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Kevin Pollak has just raked in a nice little pot, holding on a board. We arrived at the action on the river, with Pollak up against one opponent. There was 4,000 already in the pot at this point and Pollak was busy leading out with a bet of 2,000. His opponent called and then mucked their hand when Pollak tabled his set of nines.
Naoya Kihara has had some big success at this year's World Series of Poker, becoming Japan's first-ever WSOP gold bracelet winner. However, if he wants to capture another title, he will have to do a little better than how he has started today.
We recently caught up with the action on a flop, with Kihara involved in a hand against Matt Wood. It was on Wood to act first and he opted to check-call a bet of 725. On the turn, Wood again check-called a bet, this time of 1,700. The turn would see Wood tap the table again and Kihara decided to fire a third bullet. It was 3,000 to Wood and he made the call.
Kihara:
Wood:
Kihara bluffed at the wrong time, with Wood raking in the handy pot. After that, Kihara sits behind a stack of around 20,000.
Randal Flowers has just been eliminated. We don't know exactly how the action went, but the board read . At some point Flowers managed to get all in and called by two players. Once all the betting was completed by the other two in the hand, one player flipped over for a set of fours and both players left in the hand, including Flowers mucked.
We arrived at Ray Romano's table with the Hollywood star and comedian involved in a hand with four opponents. At this point, a flop was already out on the felt.
It looked like it was a limped pot, with Romano on the button and four players to act before him. The action was checked around to Romano and he bet 300. Two players folded and one player called as Romano and the player would take to a turn. Romano's opponent checked here and Romano bet 400. When his opponent folded, Romano triumphantly turned over as he raked in the pot. Romano then continued talking to the player on his left about mixed martial arts. It sounded like a serious conversation, but Romano was still making this person laugh out loud.
Chris Viox has had an impressive World Series of Poker showing this year so far. An eighth place finish in Event 37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix, a 15th place finish in Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz, and a 64th place finish in Event 11: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha. All of that combined with Viox winning a bracelet last year in Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better tells us one thing, the man can player poker.
We recently caught up to him making it 225 from the cut-off preflop. The button called, and the small blind followed suit.
The flop came prompting checks from both the small blind and Viox. The button however bet out 675. Both the small blind and Viox made the call and we were off to the turn.
After the landed on the turn, the small blind bet out 2,000. Both remaining players made the call.
A on the river brought a check from the small blind and a bet of 5,000 from the sleeping giant Viox. The button then folded, and the small blind took his time, but eventually folded as well.