Patrick Leonard picked up three big pairs in a row but it wasn't third times a charm. Leonard had against Pablo Fernandez' for a 55,000 pot but the board came and Leonard was knocked back down to just above his starting stack.
On the turn of a board, Rhys Jones fired a 5,000 bet against Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree and was called. The river was the and Jones continued with a 6,600 bet. Boeree briefly thought for a minute then made the call and Jones was forced to show , Boeree flipped , a straight that had improved to a flush on the river.
Niall Farrell opened for 8,000 and got a call from Joni Jouhkimainen sat next to him. Martin Finger was in the small blind and he squeezed for 3,500. Farrell then made it 7,800 and Jouhkimainen moved al in for 22,000 total.
Back to Martin Finger who took a few moments to make his mind up, but he decided to throw in his cards. Farrell got a count and then sigh called but had to chuckle as he turned over his and saw Jouhkimainen’s .
Farrell cried out, “Free roll.” on the turn of a board which finished but they did, as Farrell put if, “Chop up Martin’s ace eight of hearts money.”
Finger laughed and said he had folded ace-king, patting himself on the back.
David Peters and Patrick Leonard had got to the river of a board reading .
Leonard bet 2,200 but Peters put out a raise to 8,000. Leonard hunched over the board trying to decide what to do, then declared that he really liked his hand and made the call. He liked it a lot less when Peter’s showed him his two pair and mucked his hand.