Dragan Galic has pretty much been on fire this afternoon, winning pot after pot and moving his stack upward all day thus far. We just caught a couple of interesting hands in succession involving Galic.
The first was a hand in which he and a single opponent saw a ten-high flop, then Galic folded his face up to his opponent's bet. His opponent wouldn't show afterwards, but the consensus at the table suggested it wasn't a recommended fold.
Galic wasn't going to fold the next one, however. With the board showing , Jason Gray bet 10,000 into a 25,000-chip pot, and Galic raised all in. Gray called with his remaining stack.
Gray turned over for two pair, while Galic showed for the straight and flush draws. The turn was the , and Gray was still good. "Come on!" he said, hoping his hand would hold. Alas for him, the river was the , giving Galic the straight and sending Gray to the rail.
After the hand, Galic reaffirmed his commitment to that hand. "With this flop, I put in everything," he explained with a grin. "Everything! My car, my house, my wife... my second wife..."
Good to see he can commit to something. Galic now has 180,000.
On the flop of , Leo Margets called her opponent's all-in bet with the . Her opponent held two black kings. The turn was the and the river the , knocking Margets all the way down to 9,700 after she sent over the 13,600 chips needed to pay the player off.
A player under the gun limped before Jackie Glazier raised to 2,100 from the next seat. The big blind and the limper called. The flop came down and Glazier fired a continuation bet of 3,300 after action checked to her. Both her opponents folded and she moved to 83,000 in chips.
Jim Bechtel opened to 1,200 from middle position, and "Hollywood Dave" Stann three-bet to 3,200. Bechtel called to go heads up to a flop.
The dealer rolled out , and Bechtel let Stann bet 5,200 before check-raising to 20,000 straight. That was enough to cover Stann, and he started chatting while he was in the tank.
"Phil Hellmuth might be good enough to lay this down. I don't know about me, though."
"You'll make the right decision," Bechtel said with smirk, and that threw Stann for a loop.
"Oh man! I wanna put my chips in there so bad and see you roll over tens. Then I go POW! I win!" Eventually, and with much reluctance, Stann folded, offering Bechtel $100 to show. When he declined, Stann offered $200, then $300, but neither offer was accepted.
Jason Somerville entered the pot from the cutoff with a raise, only to have the big blind move all in for around 10,000 as Somerville made the call.
Somerville:
Opponent:
The board ran out to see the big blind stand up and attempt to leave the table, only to be informed that he had made a straight as Somerville slips to 79,500 in chips.
Spectator: "Hey. Who's that in Seat 1 right there?"
Media: "That's Robert Mizrachi."
Spectator: "Really? Dang, I thought that was one of The Grinder's brothers. Guess not."
Media: "... You do know that "The Grinder" is not his actual last name, right?"
At this point, the spectator furrowed his brow, looking awfully confused. He promptly turned and walked away from the conversation.
A player in middle position raised to 1,200 and Dennis Phillips called from the cutoff. The flop came down and middle position bet 1,500. Phillips made the call and the turn was the .
Both players checked and the hit the river. Middle position bet 2,500 and Phillips insta-mucked. Even with that loss, he is still doing much better than earlier, sitting with about 60,000.
, Jason Gray bet 10,000 into a 25,000-chip pot, and Galic raised all in. Gray called with his remaining stack.
for two pair, while Galic showed 
for the straight and flush draws. The turn was the 
, and Gray was still good. "Come on!" he said, hoping his hand would hold. Alas for him, the river was the 
, giving Galic the straight and sending Gray to the rail.![[user67765]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
river.
for a busted flush draw. Her opponent then revealed just 
for fourth pair to the board.
, Leo Margets called her opponent's all-in bet with the 
. Her opponent held two black kings. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, knocking Margets all the way down to 9,700 after she sent over the 13,600 chips needed to pay the player off.
and Glazier fired a continuation bet of 3,300 after action checked to her. Both her opponents folded and she moved to 83,000 in chips.
, and Bechtel let Stann bet 5,200 before check-raising to 20,000 straight. That was enough to cover Stann, and he started chatting while he was in the tank.
to see the big blind stand up and attempt to leave the table, only to be informed that he had made a straight as Somerville slips to 79,500 in chips.
and middle position bet 1,500. Phillips made the call and the turn was the 
hit the river. Middle position bet 2,500 and Phillips insta-mucked. Even with that loss, he is still doing much better than earlier, sitting with about 60,000.
