Scott Bohlman completed with and was called twice before Andrew Lam made it two bets with . Everyone came along, and Lam kept control of the betting on fourth street before folding on fifth when Bohlman bet. Bohlman put his last 2,400 in on sixth.
Lam: /
Bohlman: /
Frank Athey: /
William Thompson: /
Thompson and Athey continued, with Athey betting seventh street and being called. Thompson showed for trip sevens and Bohlman had for just kings. We didn't catch Athey's hand, but he couldn't beat the trips.
On this episode of the Thinking Poker Podcast, Nate and Andrew set the location for the meet up in Las Vegas, break down a cash game hand that listener Jason played at Maryland Live! Casino, and talk with Ari Engel about how to travel the circuit profitably, the difficulties of multi-tabling online, and the value of live tells.
0:00 — Intro
3:14 — Thinking Poker meet up information
11:14 — Breaking down a cash game hand from Maryland Live!
Robert Turner completed with his short stack, and Alex Kravchenko raised with , knocking everyone else out. Turner put all of his chips in.
Turner: /
Kravchenko: /
Both caught good on fourth with Turner getting the to pair up and make a three-flush, while Kravchenko got the for two pair. Unfortunately for "Chip Burner", that was all the help he would get as the rest of his cards were , not enough to catch Kravchenko's kings up.
Catching the action on fifth street we found Phil Laak betting out 6,000 with Eric Buchman calling. Laak then bet sixth and Buchman called before Laak led out for 6,000 on seventh leaving himself just 1,200 behind.
Laak: / /
Buchman: / /
Buchman announced raise and Laak went into the tank deliberating whether or not to call all-in.
Eventually Laak tossed in the last of his chips tabling his / , but it would be Buchman's that would scoop the pot and send Laak to the rail.
A player completed with a and Bryan Campanello made it two bets with . Behind him, Jean Maurice reraised with and Campanello made the call after the initial raiser folded. Campanello got most of the rest in by check-raising when he caught the and the last 500 went in blind on fifth street.
Campanello: /
Maurice: /
Campanello had caught Maurice's aces by making two pair. He killed one of Maurice's outs by catching the , which also gave him a flush draw, but Maurice added a straight draw with the . He filled it with the and Campanello didn't improve.
Campanello will have to wait on a second bracelet. He won one last by taking down a Razz event, defeating David Bach heads up.
Following a limp by William Thompson, DJ Buckley completed and Aleksandr Denisov raised. Thompson folded, but Buckley called, and then proceeded to call bets on fourth and fifth street before both players checked sixth.
Buckley: / /
Denisov: / /
Denisov bet out of turn, but Buckley opted to check, and then check-raised to 16,000. Denisov looked at what Buckley had remaining - 6,000 - and then raised to 22,000 to put Buckley all-in.
Buckley obliged by calling all-in and tabled his , but it would be Denisov's for a better full house that would see him scoop the pot and send Buckley to the rail in 17th place.
After bringing-in and folding twice since being crippled, Mitchell Putterman called all-in for his last 1,000 following an Eric Buchman completion. Both player's board ran out as follows:
Buchman: / /
Putterman: / /
With Putterman unable to best Buchman's trips, he headed to the rail in 16th place as Buchman pushed his stack to 315,000.
On fourth street, Carolyn Gardner bet with and Bryn Kenney called with . Kenny took the lead with a bet after catching while Gardner got a . Kenny ended up putting his opponent all in on the end, and she called it off.