Jordan Zynda, who finished 875th for $15,000 in this event last year, used the MyStack app to tell the world he had already doubled up. We walked by to get the details of the hand, as someone with a 100,000 stack after in Level 1 is always worth a visit.
Zynda told us that he opened to 400 under the gun plus one on his still 5-handed table. Three players called, and they took a flop of . The small blind decided to lead out and Zynda was the only caller, the other two players folded.
As the hit the turn, the small blind checked. Zynda bet 1,100 and saw his opponent check-raise to 3,500. Zynda just called and saw the complete the board. The small blind bet 5,000. Zynda raised to 17,500 and saw his opponent move all in. Zynda called with his quads and his opponent tabled for the flopped flush.
With a pot of about 3,000 already brewing and the completed board reading , Mohsin Charania was in late position and facing a decision for 1,200 against a single opponent. After a few moments of thought, Charania called, his opponent quickly flipped over for rivered trip fives, and Charania mucked.
Bruno Fitoussi opened from the cut-off and got calls from the button and the player in the big blind. Fitoussi is on an active and aggressive table as has lost a few early pots.
The flop was and it was checked to Fitoussi who bet 300. That didn’t shake anyone off and with two callers the dealer put out the turn card.
The river was the and with action on Fitoussi he made a persuasive bet of 600 and got two folds and a small pot.
Kitty Kuo and her lone opponent were heads up on the turn of a board showing when we arrived at the table. Kuo check called a bet of 1,525, and the on the river completed the flop flush draw. Kuo fired out 3,700, and her opponent immediately let out a big sigh. Despite his apparent disappointment, he called, and Kuo could only muster up for ace high. Her opponent rolled over for trip sixes, and he took down the pot.
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