$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  170 of 423

With the board showing on the turn, Phil Rigby checked the small blind, Isaiah Goldman bet 4,000 from the big blind, and Rigby check-raised to 11,000. Goldman called.

The river card was the , Rigby moved all in for 22,300, and Goldman thought for a while before he called with for a pair of jacks. But Rigby turned over to win the pot with a flopped jack-high straight and double up in chips.

Phil Rigby  –  75,500  (63 bb)
Isaiah Goldman  –  6,100  (5 bb)

At another table, with the final board showing on the river with more than 40K already in the pot, Jason Brin checked from middle position, the player on the button bet 26,000, and Brin went into the tank.

Brin asked, “Six-seven?”

The player on the button said nothing for a moment or two, and then replied, “Could be seven-deuce, right?”

Brin thought for a while longer before he asked the dealer to clarify the bet amount. Brin said he thought she said “46,000,” and so he thought a bit more before he called.

The button showed for a pair of nines, but Brin turned over to win the pot with a set of nines.

After the hand, Brin said he probably would have folded to a bet of 46,000, which represented about half of his remaining chips at that point.

Jason Brin  –  167,000  (139 bb)

With about 170 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 99,500 (83 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of this level (about 11:15 pm), and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.