Not many people are familiar with Bob Hooks, but he is a man the poker world should not soon forget. Despite not being active in the poker world anymore, Hooks came up as a Texas road gambler with the likes of Doyle Brunson, T.J. Cloutier, Johnny Moss, Amarillo "Slim" Preston, and so many more.
Hooks got his start in Texas, as so many of the old-time poker legends did, before he eventually made the leap to Las Vegas. Alongside his roommate Brian "Sailor" Roberts, Hooks made it to heads-up play in the 1975 World Series of Poker Main Event, but lost out on the title. Even without poker immortality reached, Hooks has so much to offer looking back on the old days of the game.
Richard Munro recounted a recent hand to us which saw him regain the lead of the Seniors Championship and we will recount it now for you, minus the colorful language.
Three players including Peter Costa with were involved in the hand and saw a flop of . Some betting on the flop saw Costa fold his hand but Munro with made the call and they saw a turn card . The player to Munro’s right then went all in for 75,000.
Well, Munro just didn’t believe the story, and if the fella had it then he had straight outs that could come to the rescue. Munro made the call and sure enough the all in player turned over . The turn and river bricked and Munro claimed another scalp.
The very same two players battle again and the small blind check-raised from 12,000 to 40,000 on the flop. Kevin Detienne called and the small blind then immediately went all in once the dealer spread the turn. Detienne asked for a count and then folded to the bet of 48,500.
The small blind said "good fold" and seat two jumped into the discussion with a "For you or him?" "Him," the small blind replied. Detienne nodded and was pretty sure his opponent had a big hand there.
The following players have been eliminated before the dinner break and are now shown in the wsop.com results list. Each of them has received $3,504 for their efforts and play in these two days.
The following players busted before the dinner break as well but already received a payday of $4,101. James Schulte in particular hit the rail in the very last hand when his got rivered by that made a four card straight.
Richard Munro is the first player to accumulate half a million in chips. After heavy preflop action there was already 100,000 in the pot when the flop fell. The small blind checked and Munro bet 75,000 out of the big blind - snap fold from the opponent.
Dan Heimiller likes to stack his chips in a very awkward way, but since we just got back from the break it was still nicely in stacks of 20 by the dealers and thus we could get an idea of the new amount.
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On a flop, the opponent of Sean Byrne bet 25,000 for just under potsize and the Irishman min-raised to 50,000. "Good bet," his opponent said and eventually tossed his cards to the dealer.
One table over we noticed another bigger stack and that belongs to Anthony Wise. He just got involved in a hand with Deborah Phillips and won the pot post-flop with a bet of 13,000. Nothing special but an excuse for us to update his chip count.
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were involved in the hand and saw a flop of 
. Some betting on the flop saw Costa fold his hand but Munro with 
. The turn and river bricked and Munro claimed another scalp.
flop. Kevin Detienne called and the small blind then immediately went all in once the dealer spread the 
turn. Detienne asked for a count and then folded to the bet of 48,500.
got rivered by 
that made a four card straight.
flop fell. The small blind checked and Munro bet 75,000 out of the big blind - snap fold from the opponent.
flop, the opponent of Sean Byrne bet 25,000 for just under potsize and the Irishman min-raised to 50,000. "Good bet," his opponent said and eventually tossed his cards to the dealer.
