Sexton Involved in Key Pots
In the first hand, after a button player raised to 8,100, Sexton reraised to 26,100 from the small blind. Jeremiah Vinsant looked at his hole cards and announced that he would raise pot, which meant he would be all in.
The button folded and action was back on Sexton, who flopped back in his chair and seemed very displeased by the all-in move. It was about 30,000 more for Sexton to call. Sexton tanked for a few minutes uneasily, and then finally made the fold with a disgusted smirk on his face.
In the very next hand, Sexton had the button and raised to 8,500. The small blind folded. Vivek Rajkumar in the big blind reraised pot by placing a stack of 10 orange 5,000-denomination chips in the middle. Once again, Sexton looked unhappy with the action, but this time made the call all in after only a few moments.
Sexton showed and Rajkumar showed .
The flop came , the turn came the , and the river the allowing Sexton to double up to around 110,000 chips.