With 37,000 in the middle preflop, cutoff Daniel Laidlaw checked when the ![]()
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flop emerged. Christopher Frank fired the maximum in position, leaving himself with just 10,000 or so. Laidlaw gave it a brief thought and then laid his hand down.
With 37,000 in the middle preflop, cutoff Daniel Laidlaw checked when the ![]()
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flop emerged. Christopher Frank fired the maximum in position, leaving himself with just 10,000 or so. Laidlaw gave it a brief thought and then laid his hand down.
Jarred Solomon was in the small blind, leading 23,000 on the ![]()
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turn in a heads-up pot against his right-hand opponent Gionni Demers after they'd put in 4,000 apiece on the flop.
Demers called and both players checked the
river. Solomon showed ![]()
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and scooped the pot as Demers mucked. With his latest addition, Solomon climbed near the 300,000 mark.
Matt Stout had already committed 15,500 chips to the pot when we got to the small blind and was facing a decision for a total of 51,000 from Patrick Serda, who was in the big blind. Stout called.
The flop came ![]()
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and Stout bet the pot. Serda quickly called to put himself at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
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Stout was ahead with two pair and Serda needed to improve to survive. The
turn and
river further improved Stout to a flush and he took the pot to send Serda to the rail.
Niveau: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
Players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Brian Rast raised to 4,000 in the hijack and he received a call from Abraham Reinhardt in the cutoff. Rast fired three shells on the ![]()
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board. Reinhardt called 5,000 on the flop and 11,000 on the turn but the 37,500-bet on the river was too much for him. He spent over a minute contemplating his decision and then gave up.
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, Eric Hicks checked from the big blind and Yevgeniy Timoshenko bet the pot from under the gun. Hicks check-raised all in, putting Timoshenko to a decision for his stack.
"Gotta put the pressure on, my friend. I've got a plane to catch," said Hicks as he moved his chips forward.
"I've got a plane to catch too," Timoshenko replied with a smile. "Well, this was my plan."
Timoshenko called to put himself at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
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Timoshenko had the best of it with his aces but Hicks had numerous ways to catch up. The
on the turn gave Hicks a lock on the pot with a flush and he took the chips to eliminate Timoshenko after the
fell on the river.
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, Ronald Keijzer led out 3,000 into 4,800 out of the big blind and Tony Cousineau potted for 13,800. Keijzer called and they continued to the
turn where Keijzer checked and called when Cousineau shoved for his last 7,000.
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The river was the
and Cousineau secured the double.
Anthony Zinno raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Martin Czuczor called from the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Czuczor check-called a bet of 4,000 from Zinno.
The
hit the turn and Czuczor checked. Zinno bet again, 15,000 this time, and after brief consideration, Czuczor folded and the dealer pushed the pot Zinno's way.
With about 55,000 in the pot, hijack Ivan Starostin checked the ![]()
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turn and his left-hand opponent Romain Lewis bet 22,000. Starostin paused for a moment and then placed in calling chips.
The river fell
and both players quickly tapped the felt. Starostin opened ![]()
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for just a pair of kings but it was enough to collect the pot as Lewis threw his cards into the muck.