Jess Tucker is chipping up early on Day 1a and recently took a pot from Maurice Hawkins.
Tucker raised to 350 from middle position and action folded around to the player in the small blind. The small blind called and Hawkins called from the big blind. The player to his left called as well and the four saw a flop of 1064. The small blind checked, Hawkins bet 425, the player to his left folded and Tucker called.
The turn was the 7 and Hawkins tossed out a massive bet of 1,075. Tucker called and the river was the K. Hawkins bet 100 and Tucker snap-called.
Both players pushed their cards to the center face down but the cards had to be turned over to declare a winner. Hawkins reluctantly showed 52 and Tucker showed 73 for a pair of sevens to take the pot.