There were about 33,500 chips already in the pot and the board read ![]()
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when we got to the table. Brian Altman, who was under the gun, was heads-up against the player in the small blind and had already committed 10,000 chips on the flop. The small blind raised to 30,000, and Altman went into the tank. Eventually, the clock was called. As tournament staff counted down the final five seconds, Altman folded, and the small blind took the pot.
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Niveau: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Kevin Martin raised to 1,400 from middle position, the button called, and both blinds called, as well.
The flop came ![]()
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and action checked around.
The turn brought the
and all four players checked again.
The
fell on the river and both blinds checked. Martin bet 5,000, the button folded, the small blind folded, and the big blind called. Martin showed ![]()
and took the pot with trip kings.
We caught up to the action after all the money had gone in preflop. Jamie Staples and Jonathan Concepcion were both all in and at risk, Staples with the shortest of the three stacks for right around 24,000. Hank Sitton called both all-ins and had both players covered.
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which gave Sitton the winning full house and allowed him to take down the monster pot while Concepion and Staples both hit the rail here on the first day of the Main Event.
Ryan Riess was in middle position and got all the chips in the middle before the flop against a player who was under the gun. Riess had the larger of the two stacks by a wide margin.
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The two players were racing and Riess needed to improve in order to win. The ![]()
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flop gave Riess the lead and left his opponent in rough shape. Neither the
turn nor
river changed anything, so Riess took the pot to send his opponent to the rail.
Mike Leah checked from under the gun to his lone opponent in the cutoff on a board of ![]()
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. The cutoff bet 3,000 into a pot of about 9,000 and Leah called.
The turn brought the
and both players checked.
The
fell on the river, Leah bet 6,000, and his opponent called. Leah announced "king queen" only to see his opponent flip over ![]()
, so Leah mucked and his opponent took the chips.
From under the gun, Liv Boeree raised, making it 1,600. She is called by one player in middle position, as well as the big blind.
The flop came down ![]()
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and all three players checked around to see the
on the turn. The small blind checked again, but this time Boeree fired 3,000. The player in middle position called while the small blind folded.
The river was the
and Boeree continued again, this time leading out for 9,000. Her opponent called, but mucked when Boeree turned over her ![]()
for a flopped set that improved to a full house. That allowed her to take down the pot and increase her stack.
Niveau: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100