Parker is now up over 5 million, while Serock has slipped below 3 million.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 19 - $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Parker is now up over 5 million, while Serock has slipped below 3 million.
Parker raises the next hand and wins without even a flop.
Serock raises to 200,000 from the button which interesting as he's always been raising to 150,000 before but Parker calls anyway.
The flop of goes check check, as does the on the turn. The river is the and Parker bets 250,000 and Serock folds very quickly.
Slowly Parker is edging away with this...
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
In the first, Serock raised to 150,000 from the small blind/button, and Brock Parker called. The flop came . Parker checked, Serock made the continuation bet, and Parker let it go.
The second saw Serock call Parker's preflop raise, then bet out 100,000 on the flop, forcing Parker to fold.
Serock raises to 150,000 and Parker calls. The flop is and Parker leads for 225,000. Serock makes the call and they see a turn, Parker checks and now Serock decides to bet 420,000 and Parker quickly folds.
Serock allows himself the first little smile in a while since he hadn't taken a decent pot down postflop for several hands.
But so far at least -- whatever their cards have been -- one player has clearly had the upper hand.
Just now Parker took another decent-sized pot. Following some preflop and flop betting, Brock bet 200,000 on the turn with the board showing , and Serock called. When the river brought the , Brock fired 350,000, and Serock folded.
Parker is now up to 4.8 million to Serock's 3.2 million.
Joe Serock -- 3,600,000
Brock Parker -- 4,400,000
The river brought the , and Parker quickly pushed out a big bet of 475,000. Serock went into a deep think. He looked across the table at Parker, then at the board, then down at the chips he was riffling. Finally he folded.
That hand puts Parker into the slight chip lead, with 4.1 million to Serock's 3.9 million.
On the turn comes the and Joe Serock takes a minute to think before checking to Parker, who checks behind.
The river is the and it's back to Serock again who thinks for a minute and checks. Parker bets 375,000 and Serock folds.
Chip Counts:
Joe Serock -- 4,250,000
Brock Parker -- 3,750,000
The river was the . Parker checked, and Serock checked. Parker turned over for queens and nines, and Serock mucked.