A Couple Fun Hands
Hand #1:
Uri Reichenstein opened the action with a raise to 1,000 in the cutoff and received calls from both Jiayu Ruan in the small blind and Tom Kunze, who defended his big blind. All three players checked the flop .
The turn came and Ruan led out with a bet of 1,800. Both Kunze and Reichenstein called. The river fell and Ruan checked to put action onto Kunze, who fired out a bet of 8,000. Reichenstein went into the tank, using one of his time extensions and a handful of seconds before tossing in a call. Ruan quickly called behind.
All three players tabled their hands at almost exactly the same time. Kunze showed and Reichenstein to both have the same three-of-a-kind hand. However, neither was good to the full house with that Ruan turned over. Another player at the table mentioned about Reichenstein and Kunze chopping, resulting in some laughter as both Reichenstein and Kunze stated in near unison, "No chop this time!"
Hand #2:
On the following hand, under the gun raised to 900 and Reichenstein three-bet to 3,000 in the hijack. The original opener asked to see Reichenstein's stack and then four-bet to 9,700. Reichenstein thought for a couple of moments and then shoved the last of his chips into the middle.
The under-the-gun player asked for a count and Reichenstein's stack was totaled to be 26,200 The player went into the tank, using one time extension as he made the decision to let his hand go to earn Reichenstein the pot with his preflop five-bet shove.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jiayu Ruan |
66,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Uri Reichenstein |
37,800
-12,200
|
-12,200 |
Tom Kunze |
33,600
33,600
|
33,600 |