Eric Rodawig: (X-X) / — fold
Stephen Chidwick: (X-X) /
Stephen Chidwick completed and Eric Rodawig called on third, before both players checked fourth street. On fifth, Chidwick led with a bet after Rodawig picked up a ten. Rodawig quickly folded, and Chidwick won the pot.
Max Pescatori: (X-X) / — fold
Brian Townsend: (X-X) /
Brian Townsend completed the bet on third, and Max Pescatori raised. Townsend called, and then led with a bet on fourth street when he added a jack and Pescatori picked up a king. Pescatori called. On fifth, Townsend bet, and Pescatori folded.
Not many people are familiar with Bob Hooks, but he is a man the poker world should not soon forget. Despite not being active in the poker world anymore, Hooks came up as a Texas road gambler with the likes of Doyle Brunson, T.J. Cloutier, Johnny Moss, Amarillo "Slim" Preston, and so many more.
Hooks got his start in Texas, as so many of the old-time poker legends did, before he eventually made the leap to Las Vegas. Alongside his roommate Brian "Sailor" Roberts, Hooks made it to heads-up play in the 1975 World Series of Poker Main Event, but lost out on the title. Even without poker immortality reached, Hooks has so much to offer looking back on the old days of the game.