Michael Souza raised preflop and Elizabeth Lack shoved all in. Souza wasted no time in calling and it was easy to see why after the hands were revealed.
Souza:
Lack:
The board of gave no help to Lack and she was sent to the rail.
We caught up with the action on a board where all four players in the hand checked. On the river, Bryan Paris led out from the small blind for 13,500. The big blind and button folded but the player under the gun in between them made the call. Paris turned up for Broadway and the nuts to take down the pot.
Alex Findlay raised to 5,600 from the cutoff and was called by Amanda Baker from the big blind. The flop came and Baker check-called a bet of 10,000 from Findlay. Both players checked when the hit on the turn and again when the fell on the river.
Baker flipped over her which was good enough to win the pot and boost her stack to 190,000.
After the United States fell into recession, many poker players were looking for cheaper buy-in tournaments to splash around in. In the 2009 WSOP, only one open $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em buy-in event was held, aptly nicknamed the "Stimulus Special."
In 2010 the WSOP upped the number of open $1,000 NLHE events to six total.
This year there are a total of five open $1,000 NLHE events on the schedule and this tournament is the third of this year.
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Action folded to James Carroll in the small blind who raised to 21,200. The player in the big blind then moved all in for a total of 53,200. Carroll decided to call and the hands were revealed.
Carroll:
Big Blind:
The board ran out and the other player doubled up while Carroll's stack dipped to 35,500.