Facing an early position raise, Daniel Negreanu made the call and took a flop of . Negreanu checked and his opponent bet. Negreanu put in the check-raise and his opponent called.
The turn was the and Negreanu tossed out a bet with his opponent making the call. The completed the board and Negreanu fired again. This time he was met with a raise but Negreanu didn't slow down as he made it three bets. His opponent decided to give it up and Negreanu collected a nice pot without showdown. He's up to 12,300.
If only it was no limit. That's what must be going through the head of Annie Duke right now, as she just collected a pot in the classic hold'em cooler of aces versus kings. Of course in limit, Duke couldn't get her opponent's entire stack, but was able to chip up none the less.
The action was raised and re-raised preflop before the was spread in the middle. Duke raised her opponent's bet and he made the call. The turn was the and action checked to Duke who fired again. Her opponent called and the hit the river. Again it was check, bet, call as Duke showed down to narrowly better her opponent's .
Barry Greenstein raised it up from late position and found a caller in the big blind. They took a flop of and the big blind checked it over to Greenstein who followed up with a continuation bet. His opponent made the call.
The turn was the and again the action went check, bet, call, before both players checked down the river.
Greenstein tabled for a pair of nines which was good enough to collect the chips and move up to 10,300.
We didn't catch the betting action before seventh street where Isabelle Mercier threw out a bet and her opponent made the call.
Mercier: -X
Opponent:
The order of the cards was unknown but the result was clear. Mercier had made a sixty-four low which was good against her opponent's seventy-five. Mercier chips up to 10,500.
In a pot that was four-bet preflop by three players, Ylon Schwartz led the betting on all streets with one opponent calling him down to a showdown. The board read and Schwartz tabled for a rivered set which was good for a scoop. He's up to 10,800.
Catching the action on fifth street, Barry Greenstein fired out a bet before his opponent raised. Greenstein called, and then called again on sixth before he raised his opponent's bet on the river.
Greenstein: ()
Opponent: ()
Greenstein showed trip kings but his opponent had the straight to take it down. Greenstein slips to 7,700.
The players have started a little slowly, as to be expected in a limit H.O.R.S.E. event. They'll now be taking a twenty-minute break, and when they return the blinds will start to kick up and so will the action!
The players are back on their saddles and away we go! The whispers in the hallways are that some late arrivals are expected from Chris Ferguson and Joe Hachem, while according to his twitter, Phil Hellmuth is expected to make a Hellmuthian arrival sometime soon.
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. Negreanu checked and his opponent bet. Negreanu put in the check-raise and his opponent called.
and Negreanu tossed out a bet with his opponent making the call. The 
completed the board and Negreanu fired again. This time he was met with a raise but Negreanu didn't slow down as he made it three bets. His opponent decided to give it up and Negreanu collected a nice pot without showdown. He's up to 12,300.
was spread in the middle. Duke raised her opponent's bet and he made the call. The turn was the 
and action checked to Duke who fired again. Her opponent called and the 
hit the river. Again it was check, bet, call as Duke showed down 
to narrowly better her opponent's 
.
and the big blind checked it over to Greenstein who followed up with a continuation bet. His opponent made the call.
and again the action went check, bet, call, before both players checked down the 
river.
-X
and Schwartz tabled 
for a rivered set which was good for a scoop. He's up to 10,800.
