"I am on a heater right now, guess I can loosen up my range a bit," said Darik Conley after he opened to 500 from the button and saw the big blind moving all in for 2,825 chips. Darik ended up calling with and it was a flip against .
After the flop, Conley was drawing quite slim, and when the came on the turn he asked the dealer for a jack. The request was however denied as the came on the river, stopping Conley's heater for the moment after a great start.
The under-the-gun player raised to 400, Chad Holloway called, and the big blind called. After a flop of , the big blind checked, the preflop raiser bet 500, Holloway called, and the big blind folded.
The turn was the and Holloway's opponent again bet 500 and once more Holloway called. The on the river brought yet another lead bet of 500, but this time Holloway raised to 1,300. Holloway's opponent called then Holloway smoothly rolled over a pair of deuces for quads.
Apparently it was no big deal, though, as Holloway mentioned to this reporter that this was the fourth time they have seen quads in just over two levels at Table 10.
It folded round to the small blind who had Kristy Arnett sat to his left in the big blind. He completed hoping to see a flop but Arnett was having none of it and she jammed it in his eye for 1,600. The small blind folded and Arnett added a few chips to her stack.
In the small blind next hand, it folded to Arnett who released her hand. The big blind flashed her his cards and she exclaimed, “I had you crushed.”
We are up to 869 entries and the whole Orange section in the Brasilia room has now been emptied with only one dealer left there with stacks for the ongoing late registration. To give you an idea, we have lost 28 nine-handed tables' worth of players in just about two-and-a-half hours.
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He was already the biggest stack on his table when we arrived and Chris Cronin just added another nice pot to his resume for Day 1.
In a three-way hand the flop came , Cronin bet 325, and only the small blind check-called. On the turn, both players checked. The river then brought the and the small blind fired a bet of 600. Cronin raised to 1,600 in the big blind and got a quick call. Cronin turned over for backdoor trips and that was good.
We noticed the flop and Tony Demori leading for 700. The big blind then check-raised all in for what looked like 2,000 and got a rather quick call from Demori. The all-in player sheepishly turned over while Demori showed .
The turn and the river were of no help to Demori's opponent, and Demori is now on five digits.
We didn't witness the hand, but according to a player at the table, Kristy Arnett got the last of her chips all in preflop with queen-jack suited, three ways against pocket eights and pocket nines. The nines held and Arnett makes an early exit and is off to work.
Josh Cahlik has twice as much as he started with and seems pretty content, munching on a salad as he played a pot from the big blind against the small blind.
The two players were looking at a board that had reached the turn showing . It was checked to Cahlik who had a stab for 600, but facing a check-raise to 1,600 he spun his cards through the air to the dealer and went back to his food.
It has been a wild ride for Chad Holloway in not even three levels of play as he continues to be the most active player on his table. Just now we saw him move all in on the turn with the board showing . The small blind had bet 675 but surrendered with another 2,100 chips behind after Holloway put him to the test while enjoying a massage for body and soul.
and it was a flip against 
.
flop, Conley was drawing quite slim, and when the 
came on the turn he asked the dealer for a jack. The request was however denied as the 
came on the river, stopping Conley's heater for the moment after a great start.
, the big blind checked, the preflop raiser bet 500, Holloway called, and the big blind folded.
and Holloway's opponent again bet 500 and once more Holloway called. The 
on the river brought yet another lead bet of 500, but this time Holloway raised to 1,300. Holloway's opponent called then Holloway smoothly rolled over a pair of deuces for quads.
, Cronin bet 325, and only the small blind check-called. On the 
turn, both players checked. The river then brought the 
and the small blind fired a bet of 600. Cronin raised to 1,600 in the big blind and got a quick call. Cronin turned over 
for backdoor trips and that was good.
flop and Tony Demori leading for 700. The big blind then check-raised all in for what looked like 2,000 and got a rather quick call from Demori. The all-in player sheepishly turned over 
while Demori showed 
. The small blind had bet 675 but surrendered with another 2,100 chips behind after Holloway put him to the test while enjoying a massage for body and soul.
