Hand #52-56: Maskill is More Involved
Hand #52: Jack Maskill raised to 25,000 from mid-position and Sam Phillips three-bet to 70,000 from the cutoff. Maskill called. The flop came , Maskill check-called the 55,000 bet of Phillips. The turn brought them the , Maskill checked again. Phillips continued with a bet of 135,000. Maskill checked out his own stack to see how much he had behind and then decided to call. The river completed the board with the , Maskill checked once more. Phillips looked at Maskill and then decided to also check. Maskill flipped over for the turned set of queens and Phillips mucked.
Hand #53: Phillips raised to 27,000 from the hijack and was called by Joe McKeehen in the big blind. They both checked through the on the flop and the on the turn to the on the river. McKeehen check-called the 40,000 bet of Phillips. Phillips tabled for ace-high and was beaten by the of McKeehen who had turned top pair.
Hand #54: Joe Cada raised to 27,000 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Phillips in mid-position and Anthony Reategui on the button. The flop came , Cada continued with a bet of 35,000 and both Phillips and Reategui folded.
Hand #55: McKeehen raised to 28,000 from the button, Maskill three-bet to 106,000 in the small blind. McKeehen folded.
Hand #56: McKeehen raised to 28,000 from the cutoff, now Maskill three-bet to 90,000 from the button. McKeehen folded again.