We came to the action with 1,700 in the pot and a flop on the board. Jason Duval, in late position, bet 1,750 and the player on the button called.
Duval check-called the player on the button's bet of 1,025 on the turn and his 2,300 bet on the river. Duval mucked his hand after his opponent showed . Even though Duval took a hit this hand, he is still sitting with an above-average stack.
Jake Cody raised to 825 from early position and action folded to the player in the big blind. The big blind went all in for 3,400 and Cody made the call and had him covered.
Cody:
Big Blind:
It was a race prior the flop and Cody didn't find much help. The turn opened up plenty of possibilities as Cody needed any club, queen, jack or ten. The river gave Cody a straight flush to bust his player and pad his stack nicely.
Over at Kyle Julius table the waitress has been delivering shots of tequila for at least two times now. Kyle Julius, Lauren Kling, Mazin Khoury and some others at the table are partying it up today, that's for sure. John Racener, one table over, seemed interested but is staying sober for now. Here are some chip counts from tables in the neighborhood:
Over on table 8 in the Gold section of the Brasilia Room are three gold bracelet winners. Michael Gathy, Ronnie Bardah and David "Bakes" Baker won one in 2012 and "Bakes" also won one in 2010. Here are their chip counts in this $1,000 Turbo tournament:
Jim Collopy opened to 900 from middle position and called when Martin Finger made it 2,500 to go from the small blind. Heads up to the flop where the dealer gave them to work with. Finger bet out 2,700 and Collopy made the call.
On the things got really interesting. Finger bet out 4,500 and Collopy shoved for 9,900 more after some thinking. Finger made the call and showed the best hand with . Collopy need a jack, king or spade because he tabled . The on the river was one of his outs and that made him one of the bigger stacks in the room.
We missed the precise preflop action but it was all in before any community card was dealt. Marc-Andre Ladouceur turned over in the cut off while neighbor Aaron Jones on the button tabled . The already unfair battle would become impossible to win for Jones after the flop. The on the turn gave him a useless pair and the on the river wouldn't change a thing. Ladouceur is one of the bigger stacks in the room now while Jones is on his way out.
Jason Duval raised to 800 from early position and action folded around to the small blind who reraised to 2,100. Duvall called and the flop was dealt. The small blind continued for 1,850 and Duval called. Both players checked the turn. The small blind led for 3,600 on the river and Duval called. As soon as Duval made the call, his opponent slid his cards into the muck.
Duval was sliding his hand into the muck when players reminded the dealer that the winning hand must be shown. Duval verified the rule and showed for a pair of aces. It appeared all the players were anxious to find anything to help do battle with Duval, as he seemed in full control of his table.