McKellar Scores Double Knockout
Nível 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
With roughly 20,000 in the pot on a 
flop, Pierce McKellar bet 4,000 in the small blind, a middle position player called, and the cutoff called.
The 
landed on the turn and McKellar moved in his stack of 30,200. Both opponents called all in and were covered.
Cutoff: 
Middle Position: 
Pierce McKellar: 
"Brick one time," McKellar pleaded.
The 
river did just that to keep McKellar ahead with his cowboys.
"That's what we're looking for!" McKellar exclaimed. "Yeah PokerNews, write that down," he said as he scooped the pot and soared to the top of the early Day 1a leaderboard.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
flop and Castano-Villarrea continued for 800. Sweeney called as did the middle position player but Brinkenhoff folded to send action three-way to the turn. 
turn. Sweeney folded his hand but the middle position player was going nowhere and called. 
river Castano-Villarrea bet once more only to see his opponent raise to 12,000. Convinced his holding was no good, Castano-Villarrea folded to send the reasonably large pot his opponent's way.
flop to the 
to the preflop raiser, who continued for 1,000. Weng and the big blind made the call while the cutoff player folded.
saw the player in the big blind check for a second time and the early position raiser fire off another bet of 2,500. Weng again called and the big blind responded with a raise to 6,600. The early position player released her holding but Weng, far from discouraged, reraised to 15,000. The big blind went into the tank before eventually tossing their cards forcefully into the muck to send a large pot Weng's way early during the day's play.
completed board, Ezequiel Waigel had 13,000 over the betting line on the button and was facing an all in for 34,400 by Andrej Senic in the big blind.
flop, Benavides checked, and Platt bet 1,500. Paull and Benavides called.
completed the board and Benavides check-folded to a bet of 16,000, conceding the early pot to Paull.