In a three-way pot with the flop reading K♦10♠5♦, Michael Cassiday-Maloney led out with a bet of 500 in the small blind. Jarrod Blackwell just called and the button raised to 1,500. Cassiday-Maloney folded but Blackwell stuck around for the 8♠ on the turn.
Blackwell check-called another bet of 2,000 from his opponent and the 7♦ completed the board. Blackwell led out with a bet of 6,500 this time and his opponent relinquished his cards. Blackwell did the table a favor and showed his Q♦J♦ for a rivered flush.
After an opening flight that attracted 84 total entries, the Roughrider Poker Tour $640 Main Event is expecting an uptick in the number of players walking through the door today as the long weekend gets underway. Being held in western rural Minnesota, the Jackpot Junction Casino and Hotel is playing host to this $300,000+ estimated prizepool event that boasts three starting flights.
Last night, Thai Dinh bagged the chip lead with 729,000 chips, over 12 starting stacks and 73 big blinds for the final day on Sunday. He was joined at the top of the leaderboard by Charles Kersey (714,000) and Darrin Gerr (685,000).
Day 1b is scheduled to get started at 1 p.m. CST again with another full day of poker on tap. Players will sit down to a starting stack of 60,000 chips with the blinds beginning at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante. The levels will be 40 minutes in length with a 15-minute break after every three levels.
Late registration will remain open until the end of level 12 with an unlimited number of reentries permitted throughout the tournament. Play will conclude when just 15% of the field remains or at the end of level 16 at approximately 12:45 a.m.
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