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Gavin Smith from an earlier $1,500 No-Limit event
From late position, Gavin Smith limped in. The cutoff, button, and small blind also limped. The big blind raised to 500 and all the four limpers called
The flop came down . The small blind checked, the big blind bet 700. Smith called while the cutoff, button, and small blind folded. The players were heads up to the turn.
The turn was the and the big blind bet 700 again. Smith called.
The river was the and the big blind upped his bet to 1,300 on the final card. Smith made the call.
The big blind showed and Smith showed for three kings and the winning hand. He is now up to 26,000.
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T6 Poker's Tino Lechich, playing in Event #41
The cutoff opened for 300, Craig Gray called from the button and Tino Lechich called from the small blind. The flop was . Lechich checked, the cutoff checked, Gray bet 700, Lechich called and the cutoff folded. The turn was the . Lechich checked again, Gray fired out 1,800 and Lechich called. The river was the and both players checked.
Gray turned up , besting Lechich's and dragged the pot, increasing his stack to 27,500.
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John Gale - Eliminated
John Gale raised to 300 from under the gun. Action folded around to Svetlana Gromenkova in the small blind and she made the call.
It was heads up to the flop of . Gromenkova check-called Gale's bet of 500. The turn came the and Gromenkova checked again. Gale fired 1,500 and Gromenkova raised to 5,500. Gale moved all in and Gromenkova quickly called. The players showed:
Gromenkova:
Gale:
The river was the and Gromenkova's boat was best. John Gale headed for the rail while Svetlana stacked the pot. After the hand she sits on a stack of just shy of 50,000 chips.
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Wahlroos in Event #43: Pot Limit Omaha
Thomas Wahlroos raises to 300 in early position and the big blind calls.
The flop is and the big blind checks. Wahlroos bets 450 and the big blind calls.
The turn is and the big blind leads olut for 1,650. Wahlroos calls.
The river is and the big blind fires 2,500. Wahlroos calls. The big blind turns over , but Wahlroos has and takes down a nice pot. He's sitting on 43,000.
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Raymond Rahme and one opponent were in a pot that went to the river. At showdown, the board read . Rahme's opponent opened and "queens and eights" was called. Rahme put his cards face down on the table and started sliding them towards the dealer. Just as the dealer took them and put them into the muck, Rahme grabbed one of the cards back and opened it, revealing an eight. He protested that he had trip eights and that the pot was rightfully his.
The dealer told him he couldn't win the pot with only one live card, and with his other card in the muck, there was nothing to be done but award the pot to Rahme's opponent. A floor was called, who made the same ruling. A second floor was called, and then an upper-level floor was also summoned to the table. Rahme has been vociferous in his objection that the pot should be his, but we suspect he is going to lose this argument.
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Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander and his opponent got it all in on a flop of . Alexander revealed in the hole for top set, while his opponent was looking for a miracle with .
"I didn't think you'd call me!" exclaimed Alexander as the dealer burned and turned the . The river was the and Alexander got an early double-up to 37,550.
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Luis Velador, Playing in Event #32 where he won his first WSOP bracelet
All the money went in on the turn with the board reading . Luis Velador turned up for a set, while his opponent was drawing dead with the . The river was the and Velador raked in the pot with his full house, increasing his stack to 47,500.
. Jason Gray checked, Ray Romano bet 1,000, and Gray called.
. Gray checked, and Romano checked behind. Gray turned over 
for trip eights, but Romano had 
for threes full and took the pot.![[user42991]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, Caby's opponent bet out 500, and Caby called.
, Caby's opponent bet out 1,000 and Caby called.
, Caby's opponent checked and Caby checked as well.
for a pair of kings and his opponent showed 
. 
. The small blind checked, the big blind bet 700. Smith called while the cutoff, button, and small blind folded. The players were heads up to the turn.
and the big blind bet 700 again. Smith called.
and the big blind upped his bet to 1,300 on the final card. Smith made the call.
and both players checked. 
, besting Lechich's 
and dragged the pot, increasing his stack to 27,500.
. Gromenkova check-called Gale's bet of 500. The turn came the 
and Gromenkova checked again. Gale fired 1,500 and Gromenkova raised to 5,500. Gale moved all in and Gromenkova quickly called. The players showed:
and "queens and eights" was called. Rahme put his cards face down on the table and started sliding them towards the dealer. Just as the dealer took them and put them into the muck, Rahme grabbed one of the cards back and opened it, revealing an eight. He protested that he had trip eights and that the pot was rightfully his.
. Luis Velador turned up 