We picked up the action on the flop as the dealer spread out . From the small blind, Vanessa Rousso checked to the raiser, and her opponent put out 12,000 as his bet. Rousso called.
The appeared on fourth street, and Rousso checked again, allowing her opponent to fire another 15,000 at the pot. After a couple minutes of consideration, Rousso asked how much her opponent had behind (about 120,000) before clicking it back to 30,000 total. Her opponent quickly called, and the river drew checks from both players.
The player in position showed for aces up, and Rousso mucked her way down to about 180,000.
Lee Markholt opened to 4,800 on the button and Jeff Madsen re-raised all in for 18,300 from the small blind. After the big blind folded, Markholt called with . He trailed Madsen's , but took down the pot when the board came down .
From under the gun, Jeff Papola raised to 4,000. Action moved all the way over to Ronnie Bardah on the button and he made the call. Ludovic Lachance called from the small blind and Steve Happas called from the big blind.
The flop came down all spades with the . Lachance and Happas checked to Papola, the original preflop raiser. He also checked. Bardah was last to act and reached for chips. He bet 5,800. One by one, each of his opponents folded and Bardah won the pot.
Jim Collopy got the last of stack in with pocket threes and was facing Adam Geyer's . The board ran out as Geyer spiked the river ace to score the elimination.
When we walked up to the table, There was a flop on board and about 22,000 chips in the pot. The player on the button had 8,500 chips out in front of him, and George Lind III had 20,000 out in front of him. We're not sure if it was check-raise or bet-raise from Lind, but either way, his opponent shoved on him to put him to the decision for his remaining stack of about 40,000. After some time, Lind III plunked his stack into the pot to put himself at risk.
The button turned over , and Lind III said, "I should have called." That's easy to say when your opponent flops a straight, and the of Lind III was in awful shape. "I'm stubborn, Lind III added as the dealer sealed his fate with the turn . The river was meaningless, and the member of Team PokerStars Online has been biked.
A player in middle position opened to 3,200, and Victor Ramdin three-bet him to 8,600 on the button. The initial raiser considered for a moment before four-betting to 22,000 straight, and Ramdin immediately made the call to see the flop.
It brought and a check from the aggressor, and Ramdin took his cue to bet 25,000 at the pot. His opponent eventually called, and the landed on the river. When the first player checked a second time, Ramdin announced an all in for just over 100,000. His opponent had just about the same stack size, and he thought it over for about five minutes before surrendering with a frown.
"Wow!" Ramdin got giddy. "That's my first bluff all day." He exposed his , but his other card will remain a mystery as the Team PokerStars Pro stacks that pot to move over the 200,000-chip mark.