You may have heard of Grant and Blair Hinkle. The two are brothers and both have WSOP bracelets in 2008.
Blair won a $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $507,563, and Grant won a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event for $831,462. The two are playing today's event, but Lynn Hinkle, mother of the two, let us know via twitter that her youngest son Mason is making his WSOP debut today as well.
"@bloodlow watch for 3 Hinkle brothers today in #wsop20 to see if baby bro (21 & 5 days) @MasonHinkle can catch his 2008 bracelet winning brother @GrantHinkle (31 & 5 days) and @blur5f6 (25 & 4 mo)"
Mason and Grant are still in it, but Blair has already busted. On his twitter account he said, "Busted all in with 99 vs 66 after getting short. @MasonHinkle easily bests one of his older brothers..."
Even if he doesn't join his brothers in the bracelet club in his first WSOP event, at least he has that to fall back on.
Apparently at Joe Cada's table, there was some discussion of a few players min-raising and then Cada going all in blind. According to our field reporter, he agreed and was all in blind.
He turned over and the player who had called the all in had
The board came out , giving Cada nothing and the player who knocked him out a full house. Cada hits the rail after this incredibly bizarre hand.
A player in middle position raised to 300, the cutoff called as did Jennifer Tilly on the button. The three players saw the flop and everyone checked. The turn was the and after one check, the next player led out for 475. Tilly, next to act, pushed all in for 1,475 and the bettor called.
Tilly:
Opponent:
Tilly had to dodge a king, jack or nine to double up but was unable to hit brick. The river was a jack and it sent Tilly to the rail.
From across the room you could a hear a large roar from everyone at a table in the middle of the black section. When we went to find out what all the fuss was about, we saw that had gotten it in preflop against . "This has happened before," you might say. But rarely does the flop come ! Well it did on Black #34, saving the tournament life of the man who held ace-king. Blair Rodman, who was sitting in between the two players, even took a picture.
What a story it would be if he used this amazing fortune to make a deep run.
2008 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. runner-up Mike DeMichele raised to 200 from the cutoff and was reraised to 550 by Jeff Sarwer in the small blind. DeMichele went all in for a little bit more and was called by Sarwer.
Sarwer had and DeMichele had . The board ran out giving Sarwer the runner-runner flush and sending DeMIchele to the rail.
Tim West was in position with a single opponent in a raised pot headed to the flop. The dealer laid out and the opponent asked West how much he had behind. West responded with an estimate of about 3,000. This was the larger of the two stacks remaining and both players ended up checking. The turn was the and the opponent moved all in. West snap-called with and was crushing the of his opponent.
The river blanked with the and West has moved up to 5,200 with that pot.
With Jeff Madsen in the big blind, action folded to the small blind. That opponent raised to 500 and Madsen called.
The flop came and the player first to act bet 800. Madsen called.
The turn was the and the opponent continued again for 1,200. This time Madsen put in chips for a raise to 2,700. The opponent thought, counted out his chips, and decided to call.
The river was the the and this time both players checked. The player that started in the small blind showed and Madsen mucked. He is now down to 4,700.
Yuval Bronshtein raised to 425 preflop with one caller, then a player in later position went all in for 2,700. Bronshtein called with and the player all in showed
The board came out and Bronshtein took down the pot to continue to grow his big stack.
and the player who had called the all in had 
, giving Cada nothing and the player who knocked him out a full house. Cada hits the rail after this incredibly bizarre hand.
flop and everyone checked. The turn was the 
and after one check, the next player led out for 475. Tilly, next to act, pushed all in for 1,475 and the bettor called.
had gotten it in preflop against 
. The board ran out 
giving Sarwer the runner-runner flush and sending DeMIchele to the rail.
and the opponent moved all in. West snap-called with 
of his opponent.
and the player first to act bet 800. Madsen called.
and the player all in showed 
and Bronshtein took down the pot to continue to grow his big stack.
