucked when he saw the strength of Shulman's hand.
Dan Shak has just seen his short stack triple and we were there to catch the action. The hand in question saw Shak commit his last chips preflop against Andrew Prock and Andrew Finkernagel. Shak watched on as a board was dealt out. Prock was the active one throughout the hand, firing out bets on every street. Finkernagel folded on the river and Prock turned over to pick up the side pot, while Shak's was good enough to rake in the triple.
Folded to Chris Overgard on the button, he raised it up and it was on Aaron Gustavson in the small blind. A three-bet from Gustavson would send the play to Matt Keikoan in the big blind who four-bet. Both players called and a flop was spread on the felt.
On the flop, Gustavson checked and Keikoan bet. Overgard made the call and Gustavson also flicked in a call and the hit the turn. The same actions as the flop played out the turn and the completed the board on the river. When Gustavson checked to Keikoan, he would again bet, except neither players wanted to call here and sent the pot to Keikoan.