An early setback for David Tuchman seems to have been more than repaired.
2014 World Series of Poker
Back in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, Alex Kravchenko finished fourth for $1,852,721. Since then the Russian has enjoyed a fruitful poker career, but he's back today looking for even more Main Event success.
In a recent hand, Alex Kravchenko opened for 450 and Scott Abrams called from the cutoff. The big blind came along for the ride and three players saw a flop of ![]()
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, which they all checked. The action would repeat itself on both the
turn and
river, prompting Kravchenko to tabled the ![]()
for two pair. It was good as both Abrams and the big blind mucked.
Not much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on his chip count.
Three players took a flop of ![]()
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, including Laurence Wolf who is fresh off of a win in the Borgata Summer Poker Open and a runner-up finish in the Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship.
All three players checked, and the turn was the
. Wolf checked, one opponent bet 600, and both players called.
The river was a second seven - the
- and Wolf checked again. The player who bet on the turn tossed out another 2,800, the man in the middle folded, and Wolf quickly called. The player turned over ![]()
for nines full of sevens, and Wolf showed a lesser full house; ![]()
.
Phil Collins, November Niner from the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, has been eliminated from play by none other than Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué.
We missed the action, but Melanie Weisner was raking in a pot of around 10,000 with ![]()
in front of her. Her opponent had mucked and Weisner has chipped back up her starting stack.
There was already 7,100 in the pot when we found Matt Waxman heads-up with position on the big blind on an ![]()
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flop. Waxman bet 4,500 and was called, and the turn brought an
. The big blind checked, and Waxman silently put out a T5,000 chip. The big blind gave up his hand.
A player limped in on the button, Matt Salsberg raised out of the small blind, and Zakeri Behman called in the big blind. The button limper called as well, and Salsberg led out for 1,100 on a flop of ![]()
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. Only Behman called.
The turn was the
, Salsberg check-called a bet of 1,500 from Behman, and the
completed the board.
Salsberg checked, the player tossed out 3,000, and Salsberg tanked for roughly 90 seconds before calling. Behman rolled over ![]()
for a straight and was pushed the pot.
