Steve "Cuz" Buckner joins Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen for the third episode of The Chad & Jesse Poker Show. They talk about crazy jobs Cuz used to hold, how Cuz found himself in Vegas just weeks after watching poker for the first time, and his 2023 WSOP plans.
The remaining players have been sent of a 60-minute dinner break.
Heads-up on a flop of Q♣6♠10♣, James Obst bet from the small blind and Igor Zektser called on the button.
The turn came the Q♥ and Obst bet again. Zektser called all in as the 10♠ fell on the river.
Zektser turned over 7♣5♥K♦A♠ and gave a fist pump as he thought he won the hand, but Obst had 7♥3♥6♥Xx for a pair of sixes to win the pot and eliminate Zektser in eighth place.
"Now I can take an extra-long dinner break," Zektser said as he made his exit.
Kyle Cartwright moved all in and Aubrey Gilbert called on the button. Brian Kelley, in the small blind, then reraised all in and Gilbert called.
Kyle Cartwright: 6♦A♠5♥3♦
Brian Kelley: J♣9♠Q♥4♠
Aubrey Gilbert: J♠10♣2♣A♣
The board ran out 7♦4♣8♦3♥J♦ and Cartwright made a straight to win the high, while Gilbert's ace-deuce earned him the low as Kelley was eliminated in ninth place.
Igor Zektser raised under the gun and got a call from James Obst to head to a flop of 7♦5♥5♠.
Zektser bet and got a call from Obst and both watched as the dealer burned and turned the 2♦.
Zektser checked before facing a bet from Obst. Zektser check-raised to put himself all in and got called by Obst with one card to come.
Igor Zektser: A♠K♣4♣3♣
James Obst: A♦5♦3♦2♣
The river brought the 9♥ and both players were good for half the pot as dinner break approaches.
Three-handed on a flop of 9♠A♥2♦, Kyle Burnside bet from under the gun and Igor Zektser raised on the button. James Obst called the raise, as did Burnside.
The turn came the Q♦ and Burnside bet again. Zektser called all in and Obst stuck around to see the 6♥ river, where Burnside and Obst both checked.
Zektser showed A♠2♣4♣7♥ for the low, while Obst had A♦8♣6♠4♦ for two pair, aces and sixes, to win the high. Burnside flashed A♣J♣ before he mucked.
"Look at the size of this pot," Nick Kost observed as it took several minutes for the dealer to chop it up between Zektser and Obst.
Action folded to Qinghai Pan in late position who came in for a raise and got a call from Aubrey Gilbert in the big blind to see a flop of 2♣K♥9♣.
Gilbert led out with a bet that was quickly called by Pan, prompting the dealer to burn and turn the J♥. Gilbert led again and again, Pan called to come along to the 6♦ river.
Gilbert led into Pan for a third time who briefly thought about it as he looked back at his hand before he tossed his cards into the muck, conceding the pot to Gilbert.
Heads-up on a flop of 5♣4♠10♠, Kyle Cartwright got his last chips in the middle against Brian Kelley.
Kyle Cartwright: A♦A♣5♦2♥
Brian Kelley: 10♦2♣5♥4♥
Kelley had flopped two pair to take the lead over Cartwright's aces as Cartwright stood up from his chair and prepared to leave.
The turn, though, came the A♠ and Cartwright made a set. The river came the 6♥ and Cartwright took the high, while they chopped the low.
Jim Collopy bet on a flop of 8♥K♥8♦ and was called by both Nick Kost and Igor Zektser.
All three players checked the 5♣ turn before Collopy bet again on the 4♠ river. Both opponents called.
Collopy had 4♦4♣ for a pair of fours to take the high, while Kost earned the low with A♥2♥ as Zektser tossed his cards into the muck in frustration.
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