We missed the details, but it appeared David Inselberg had raised from the cutoff and Son Chau moved all in from the button. The player in the big blind called, and then Inselberg moved all in over the top. It was a hefty pot already, but if the big blind called it would have swelled to over 100K.
"I need a minute," the big blind said. He took it and eventually folded the face up.
"Good fold," Inselberg said and showed his . Chau then tabled the inferior .
The big blind was fortunate to get away as he would have missed after the board ran out a dry . Chau hit the rail in 97th place.
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.
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.
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.