Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, who was profiled yesterday here on PokerNews, and Quan Zhou, who also spoke with us, have taken their seats. Belgian crusher Kenny Hallaert, who has been absolutely on fire since making the 2016 November Nine, is also in the field.
Ryan Riess bet 1,000 in a pot of 1,650 and was facing a raise from Erik Friberg in the cutoff, to 4,000. The community read , and Riess threw in what looked like a frustration call. Friberg rolled over for the nut pair, and the 2013 WSOP Main Event champ winged his cards into the muck.
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From the button, Valerii Lubenets opened for 250 and big blind Fatima Moreira de Melo called. Both of them checked and the hit the turn. Moreira de Melo checked and called as her opponent bet 250. The river came the and Fatima checked again. Lubenets instantly checked behind.
Moreira de Melo showed a winner with as Lubenets open mucked .
Moments before, Moreira de Melo had received a walk in the big blind from her neighbor Matthew Moss. Moreira de Melo showed pocket aces and playfully punched Moss as she wasn't too happy not getting action on her big hand.
Luca Giovannone and Ofer Glazer had already build a decent-sized pot on a board, when action was on the latter. Glazer bet 3,600 and Giovannone check-called the bet.
The river was the and the Italian flicked a single T-5,000 chip in. Glazer called and Giovannone showed for a flopped two pair. The Israeli nodded and mucked his hand.
We came upon a board of , with Jonathan Proudfoot in the cutoff and Tomas Macnamara on the button. Proudfoot checked and called a sizable bet of 2,050, and they saw a fall. Proudfoot checked and didn't take too much time before calling 4,525 more.
Macnamara showed for the nut straight, leading the PokerStars qualifier to reveal he'd taken a rough beat with , getting his set cracked.
With play three-handed at the table in the corner of the room, Scott Margereson raised to 850 in the big blind after Tatjana Zizic made it 250 in the small blind. Zizic came back with 1,925, and Margereson peeled to see flop. Zizic bet big with 3,550, and Margereson stuck around. Both checked the to see a complete the board. Zizic bet 5,000 and Margereson folded right away.
, and Riess threw in what looked like a frustration call. Friberg rolled over 
for the nut pair, and the 2013 WSOP Main Event champ winged his cards into the muck.
and the 
hit the turn. Moreira de Melo checked and called as her opponent bet 250. The river came the 
and Fatima checked again. Lubenets instantly checked behind.
as Lubenets open mucked 
.
and the Italian flicked a single T-5,000 chip in. Glazer called and Giovannone showed 
for a flopped two pair. The Israeli nodded and mucked his hand.
, with Jonathan Proudfoot in the cutoff and Tomas Macnamara on the button. Proudfoot checked and called a sizable bet of 2,050, and they saw a 
for the nut straight, leading the PokerStars qualifier to reveal he'd taken a rough beat with 
to see a 
complete the board. Zizic bet 5,000 and Margereson folded right away.
