Jack McClelland: XxXx/Qx - folded after bring in
Steven Loube: XxXx/AxQx5x4x/Xx
Kris Lord: XxXx/6xKx2x5x/Xx
Kris Lord completed and Loube called. Steven Loube bet on every street, until finally he induced a fold on the river. He flashed a five to Lord.
"Of all the cards you paired the five! There were so many fives out there!" said Lord and laughed.
Dustin Dirksen: 4x3xXx/Ax8x6x2x
Chris Wallace: XxXxXx/5x8xJx3x
Dustin Dirksen bet every street and got called the whole way by Chris Wallace. On the end Dirksen showed the bracelet winner and mixed-games book author a six-perfect to shorten Wallace's stack to fumes early in the tournament.
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Jack McClelland: Ax2x8x/6x8xKx4x
Steven Loube: 6x2x7x/3x8x5x9x
Loube bet on fourth and fifth street, with McClelland calling each time. Both players checked sixth street, and then Loube bet again on seventh. McClelland called out eighty six, but Loube had him pipped with the 76.
Michael Lang: 9x2xAx/6xKx8x3x
Barbara Enright: XxXxXx/4x2x7xKx
Opponent 1: XxXx/2x4xQxQx - folded sixth street
Scott Abrams: XxXx/J♣ - folded bring-in
After Barbara Enright completed the bring-in, she was called in two spots.
The Poker Hall of Famer bet fourth and fifth streets before slowing down on sixth. At this point, Michael Lang took over the betting, with the other player in the pot who received a second queen folding, but Enright called.
Enright check-called another bet from Lang on seventh to see Lang's eight-six for the winner.
More than half of Enright's stack was gone by that point and she was soon moved across the room where potentially better fortunes await her.
Level: 3
Ante: 100
Bring-In: 100
Completion: 400
Limits: 400-800
With two levels completed, 359 entries are already listed on the tournament clock, nearing the 383 from 2022.
Defending champion Daniel Strelitz has been spotted in the field at a table with Brandon Shack-Harris and Karina Jett.
Barry Greenstein: XxXx/7x8x6xQx folded on sixth street
Caleb Piderit: XxXx/10x folded after bring in
Michael Trivett: XxXx/3x10x4x7x
Barry Greenstein completed the bring in on third street, Michael Trivett raised, and Greenstein called. Greenstein bet fourth and fifth, but when Trivett bet sixth street after Greenstein caught a queen, Greenstein folded.
Vasilis Lazarou: 8x5x3x/2x9xKx3x
Matt Grapenthien: 8x7xAx/5x5x2x10x
Picking action up on fifth street, Vasilis Lazarou bet with his king up into matt Grapenthien's open pair of fives. Grapenthien raised and Lazarou called.
On sixth, the players each checked and on seventh, Lazarou check-called a bet from Grapenthien.
Grapenthien showed his eight-seven, while Lazarou could only show a nine-eight, sending the pot across the table.
Robert Rosengarten: XxXx/4x10xAx2x
Mark Epstein: XxXx Kx folded after bring in
John Holley: XxXx/2x7xKx9x folded on sixth street
Holley completed, Rosengarten came along, and Epstein folded his bring in. Both players checked fourth street, and Rosengarten bet his ace on fifth. The always vivacious Rosengarten told the dealer before he dealt sixth street, "Give me a deuce and [Holley] a nine!"
The dealer did just that, Rosengarten bet, and took down the hand. "Shot caller!" exclaimed the dealer.
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