Barry Greenstein just chipped up with one of the simplest plays in poker: the three-bet blind defense.
A player raised to 200 from the cutoff, and with the action back on him in the big blind, Greenstein popped it to 450. The push back worked to perfection, and the raiser mucked his hand.
With Tolagson's table located directly in front of the PokerNews Live Reporting desk, we had a firsthand seat as she just sent two players to the showers.
Her connected with the board to make a runner-runner flush, which was more than enough to best the tabled by her opponent.
Shortly after claiming her first pelt, Tolagson had her stack pushed forward once more, while another player stood to depart the table. We missed the hands, but Tolagson's was superior, and she has now tripled her starting stack early in the day.
When we last saw Henry Van Tran, the excitable player was being assessed a penalty in the 2012 Main Event for his deliberately slow play, as well as a bit of verbal misconduct directed at a tournament director.
Today, Van Tran is playing nice, especially after notching an early double.
Tran moved all in over the top of a raise with the flop reading . His opponent tanked for a minute before calling off with , and Tran found himself ahead with his .
When the turn () and river () brought no spades or tens to the board, Tran's flopped top pair held up for the win.