Brendan Waite raised on the button to 130,000 and Blair Hinkle made the call. Both players checked the flop. Hinkle check-called Waites bet of 175,000 after the hit the turn, and both players checked the river. Waite turned over giving him a pair of eights and Hinkle mucked his hand.
With his latest win, Brendan Waite, who was at one point down toward a million in chips, has evened the stacks.
It happened when he limped on the button and then called when Blair Hinkle raised to 185,000 in the big blind. Both players checjed the flop, the dealer burned and turned the , and Hinkle led out for 185,000. Waite popped it to 500,000 and it was enough to get the job done as Hinkle sent his cards to the muck.
With a small blind call and a big blind check, we saw the come out on the flop and Blair Hinkle check-raise Brendan Waite's bet of 75,000 to 165,000. Waite made the call and the dealer peeled off the on the turn. Hinkle bet 160,000 and Waite called. The hit the river, and after being checked to, Waite's bet of 500,000 was good enough to take down the 325,000 pot.
Brendan Waite has managed to string together a few modest wins recently, and those mediocre pots have added up.
Most recently, Blair Hinkle raised to 130,000 from the button and Waite defended from the big. Waite proceeded to check-call a bet of 130,000 on the flop, and then both players checked the turn and river. Waite tabled the and Hinkle mucked.
With Brendan Waite limping in from the big blind, Blair Hinkle made it 175,000 to go. Waite made the call and after the came out on the flop, both players checked. After the peeled off on the turn, Hinkle check-called Waite's bet of 100,000. When the hit the river, both players checked and Hinkle turned over his giving him a pair of sevens. Waite mucked his hand.
Blair Hinkle opened for 130,000 on the button only to have Brendan Waite three-bet to 360,000 from the big blind. Not to be outdone, Hinkle four-bet all in and Waite, who is sipping on a martini, flicked his cards to the muck.
With a raise to 130,000 from Blair Hinkle and a call from Brendan Waite, the appeared on the flop. Waite check-called Hinkle's bet of 90,000 and again check-called Hinkle's bet of 175,000 after the peeled off on the turn. The river brought the pairing the board and making three to a flush. Waite once again checked and Hinkle bet 350,000. This time Waite decided to muck his hand leaving him with 1,625,000 in chips.
The players have returned to the table and cards are back in the air. There's a good rail sweating the action as both of these men look to capture their second WSOP Circuit gold ring.