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We decided to spend some time over at Table 29, which was playing six-handed and home to the likes of Mike "Timex" McDonald, Tony Cousineau, Brock Parker, and Amit Makhija. Here's what we saw over the course of six consecutive hands focused on McDonald, who began the orbit with roughly 13,000.
Hand #1 (cutoff): A player in early position opened for 525 and McDonald called. Cousineau came along from the button, and three players saw a flop of . The original raiser checked, and McDonald bet 900. Both his opponents folded.
Hand #2 (hijack): The under-the-gun player folded, and McDonald did, too. Cousineau ended up winning the pot after raising to 525 from the cutoff.
Hand #3 (under-the-gun): McDonald folded.
Hand #4 (big blind): McDonald received a walk.
Hand #5 (small blind): Amit Makhija raised to 450 from the cutoff, McDonald folded, and Cousineau defended from the big blind. When the flop came down , Cousineau checked and then folded when Makhija bet 500.
Hand #6 (button): The cutoff raised to 525 and McDonald gave up his button.
Sam Trickett was hot out of the starting blocks here in Event #35and had chipped up to around 25,000. The last level hasn't been kind to the British superstar and his stack has been sliced in half to 12,650.
At least Trickett still has more than 60 big blinds at his disposal unlike the unfortunate Barny Boatman who appears to have been sent home earlier than he would have anticipated.
Senh Man Ung is a British pro who won the 2013 Asia Championship Of Poker High Roller event for the equivalent of $527,016. On his way to victory in that tournament, Ung had to battle with talented Australian pro Jeff Rossiter, who eventually finished fourth for $158,103.
That event took place in Macau and now the pair are sat at the same table some 7,290 miles from where they last faced off for big money. It would be a great story if they both progressed to the final table together in this World Series of Poker tournament.
David "ODB" Baker checked to Curt Kohlberg on a board and Kohlberg, who is sporting a psychedelic hoodie, bet 1,400 from the next seat across. Baker went deep into the tank for at least 90 seconds before emerging with a reluctant fold.
Baker's day hasn't gone great so far and he has 4,800 chips in front of him. Kohlberg on the other hand is up to 22,600.
Baker and Kohlberg are sharing a table with the likes of Craig McCorkell and Jesse Sylvia, so accumulating chips could prove quite difficult.
Brandon Merrill had no doubt been looking forward to this day after qualifying for Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em via WSOP.com. Merrill had the opportunity to test his skills against some of the game's best, but unfortunately for him he wasn't able to parlay his small investment into a big payday.
Merrill was recently eliminated from the tournament, and while we didn't see the hand as it happened, Grayson Ramage was willing to fill us in on some details. As he told it, Merrill's final hand was a three-bet pot that led to an flop. Merrill check-called a bet, and then got the rest of his stack in on a turn. Merrill held for top pair and a flush draw, but it was behind the set of Ramage.
The river blanked, and Merrill's day came to an early end. The good news is that he can still get back in action over on WSOP.com, and who knows, maybe we'll see him qualify for another WSOP gold bracelet event!
On a flop of , two players checked over to Steven Kerr, who hails from Orangeville, Ontario. Kerr bet 1,200 on the button, and it did the trick as both his opponents released their hands.
It's not much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to introduce you to Kerr and his big stack.
"All in," we heard a player announced on the river with a board reading .
"Call," was the response from two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Eric Froelich. His opponent confidently tabled the for a rivered straight, but it was no good as the man called "Efro" hald the for a full house.