The player in the hijack moved all in for 7,400, the player in the small blind called, and Kevin Eyster reraised in the big blind to isolate. The small blind got out of the way.
Hijack: K♠10♥ 
Kevin Eyster: A♠K♥
The board ran out Q♥6♠7♦Q♠2♥ and Eyster sent his opponent packing.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
72,000
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72,000 |
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Action was caught on the flop of 10♠10♦2♠, in a hand between Justin Bonomo, who was under the gun, and the player in the big blind.
The big blind check-called a bet of 5,000 from Bonomo, bringing the 6♦ turn. The big blind checked and Bonomo bet again, this time for 13,000.
The big blind thought for a moment before tossing his cards into the muck.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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Adrian Mateos raised to 1,300 from the cutoff and was called by a player in the small blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 2♠8♥J♦, the small blind checked and Mateos bet 2,000. The small blind then raised to 6,500 and Mateos called.
Action checked through on the A♦ turn card.
The river was the 7♥, the small blind bet 24,400. After some thought and the signature Mateos stare down the Spaniard wagered enough to put the small blind all in, the small blind folded and Mateos added a boost to his stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
151,000
84,500
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84,500 |
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Action was picked up on a 3♥J♣A♠9♣ board with 23,000 in the middle.
The small blind fired 11,100 into the middle before Martin Pineiro moved all in for 39,200 from the small blind. His opponent called and saw the bad news.
Martin Pineiro: J♥J♦
Small Blind: 3♠3♣
Thr river 2♠ rolled off completing the full double up for Pineiro and he chipped up to over 100,000.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
105,600 |
Action was picked up on a 7♠7♣Q♥ flop with 4,000 in the middle.
John Gravanga from the cutoff before the button raised to 4,000. Gravanga called.
The 2♦ turn rolled off and the button fired 11,000. Gravanga called once again.
The button fired 58,000 on the 5♦ river, forcing Gravanga all in and he quickly called.
Gravanga tabled Q♣Q♦ for the second nuts and it was good against the button's 2♥2♣.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
142,000
29,600
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29,600 |
Chris Hunichen raised to 1,800 under the gun and Anatoly Nikitin defended from the big blind.
The 3♠9♠9♦ flop went check-check, as did the 4♥ turn. On the Xx river, Nikitin bet 1,200 and Hunichen called, pushing his chips towards Nikitin before tabling his hand.
Nikitin turned over A♣J♥ for ace-jack high and Hunichen showed A♠10♠ for ace-ten high.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
77,000
77,000
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77,000 |
|
23,000
23,000
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23,000 |
Theo Arnoldi raised to 1,800 from the button, the big blind then three-bet to 9,200 before Arnoldi four-bet to 20,000. The big blind made the call.
The dealer fanned a flop of 6♠5♣5♦ the big blind checked, Arnoldi bet 12,000 and the big blind called.
The turn was the 8♠, the big blind checked again, this time Arnoldi bet 16,000. After some deliberation the big blind mucked his hand.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 |
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Clemen Deng opened the action with a raise to 1,800 from the button. Adam Hendrix three-bet to 9,500 from the big blind and Deng made the call.
Hendrix continued small for 2,200 on 4♥A♥9♦ and Deng called.
The turn 7♦ rolled off and Hendrix wagered 4,500. Deng moved all in for 17,600 and after a couple minutes in the tank, Hendrix mucked.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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56,200 | |
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54,800 |
A player in middle position raised to 1,600, Pierre Calamusa then three-bet to 6,000 from the small blind. The big blind four-bet to 10,400 the middle position player folded and Calamusa called.
The flop came 9♣9♠8♣, Calamusa checked, the big blind bet 4,000 and Calamusa called.
The turn was the 10♣, Calamusa once again checked and was met with a bet of 11,000, which he called.
The river was the J♣, Calamusa checked, the big blind went all in and was at risk. Calamusa snap called.
Big Blind: K♦J♦
Pierre Calamusa: 10♦10♠
Calamusa dragged in a nice sized pot with his full house as his chips have been moving in the right direction.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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235,000
91,800
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91,800 |
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