Action folded around to the player in the cutoff and he raised to 400. Joe Kuether then three-bet to 600 from the button, the blinds folded and the cutoff made the call.
The cutoff proceeded to check-call bets on every street as the board ran out only to muck when Kuether rolled over the for two pair.
David Chiu saw a flop of along with two other players. After a bet and three raises, all three players stuck around to see the dealer turn the . Chiu bet out, and both other players called, then all three checked the on the river.
The first player instantly pushed his cards toward the muck, then Chiu turned over . The other played mucked, and Chiu raked in the pot, bring his stack to 20,500.
There is an interesting verbal confrontation brewing over at Table 377, which is currently home to Barry Greenstin, Justin Bonomo, Michael "Squeaky" Winnett and Sam Grizzle. The insults, which are masked in humor, have been flying between the veteran Grizzle and up-and-coming Winnett.
Winnett has developed a reputation on the circuit as a fast-talking young gun who was once described by Noah Schwartz as the "Spanish Urkel." Some find his antics entertaining, but even more have expressed their discontent and annoyance. Whatever the case, Winnett is rarely silenced.
On the other side of the table is the veteran Grizzle, who is known to hold his own when it comes to verbal jousting. You may remember Grizzle from the 2003 World Series of Poker when he tangled with Phil Hellmuth:
Grizzle and Winnett seem to be getting under one another's skin, with the latter constantly challenging the former to play heads-up cash. Grizzle has been letting Winnett mouth off and then will coyly fire back a well-timed one liner, which gave been getting a few chuckles from the table. It'll be interesting to see if these two continue to butt heads moving forward.
The table folded around to Micah Raskin, who raised on the button. Matt Matros then made it three bets from the small blind, and Raskin called. The dealer spread for the flop, and Matros immediately bet out. Raskin quickly folded, and Matros pulled in the pot. He has already built his stack up to 23,500.
We picked up with the action on a board of to find Andy Bloch check over to Gabriel Nassif on the button. Nassif led out with a bet and Bloch called.
The river was the and Bloch checked again. Once again, Nassif tossed out a bet and Bloch called. Nassif rolled over , having flopped top two pair. Bloch mucked his hand and Nassif dragged in the pot.
Limit tournaments are notoriously slow, especially in the first few levels; as such, many of the players have devoted the majority of their attention to the various TVs around the room to watch the Miami Heat take on the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Championship.
There are clearly a lot of basketball fans in the house, and given this is Las Vegas, it's more than likely that many of them have made a wager on the game. For Terrence Chan, that fact has inspired an interesting question:
Andy Bloch has recently taken his seat in this event. Last year, Bloch officially crossed his name off the list of best players never to win a bracelet when he took down a seven-card stud event, defeating Barry Greenstein heads-up to win the $126,363 first-place prize. Bloch already has three cashes at this year’s World Series of Poker, and is rapidly approaching the $3,000,000 mark in WSOP earnings. He’ll surely surpass that milestone if he’s able to win his second bracelet in this event.