Archive for category: Event 2: Winners Shown $180+$5

A multiway pot emerged as Hamza Jabri limped under the gun, Steve R followed suit in mid position, John Somsky on the button, as well as both our blinds.

A K♦ 5♥ 9♠ flop got bet 3000 by Steve R, to which Somsky, the small blind, and Jabri called.

The J♦ on the turn got checked to Somsky on the button, and he bet 10,000. Only Steve R called.

On the 2♦ river Steve fired out 17,000, and after a few seconds Somsky let his hand go. Steve showed 5♦ 3♦ for the win, and became the first player to clear 100,000 chips.

Gjerd open raised in mid position to 3000, only to have Vic Peppe move all in for his remaining 7000. Gjerd quickly called with A♠ A♥, up against Peppe’s K♠ Q♠. A harmless 6AK7T board run out means Peppe has hit the rail, while Gjerd’s chip stack might be leading the way.

Gjerd: 86,000

An early position player opened to 1300, Umut Ozturk called the 1300, Saad Ghanem moved all in for 5900, and both players called.

The board ran out Q♥ J♠ 6♠ 4♦ 8♠, and the action checked until the river when Ozturk threw out a bet that went uncalled, thus putting him up against Ghanem who was already all in preflop. Ozturk rivered a set of 8’s, which was more than enough against Ghanem’s unimproved A♠ 9♦.

Umut Ozturk: 35,000

We got it recounted second hand to us, but John Somsky flopped an open ended straight draw, turned a straight that brought a 3 card flush, and got all the rest of his chips in the middle on the river and the straight was good. With that pot, he’s up near the top of the chip counts with 60,000ish!

We arrived on the flop to see a 3♦ 2♥ 5♠ board, in which an early position player had bet 1500, and Phil Nesburg called the bet from the small blind.  The 3♠ on the turn got checked by Nesburg, his opponent moved all in for 3000, and Nesburg quickly called with A♦ 4♦, against his opponent’s A♥ K♠.  The river couldn’t bring a chop, and Nesburg secured the knock out!

Phil Nesburg: 20,000