A player in middle position opened to 600 and the player in the small blind called. Bernard Lee was in the big blind and made the call as well.
The flop came and the player in the small blind and Lee checked to the preflop aggressor who bet 800. The small blind folded and Lee called.
The turn was the and Lee checked. His opponent bet 2,000 which Lee check-raised to 4,750. His opponent moved all in and Lee snap-called with for the flopped king-high flush. His opponent turned over for top pair with a bigger flush draw. Lee was able to avoid another club on the river to score the double up to
The first two flights had 203 total entrants which brings the total to 279 with the 76 that have started Day 1c thus far. 34 players moved on from the first two flights.
Only 21 people needed to hit the 300 mark and with 2.5 hours left to register that number could easily be reached. Quite the impressive turnout for this second edition of the RunGoodGear.com Poker Series at Downstream Casino Resort.
Two big things on the docket this week, as Aussie Millions has wrapped up and the World Series of Poker schedule has been released. Donnie Peters and Rich Ryan recap the big festival Down Under and the team is then joined by "Kid Poker" himself, Daniel Negreanu, to discuss the 2015 WSOP schedule.