Lancaster Makes Six-Card Straight but Chops; Chip Counts from Table 4
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Noel Rodriguez opened to 17,000 from the hijack and was called by Alfie Poetra, who was on the button. Mike Lancaster was in the big blind and defended to take action three ways to a flop of . All three players checked.
The turn saw three more checks, bringing the river to put a queen-high straight on board. Lancaster put out a bet of 25,000 and got a fold from Rodriguez. Poetra then called.
Upon calling, Poetra tabled , playing the board. Lancaster remakred he had a six-card straight as he turned over , with neither of his sevens coming into play either. As a result, the two chopped up the blinds and antes as well as Rodriguez's preflop investment into the pot and got ready for another hand of battle at the felt.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Noel Rodriguez |
860,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Landen Lucas |
688,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
Brett Murray |
357,000
321,500
|
321,500 |
Dan Stir |
300,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Mike Lancaster |
240,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
Alfie Poetra |
235,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Sok Chean |
220,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
Chet Sickle |
149,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Amrut Shivakumar | Busted |