2021 World Series of Poker
With about 12,000 in the pot and four players seeing the ![]()
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flop, Stephen Buell bet 6,000 in early position and only Samuel Blankenship continued in middle position.
The
came on the turn and all of Blankenship's 27,900 remaining chips found their way into the middle against Buell.
Samuel Blankenship: ![]()
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Blankenship was facing a cooler with kings against aces, but he spiked the turn to make a set and flip the cooler around. The
completed the board to confirm Blankenship's double as he scooped the pot.
Vanessa Alvarez Mejias raised to 800 from middle position and only the cutoff made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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and Mejias continued for 1,300, which the cutoff called.
The
hit the turn and Mejias check-called a bet of 3,700 from her opponent.
On the
river, both players checked and Mejias tabled ![]()
before her opponents cards hit the muck.
The action was picked up on the board ![]()
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with a pot containing around 18,000. Liya Gerasimova sent a bet worth 11,000 into the middle and her opponent went deep into the tank.
After a few minutes, the latter ended up folding and Gerasimova, who counts two WSOP final tables in her career, took down the pot.
With some 8,000 in the middle and the flop showing ![]()
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, Gregory Robbins checked out of the small blind. Selahaddin Bedir made it 4,400 to go on the button and Robbins then check-raised to 10,000.
Bedir leaned out of his chair to see the stack size of his opponent as he was on the other side of the dealer. He then shook his head and sent the cards into the muck. "Ace jack?" he inquired but Robbins pushed his cards into the muck without showing them and raked in the pot.
Several GG Poker qualifiers are building healthy stacks, including Nana Sanechika, who is among the day's early chip leaders.
A player from early position raised to 800, both the button and small blind called before Bill Klein three-bet to 3,300 from the big blind.
The initial raiser folded while both the button and small blind called, bringing action three-ways to the ![]()
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flop.
Action was checked to Klein who continued for 2,700 and only the button called to see the
fall on the turn.
Klein checked and his opponent fired out 10,000. Klein quickly raised all in, his opponent mucked giving him the pot and Klein showed ![]()
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The board already showed ![]()
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when Sebastian Pauli bet 2,100 and his opponent called. A
came on the river and both players checked. Pauli tabled ![]()
for a pair of queens and it was enough to claim the pot and make his opponent muck his cards.