Owen Crowe opened for 4,000 under the gun and was met by a three-bet to 11,000 from Jeff Smith on the button. The blinds both folded, and then Crowe pushed back with a four-bet to right around 20,000. Smith wasted little time in announcing that he was all in for roughly 80,000, and Crowe snap-folded his cards.
A short-stacked Hyuck Kwon moved all in for his last 10,300 from middle position and action folded around to Jeff Cote, who opted to call. The big blind got out of the way and the cards were turned up.
Kwon:
Cote:
Kwon was in a great spot to double, but then the flop came down . Cote managed to pair his deuce and take a big lead. The turn put out a counterfeit opportunity, but the river was no help. Kwon missed and made his way to the payout desk in 85th place.
"You're a monster, dude," someone at the table told Cote after the hand.
Joseph Loguidice slid his stack in the middle from the cutoff and an opponent called from the small blind.
Loguidice:
Opponent:
Loguidice was behind and needed some help from the flop. The gave him life and the turn gave Loguidice the lead. The river had no effect and Loguidice scored the double up.
On Episode 81 of the Thinking Poker Podcast, Nate and Andrew discuss strategies for the World Series of Poker that will assist you both on and off of the felt, and they also break down a hand from Nitcast favorite Gareth Chantler and another from the Sunday Million.