In a raised pot, Blair Hinkle was heads up and out of position heading to the flop. The dealer spread out and Hinkle check-called his opponents 200 chip bet. The turn was the and again Hinkle checked. His opponent bet 300 and Hinkle moved all in for 1,200.
The opponent, who had about 2,000 left, then flipped over the and asked Hinkle if he had a flush draw. The opponent had not acted yet, however, but nobody said anything. Eventually, the player folded and Hinkle shipped the pot.
After stacking his chips, Hinkle told the man, "For future reference, they won't let you flip over your hand before you act." When they player argued that there was no more action and he should be allowed to show his cards if he'd like, Hinkle responded "They'll kill your hand and give you a penalty, but I'm not trying to give anybody a penalty." The table debated about it for a minute before everyone agreed that it shouldn't be done without having to call over the floor.
Shane Schleger just won two big hands to put himself over double starting stack here early on in Level 2 of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
In this particular hand, Schleger raised to 100 on the button and got a call from the player in the big blind.
The flop came and the big blind bet 175. Schleger called.
The turn was the , the big blind bet 350, and Schleger again just elected to call.
The river was the , and the big blind player made a big bet of 1,000. Schleger put the pressure on and raised it to 2,000. The big blind folded and Schleger took down his second big pot in a row (the previous hand he won a big pot with trip eights).
After besting a large field in Event #12, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Triple Chance only to bubble the official final table, Steve Watts had been building a stack today as he tried to go deep again.
Watts and two other players limped preflop and the flop was seen five ways. The first limper bet out 200 when the players in the blinds checked and Watts raised to 525. The three remaining players folded and the lone bettor called. The turn was the . It was checked to Watts and he fired out 700. His opponent called.
The river was the and when it was checked to him again, he quickly went all. His opponent thought for just a couple of seconds before saying, "I have to call" and flipping over for the nut flush. Watts flashed the as he mucked and has slipped to 500.