Hoffman Given Gifts and Chips
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Jed Hoffman who finished seventh in Event 14 $1500 No-Limit Hold'em was involved in two nice pots that saw his stack grow exponentially.
The first one he raised to 725 in middle position. A shorter stacked player with a bit over 4,000 pushed all in from the button. The blinds folded and Hoffman took sometime but made the call.
Hoffman: 
Opponent:
The board ran out 
and Hoffman was given a major gift as his opponent's weak holding did not win.
The very next hand Hoffman raised it up again to 650. This time his opponent on the button called him. The two took a flop of 
. Hoffman bet out 1,125 and his opponent called. The turn came the and this time Hoffman checked. Hoffman's opponent bet out 1,900. Hoffman grabbed more than calling chips as he made a raise to 5,200. Hoffman's opponent made the call and they took a river of the 
. Both players checked and they flipped up their cards. Hoffman 
made two pair and that took down the nice pot.
With both pots Hoffman bumped up to 28,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 |
. Govert Metaal folded, and a third player raised to 2,600. Saul called. The turn was the 
, Saul flipped out 1,400, and the player called. Both players knuckled when the 
completed the board, and Saul scooped the pot with 
.
giving Polychronopoulos the winning set and the decently sized pot.
and Marquez bet enough to put her opponent all in for roughly 10,000. Her opponent didn't think long at all before making the call. Marquez showed 
for flopped trips that turned into the nut flush and her opponent mucked his hand and got up from the table to leave.
. 2012 Octo-Niner Jeremy Ausmus, who made a final table at WSOP APAC and made the final table of the National Championship, tank-called.
when his opponent called a push by Sands. Sands opponent had Sands the whole way until the river but with the river flush Sands was able to recover some lost chips and shoot up to 24,000.
and both players checked.