A player on the button bet 2,700 into a pot of about 8,000 after flopped, only for Arif Mustafa to check-shove for exactly 25,000 in the cutoff. After getting a count, the player on the button called for most of his own chips.
Mustafa:
Opponent:
Mustafa had complete control, only fading two queens, but the gave him more of a sweat since he had to dodge diamonds as well. The river was a .
Mel Judah had 1,400 in front of him in late position when we got to his table and was considering the all-in shove of a player in the small blind. It was 11,500, and Judah decided to call.
Judah:
Opponent:
The Aussie legend was way behind, and the brought little in the way of help. The turn caused a murmur to roll through the table, and Judah completed his flush on the river.
Daniel Neilson was in middle position and had built a sizable pot of nearly 11,000 preflop against a player on his right. That player bet 5,000 on a flop and Neilson called. Both players checked the and the and Neilson's opponent showed . Not enough, as Neilson had flopped lucky with .
"Please no ten," said Nikki Stiefel. "No wait - no seven!"
Stiefel was all in with against the of Martin Czuczor. The board ran out and Stiefel doubled her stack of 11,100 to around 24,000. Czuczor has a similar amount.
"Pretty sick heater," Arne Ruge admitted after a big double through Amar Anand, while the latter replied "how many times have I three-bet and four-bet you?!"
Ruge raised from the cutoff, Anand three-bet the button and Ruge four-bet to 11,800. Anand moved all in and the German snap-called for a very specific reason.
Arne Ruge:
Amar Anand:
The board of brought no upset and Ruge doubled for 104,000. In the next hand, Ruge opened again and Najeem Ajez three-bet to 4,100 in order to force a quick fold.
The player on the button raised and Pratik Mehta in the big blind three-bet only for his opponent to four-bet to 11,000. Mehta moved all in for effectively 45,000 and the button quickly called.
Button:
Pratik Mehta:
The board came and the jack on the turn gave Mehta the superior full house and boost his stack nicely.