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Vanessa Rousso raised to 5,000 preflop with and Ian Frazer called with the . The flop came down and Frazer moved to the lead. Both players checked.
The turn was the and Rousso check-called a bet of 8,000 from Frazer with just her ace high. She got lucky though when the river peeled the and both players now held a wheel.
Rousso check-called a bet of 10,000 from Frazer and the two chopped up the pot.
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Ian Frazer
Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun to 6,000 holding two tens. Ian Frazer called on the button with two sixes and then Roland De Wolfe called from the big blind with .
The flop came down and De Wolfe took the lead with top pair, top kicker. He fired 13,000 and Negreanu folded. Frazer made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The river paired the board with the . De Wolfe took his time before deciding on a bet of 36,000. Frazer wasn't going to be bluffed this time and made the call. But, De Wolfe showed him the best hand and Frazer mucked.
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On the final board of , Jc Tran fired a value bet of 11,000 holding the . Luke Schwartz went into the tank with the for bottom pair. He decided to look Tran up with his pair of twos, but saw the bad news when the cards were flipped up and Tran picked up more chips.
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Luke Schwartz
Luke Schwartz raised from under the gun with to 6,000. Ian Frazer called from the big blind with the .
The flop came down and Frazer improved to a pair of aces. He checked and Schwartz stayed on the gas pedal, betting 10,000. Frazer called.
The turn was the and Frazer checked again. Schwartz fired another bet with just king high for 24,000. Frazer made the call.
The river was the and Frazer checked once more. After some deliberating, Schwartz fired 52,000. Frazer went into the tank holding the best hand. He took his time and then decided that he must be beat, folding his pair of aces. Schwartz didn't show the bluff and improved back over his starting stack.
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Vanessa Rousso raised to 5,000 preflop with . Roland De Wolfe called from the button with . The flop came down and both players checked.
The river was the and commentator Phil Hellmuth said that Rousso had to bet here and that, "She'll probably bet something like 6,000." Just as he said that, Rousso fired 6,000 and won the hand.
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JC Tran
The defending champion of this event is JC Tran. After Phil Laak raised to 6,000 from the cutoff with , Tran called on the button with and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the big blind with .
The flop came down and Laak and Tran picked up a pair apiece. Action checked to Tran and he bet 8,000. Timoshenko folded and Laak called with his second pair.
After the turn fell the , Laak check-folded to a bet of 19,000 from Tran and the defending champ picked up an early pot.
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Out in the production truck, we have access to the hole cards for every hand. On the very first hand, Vanessa Rousso folded from under the gun and then Luke Schwartz folded an ace from late position. JC Tran got a walk in the big blind.
and Ian Frazer called with the 
. The flop came down 
and Frazer moved to the lead. Both players checked.
and Rousso check-called a bet of 8,000 from Frazer with just her ace high. She got lucky though when the river peeled the 
and both players now held a wheel.
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and De Wolfe took the lead with top pair, top kicker. He fired 13,000 and Negreanu folded. Frazer made the call.
, Jc Tran fired a value bet of 11,000 holding the 
. Luke Schwartz went into the tank with the 
for bottom pair. He decided to look Tran up with his pair of twos, but saw the bad news when the cards were flipped up and Tran picked up more chips.
to 6,000. Ian Frazer called from the big blind with the 
.
and Frazer checked once more. After some deliberating, Schwartz fired 52,000. Frazer went into the tank holding the best hand. He took his time and then decided that he must be beat, folding his pair of aces. Schwartz didn't show the bluff and improved back over his starting stack.
and Timoshenko fired a continuation bet of 9,000. Schwartz folded and dropped to 250,000 chips.
. Roland De Wolfe called from the button with 
and commentator Phil Hellmuth said that Rousso had to bet here and that, "She'll probably bet something like 6,000." Just as he said that, Rousso fired 6,000 and won the hand.
and Laak held 
and Laak was in the lead with an overpair of tens. De Wolfe checked and Laak checked behind.
and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the big blind with 
from under the gun and then Luke Schwartz folded an ace from late position. JC Tran got a walk in the big blind.
