Championship Flight A: Ryan Van Sanford “Not Very Good”, Eliminated by Michael Johnson

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 Ante
Flight A Entrants: 271

Ryan Van Sanford
Ryan Van Sanford

Zo Karim limped in under the gun, and Michael Johnson raised to what looked like 1,625 in the cutoff. Ryan Van Sanford three-bet to 4,000 on the button, and Karim folded to send the action back to Johnson.

“You’re gonna reraise me?” Johnson smiled and stared Van Sanford down. “Hmm, let’s see. How good are you?”

“Not very good,” Van Sanford answered flatly. With that, Johnson called the remainder to proceed.

The flop was KsJs7c. Johnson checked, Van Sanford continued for 5,500, and Johnson called. Van Sanford began to cut down his remaining stack as the dealer burned the next card, and Johnson noticed. “Oh, you’re fixin’ to grab the rest of your chips, huh?”

The turn was the 7d, and Johnson quickly led for 12,000. Van Sanford moved all in for about 18,000 total, and Johnson called to put him at risk.

Johnson: Ad7s (trip sevens)
Van Sanford: AhJh (jacks up)

The river was the 5s, and Johnson won the pot with three sevens, sending Van Sanford to the rail.

Michael Johnson – 67,000
Ryan Van Sanford – Eliminated