After a player opened with a raise and the small blind called, a short-stacked Todd Brunson called from the big blind and three players saw a flop of . Two checks saw the initial raiser continue for 1,500, the small blind folded, and Brunson called.
When the appeared on the turn, Brunson bet all in for 2,500 and his opponent called.
Brunson:
Opponent:
The paired the board on the river, which meant Brunson wound up with the low and his opponent the high. Chop it up.
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In a hand just before the break, the board read when Chino Rheem bet from the small blind and Justin Bonomo called from middle position. That action repeated itself on the river, and Bonomo ended up mucking when Rheem tabled the for aces and an 8-7-4-2-A low.
After a player in middle position raised, Brian Rast and Ronald McMillan called from late position and the button, respectively. The small blind came along and Bruce Yamron called from the big blind to make it five-way action to the flop.
The small blind checked, Yamron bet and the middle-position player called. Rast raised, McMillan called, and the small blind folded. The other two players called and then all four players checked the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Yamron led out with a bet, the middle-position player raised; both Rast and McMillain folded. Yamron called with the for a full house, which was good enough for the high. The middle-position player then showed the for a low to take half the pot.
With a board reading , Brandon Shack-Harris bet 2,400 from the small blind and the player in the big blind called. The under-the-gun player folded, and it was heads-up action to the river. Shack-Harris bet another 2,400, the big blind called, and Shack-Harris tabled the for top two pair. It was good as the big blind sent his cards to the muck.
Bruce Yamron opened for 2,400 and was met by a three-bet to 3,600 by Timothy Finne, who left himself just 300 behind. The small blind called, as did Matt Glantz in the big, and Yamron tossed in the additional 1,200.
Two checks on the flop saw Yamron bet 1,200, Finne called off for 300, and both blinds called. All three active players checked the turn and Glantz bet 2,400 after the small blind checked the river. Only Yamron called, but he mucked when Glantz tabled the for kings and threes.
Finne was obliged to show his hand, which was the . It was a good flop for Finne, but a bad run out would send him out the door in Level 11.