Last time we checked on JC Tran he ran into an opponent's trip aces and lost a small chunk of his stack. This time we saw him heads up in a pot with the flop reading . Tran's opponent checked and Tran fired 1,800. His opponent called and they both checked when the came on fourth street.
The board completed with the and Tran's opponent bet 2,200. Tran called and his opponent showed for a rivered pair of aces. Tran slapped his cards down on the table in a small fit of frustration and began shuffling his remaining chips quietly.
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Dani Stern opened with a raise from the hijack seat and got two callers from the button and Chris Tryba in the big blind, the group together building a pot of about 2,000.
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The flop came . It checked to Stern who continued for 1,200, and only Tryba called. The turn brought the , and Tryba quickly check-called again when Stern bet 2,200.
The river was the , and once more acting quickly, Tryba bet 3,800. After nearly two minutes, Stern let his hand go.
A player limped in from middle position and it was folded over to Huck Seed on the button, who raised to 700. Action folded back around to the limper, who made the call for a heads-up pot.
Seed's opponent checked the flop, prompting a 1,300 bet from Seed. His opponent called.
Both players checked the turn, however, when Seed's opponent checked again on the river, Seed tanked and shuffled his chips for a while. He then announced he was all in, which was a huge overbet for about 30,000. His opponent quickly mucked and Seed scooped the pot.
One of Seed's tablemates made a comment that we didn't quite catch, but Seed replied, "I didn't want to show," with a grin.
We caught up with the action to see the player in the small blind, Eugene Katchalov, and David Singer looking down at a flop of .
With 3,800 in the pot from preflop action, the small blind led out for 2,300. Katchalov called and Singer got out of the way. The struck the turn and the small blind fired out once again with a single orange t5,000 chip. Katchalov decided to stick around.
The river paired the board with the and the small blind slowed down. Katchalov bet 7,500 and the small blind threw away his hand.
"Would you have called a shove?" asked the small blind.
"I'd rather not say," replied Katchalov as he stacked his newly earned chips.
Scott Montgomery possesses two cash so far at this year's World Series of Poker. Montgomery managed to come up one short from the six-handed final table in Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed, placing 7th for a $49,214 payday. Montomgery also cashed in Event 41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em, but finished 17th for another nice cash for $27,248.
Today we find him playing the Main Event, everyone's last chance to win a bracelet. Montgomery happened to be playing a hand when we got there and here is what happened.
An early position player raised it up to 525, prompting a call from the cutoff and Montgomery in the big blind. The flop came which lead to all three players checking.
The on the turn brought a bet of 1,000 from Montgomery. The early position player got out of the way, and the cutoff raised to 2,500. Montgomery made the call and both players were witness to the on the river. Montgomery was first to act and he checked. The cutoff fired out 4,000, a bet to rich for Montgomery and he folded.
The very next hand Montomgery was right back at it completing from the blind after two players had limped in, the big blind then checked his option. The flop fell and Montgomery checked. The under the gun player bet out 550, the middle position player folded and Montgomery made the call. The big blind folded as well, and the two were off to the turn.
The on the turn saw both players knuckle the felt for checks. It was then that the appeared on the river. Montgomery checked and the under the gun player bet out 1,350. Montgomery made the call and his opponent instantly mucked. Montgomery pushed his cards forward and the dealer snagged them up before anything could be exposed. Montgomery still won the pot, and now sits right around starting stack.
With about 4,500 in the middle and the board showing , Jeff Lisandro checked and his opponent in late position bet 2,650.
Rather than his characteristic hat, Lisandro is wearing a white WSOP hooded sweat jacket today, hood up and covering all but his face. He peered out at his opponent from the small opening, then called the bet.
The river brought the , and Lisandro tapped the felt. His opponent then plucked out 6,200 worth of chips and set them forward, taking a sip from his coffee afterwards. Lisandro immediately tossed out three orange (5,000) chips for a check-raise to 15,000, and with a gulp his opponent quickly pushed his cards dealerward.
A player sitting under the gun raised to 500, and it folded around to Jordan Rich who called from the big blind. The flop came . Rich checked, his opponent bet 1,000, and Rich called. The turn was the . Rich checked again, the UTG player bet 1,500 this time, and Rich called once more.
The river brought the and a third check from Rich, and after hesitating his opponent checked as well before turning over his for two pair, at the sight of which Rich mucked.
Not long after that hand, Rich was involved in another hand from middle position versus an opponent on the button. Following a flop, Rich bet 2,100, his opponent raised to 5,000, Rich made it 9,100, and his opponent called. Both checked the turn, then when the river brought the , Rich bet 8,000 and his opponent called immediately.
Rich's opponent in this one turned over for a flopped two pair, and Rich mucked, now down to 8,000.
The player in the hijack seat opened for 500 and found one caller in Martin Staszko directly behind him in the cutoff for a heads-up pot.
The flop came and Staszko's opponent fired an 800 c-bet into the middle. Staszko called to see a turn, which brought the . Both players then proceeded to check the turn and the river.
The player in the hijack reluctantly tabled and Staszko flipped over for two pair, which was good enough to scoop the pot.