Scott Montgomery possesses two cash so far at this year's World Series of Poker. Montgomery managed to come up one short from the six-handed final table in Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed, placing 7th for a $49,214 payday. Montomgery also cashed in Event 41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em, but finished 17th for another nice cash for $27,248.
Today we find him playing the Main Event, everyone's last chance to win a bracelet. Montgomery happened to be playing a hand when we got there and here is what happened.
An early position player raised it up to 525, prompting a call from the cutoff and Montgomery in the big blind. The flop came 
which lead to all three players checking.
The 
on the turn brought a bet of 1,000 from Montgomery. The early position player got out of the way, and the cutoff raised to 2,500. Montgomery made the call and both players were witness to the 
on the river. Montgomery was first to act and he checked. The cutoff fired out 4,000, a bet to rich for Montgomery and he folded.
The very next hand Montomgery was right back at it completing from the blind after two players had limped in, the big blind then checked his option. The flop fell 
and Montgomery checked. The under the gun player bet out 550, the middle position player folded and Montgomery made the call. The big blind folded as well, and the two were off to the turn.
The 
on the turn saw both players knuckle the felt for checks. It was then that the 
appeared on the river. Montgomery checked and the under the gun player bet out 1,350. Montgomery made the call and his opponent instantly mucked. Montgomery pushed his cards forward and the dealer snagged them up before anything could be exposed. Montgomery still won the pot, and now sits right around starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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31,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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struck the turn and the small blind fired out once again with a single orange t5,000 chip. Katchalov decided to stick around.
and the small blind slowed down. Katchalov bet 7,500 and the small blind threw away his hand.
flop, prompting a 1,300 bet from Seed. His opponent called.
turn, however, when Seed's opponent checked again on the 
river, Seed tanked and shuffled his chips for a while. He then announced he was all in, which was a huge overbet for about 30,000. His opponent quickly mucked and Seed scooped the pot.
. It checked to Stern who continued for 1,200, and only Tryba called. The turn brought the 
, and once more acting quickly, Tryba bet 3,800. After nearly two minutes, Stern let his hand go.
came on fourth street.
for a rivered pair of aces. Tran slapped his cards down on the table in a small fit of frustration and began shuffling his remaining chips quietly.
— when Barry Greenstein led from the small blind with a bet of 750. His opponent sitting one seat over in the big blind then raised to 1,700, and Greenstein called. The turn was the 
and another check from Greenstein. This time his opponent fired 5,000, and Greenstein called again. The big blind turned over 
for two pair, but Greenstein had 
for a better two pair and he took the pot.
flop, it was here that Toth continued for 550. The cutoff called rather quickly and both players were off to the turn.
landed on fourth street and we had a repeat of action with Toth betting out, this time 1,100 and the cutoff quickly calling. The 
and Lichtenberger tossed out a c-bet to 600. Kuether responded by raising to 1,550 and, after some thought, Lichtenberger made the call.
