It seems we have two very different tables left in action here in Event #55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. The far table from our desk, Table 280 with Ben Lamb, Scott Seiver, Minh Ly, Brian Rast and Matt Glantz, is playing far more aggressive and looser than the table nearest to us with George Lind, Phil Hellmuth, Owais Ahmed, Vladimir Shchemelev, Jeff Lisandro and Jason Lester.
On the far table, there are three World Series of Poker gold bracelet winners with Seiver, Lamb and Rast. All of them have one apiece. On the near table, Hellmuth has 11, Ahmed has one, Lisandro has five and Lester has one to total 18 WSOP gold bracelets. Experience with plenty of gold lies on one table while youth and feistiness sits on the other table.
Which table will produce the bracelet winner in this event: the one full of tortoises or the one full of hares?
Scott Seiver: (X)(X) / / (X)
Matt Glantz: (X)(X) / / (X)
Seiver completed, Glantz raised, and Seiver called. Seiver check-called a bet on fourth street, and both players checked on fifth. Seiver led on sixth and seventh, receiving calls on both streets, and Seiver opened for sevens and threes.
Owais Ahmed and Jason Lester were heads up with the board reading . Ahmed check-called 105,000 from Lester, and the turn was the . Ahmed checked, Lester fired 225,000, and Ahmed called.
The river was the , and Ahmed checked a third time. Lester tossed out a hefty 575,000-chip bet, and Ahmed released his hand.
The action folded to George Lind, who completed from the small blind. Phil Hellmuth checked his option in the big, and the flop came down . Lind led for 30,000, and Hellmuth called.
The two checked the on the turn and the on the river, and Lind tabled for a pair of jacks. Hellmuth mucked, and Lind won the pot.
Josh Arieh raised all in from early position for 51,000 - less than two bets. Brian Rast called from the cutoff, Minh Ly raised on the button, and Rast made the call. The flop came down , and Rast led out. Ly called.
The turn was the , and Rast led again. Ly opted to raise this time, and Rast called. Rast slowed down once the hit the river, check-calling a bet from Ly.
Yan Chen raised from under the gun, Josh Arieh called in the cutoff, and Brian Rast re-raised from the small blind. Chen and Arieh called, and the flop came down . All three players checked.
The turn was the , and Rast led out. Arieh and Chen called. All three players checked when the came on the river.
Brian Rast raised from under the gun and got two callers in Josh Arieh (small blind) and Matt Glantz (big blind). The flop came , Arieh checked, and Glantz bet. Rast called, Arieh check-raised, then both Glantz and Rast called.
The turn was the and river the , and on both streets Arieh bet and both of his opponents called. Cards on their backs…
Arieh: -- splits low with Rast (1/4 pot)
Glantz: -- two pair for high (1/2 pot)
Rast: -- splits low with Arieh (1/4 pot)
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/ (X)
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for sevens and threes.
. Ahmed check-called 105,000 from Lester, and the turn was the 
. Ahmed checked, Lester fired 225,000, and Ahmed called.
, and Ahmed checked a third time. Lester tossed out a hefty 575,000-chip bet, and Ahmed released his hand.
/ (X)
/ (X)
for an 8-4-3-2-A, Chen showed 
. Lind led for 30,000, and Hellmuth called.
on the turn and the 
on the river, and Lind tabled 
for a pair of jacks. Hellmuth mucked, and Lind won the pot.
, and Rast led out. Ly called.
, and Rast led again. Ly opted to raise this time, and Rast called. Rast slowed down once the 
- Low
and Ly check-called another bet from Arieh. The river was the 
and had his low counterfeited on the river to get him scooped.
, and Rast led out. Arieh and Chen called. All three players checked when the 
came on the river.
-- splits low with Arieh (1/4 pot)
