Joining the action on the flop, the action checked to Colin Bernard and he made it 1,200 to go from the cutoff. Thomas Drinkwater on the button raised to 4,000 and Patrick Blye called in the big blind, while Bernard folded. The followed on the turn and Blye checked once more, then bowed out when Drinkwater bet 8,000.
The table also features Frenchman Emrah Cakmak, who has increased his stack already.
Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , the action was on Alex Lynskey in the hijack. With around 4,500 in the middle, Lynskey fired out a bet of 3,500. Henry Strasser was his opponent and he check-called Lynskey's bet.
The river brought the and Strasser checked again. Lynskey quickly checked it back and Strasser turned over for two pair. Lynskey was unable to beat it and sent his cards to the muck.
There were four players in on a flop. Sean Getzwiller checked and Alexander Sofillas bet 1,600 which got one player out but not Jeff Berwick, who flatted behind, or Getzwiller who was in the blinds.
The turn was the and it was checked to Berwick who bet 5,000 and only Getzwiller called. The river was the and Getzwiller checked-called a final time when Berwick bet 7,000.
Sean Getzwiller:
Jeff Berwick:
The turn had hit for both players but Berwick's straight was beaten by Getzwiller's flush and the American chips up.
Kevin "Racks" Roster was just seen in his seat in Amazon Orange. The New Jersey native was diagnosed with Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer two years ago and was told on May 20 he had anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to live due to the cancer speading throughout his body.
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Playing the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is a dream for many poker players. While some are lucky enough to play it each and every year, for others it’s a one-time bucket list sort of thing.
Ben Myers falls into the latter camp. The 48-year-old from Florida is playing in the WSOP Main Event for the first time thanks to his participation in a 22-week-long poker league at the SKC Poker Room. He failed to win the league, coming in second, but fortunately for him, there were two $10K seats up for grabs.
“The league was a very different strategy than any other tournament I've played, as it was more important to try and make the final table every week than it was to actually win,” Myers told PokerNews. “Points progressed the further you made it and there were nice payouts to the top three players on a weekly basis.”
Not surprisingly, the small stakes poker player and part-time Uber driver has been looking forward to this day.
“I feel ready. I'm now at the point where I have taken everything learned and have applied to my game to hopefully give me small percentage edges for the Main,” he said. “Previously, when living in Vegas, I played satellites to play two $1,500 events – unsuccessfully. I believe the 12-year layoff was supposed to happen for a reason.”
Formerly ingrained in the corporate world for a decade and a half, Myers has found that while he doesn’t make the money he used to, a life of cards and driving is much more agreeable.
“I've been blessed to have been out of the corporate world now for about 15 years,” he said. “Even though I made two or three times more [money] with a six-figure salary back then, I'm 10 times happier now having been able to jump back into my passion of poker. This passion got taken away from me for about 10 years. Previously, I was having some success while living directly in Las Vegas.”
Now living in Florida, where there are plenty of poker rooms, Myers has not only reconnected with the game but taken it more seriously, especially after he played his way into the WSOP Main Event.
“As you're aware, we have some amazing talent on the Florida Gulf Coast," he continued, "I've been extremely fortunate to have had some poker training with one of our best, Michael Laake, who also writes some very informative articles in Ante Up Magazine. I've also immersed myself in everything poker from books, Vlogs, YouTube, etc.”
For Myers, it’s the culmination of a long life of playing games. When he was young, there would always be some sort of game being played for money at family functions, be it dice, Scrabble and, of course, poker.
“A lot of times I was able to quadruple my allowance,” Myers said with a laugh. “Since then, I’ve been mostly self-taught, although I have also been blessed to surround myself with a good network of other players who I have a lot of respect for.”
Speaking of people he has respect for, Myers has a poker hero who happens to also be playing in the Day 1b field.
“Daniel Negreanu,” Myers said when asked about his favorite poker player. “His ability to read people and extract information from them is beyond admirable. He also serves as a great ambassador to the game itself. All of his attributes, I look to emulate. That being said, I would want nothing more than to play against him in the Main. To be the best, you have to beat the best.”
flop, the action checked to Colin Bernard and he made it 1,200 to go from the cutoff. Thomas Drinkwater on the button raised to 4,000 and Patrick Blye called in the big blind, while Bernard folded. The 
followed on the turn and Blye checked once more, then bowed out when Drinkwater bet 8,000.
and Strasser checked again. Lynskey quickly checked it back and Strasser turned over 
for two pair. Lynskey was unable to beat it and sent his cards to the muck.
flop. Sean Getzwiller checked and Alexander Sofillas bet 1,600 which got one player out but not Jeff Berwick, who flatted behind, or Getzwiller who was in the blinds.
and it was checked to Berwick who bet 5,000 and only Getzwiller called. The river was the 
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for trips to scoop the pot.
