Duncan McLellan bet 2,100 on the river of a board reading . It wasn’t a huge pot, suggesting there hadn’t been a lot of action leading up to the river. McLellan tends to have an aggressive image and his opponent no doubt took that into consideration when, after some thought, he made the call.
Perhaps McLellan feared he was beaten as he said, “Is that a call?” and turned over . His opponent had made the call with , however, and McLellan took the pot.
We found Brian Hastings firing out a hefty bet on the end with the board having come , and his lone opponent made the call. Hastings couldn't beat his opponent's for a straight.
On the next hand, Hastings called a raise, and by the turn the board had come . Hastings bet 3,500 and was called by an out-of-position opponent, and both players checked the river. In this case, Hastings' for top pair on the flop was the winner.
After a cross-country drive, Andrew has finally reunited with Nate in Las Vegas for the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event! The two are joined by Carlos to talk about a few hands Nate played in a preliminary 10-game event, low-stakes tournaments in Vegas, and much, much more.
Lawrence Beach raised to 1,100 from early position and found a single call from Faraz Jaka in the big blind. The flop came down and Jaka checked to the raiser. Beach tapped the table in reply, allowing the to hit the felt on the turn.
Jaka fired 1,700 on the turn and Beach flatted to see a river. The dealer produced the and Jaka cut out a bet of 4,800.
"I'm a chicken so I'll just call," said Beach showing for a flopped set of queens. Jaka instantly mucked his cards and Beach took down the pot.
Louie Cohen put out a bet of 11,000 on a board reading and faced a raise to 25,000 from Sean Dempsey.
Cohen looked torn and said the way the hand played out he feared his opponent had ace-king. Cohen put the chips in and got to see what he dreaded, the of Dempsey.
“King-queen?” Dempsey asked Cohen who nodded his head and for good measure showed .
Three players checked to the button on an flop, and the player there bet 2,500. Max Pescatori called out of the big blind, while the players behind him folded. On the turn, Pescatori check-called 4,375, and a finished out the board. Pescatori checked, and the player on the button quickly checked it back.
Pescatori showed for a pair of deuces, and his opponent shook head before mucking.
At the neighboring table, Manig Loeser has amassed some chips early in Day 2, going from his starting stack today of 95,500 to 131,550 before first level has expired.