Early Hits for Pros
Sep 29, '10
It’s fairly small-ball at the moment, with players easing into their tables. However there have been a few big enough pots for the first level.
Team PokerStars Pro Joep van den bijgaart bets 375,000 from middle position and both the button and player UTG calls. The flop comes A A 5 and it’s checked around. The turn is the 4 and UTG checks. Van den Bijgaart bets 675 and the button calls. UTG folds and the river is the Q. Van den Bijgaart bets 1,550 and the button throws out four red 1,000 chips. Den Bijgaart looks like he has been caught with his hand in the cookie drawer and lets the hand go.
Across the room, with 6 5 5 showing, Ben Roberts had bet out and was called by the small blind. The turn was the 5 prompting Roberts to bet 850. The small blind made it 2,500 and Roberts passed.
Player Tags: Ben Roberts
Noah Boeken Eliminates Ben Roberts
Oct 01, '10
Ben Roberts moved the last of his chips into the middle preflop and Team PokerStars Pro Noah Boeken made the call. Their cards:
Boeken: J J
Roberts: A A
Board: J 8 4 6 3
The London professional Roberts was eliminated and Boeken grew his stack to 160,000.
Player Tags: Noah Boeken, Ben Roberts