James Mackey's "unique" rail bird has continued with his "Oh yeah" gyration. Some members of the audience are starting to heckle him a bit.
2012 World Series of Poker
John Nelson opened for 80,000, Henry Lu called and Neil Channing raised from the big blind to 220,000. Nelson folded and Lu called.
The flop came , Channing bet 255,000 and Lu called. The turn came , Channing checked and Lu bet 300,000. Channing released his hand and Lu took the pot.
John Nelson opened the action with a raise to 85,000. Only Henry Lu on the button would make the call and the dealer would flip over a flop. John Led for 85,000 here and Lu called.
The on the turn would see Nelson check and Lu bet 110,00. Too much for Nelson, he sent the pot to Lu.
Balazs Botond open-shoved all in preflop and John Nelson shoved over the top from the small blind. Henry Lu folded his big blind and the hands were tabled.
Nelson:
Botond:
The board ran and Nelson's nines held.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Nelson |
1,250,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Balazs Botond | Busted |
Folded to Henry Lu in the small blind, he raised it up. Tom Alner flicked in a call from the big blind and a flop was dealt. Lu then led out for 125,000 and Alner threw his cards in the muck.
Neil Channing opened for 80,000 from the cutoff and James Mackey raised to 180,000 on the button. The blinds released and Channing sat motionless for a moment.
He then put out a large re-raise to 510,000. Mackey folded in short order and Channing picked up a pot out of position.
Balazs Botond open shoved his stack of 240,000 and received a call from James Mackey in the big blind.
When Botond tabled his , he was behind and in need of help against Mackey's . The was practically gin for Botond as he took the lead, however he would still need to dodge plenty of cards.
The turn and the river were great for Botond as he took the double and put a small dent in Mackey's stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Mackey |
2,000,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
|
||
Balazs Botond |
500,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Neil Channing opened to 80,000 and John Nelson called. The blinds released and the flop came . Channing bet 50,000 and Nelson called. The turn came , Channing bet 105,000 and Nelson folded.
The players are back from their break and ready to play some more poker here at the final table of Event 43.
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000