Tim "LuckyShades" Horan raised to 275 from under the gun and was called by the button player. The big blind also called and the flop came down . The big blind fired 500 and only Horan made the call.
The turn card was the and both players checked to see the hit the felt on the river. The big blind checked and Horan bet 725. His opponent called and showed . Horan held and raked in the pot.
Catching up with the action on the flop of , Ali Khalil bet 550. Aytunc Tezay told Khalil, "I'm only going to send you this message one time." before min-raising to 1,100. Khalil made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked. After the river completed the board with the , Khalil bet 2,000. Tezay made the call and Khalil showed for a full house. Tezay mucked.
James Broom held pocket jacks -- -- on a board of when he found all of his chips in the middle, about 11,000 total. His opponent made the call with a pair and a straight draw holding the .
Broom dodged the outs when the hit the river and doubled back to 22,000.
Ali Khalil must want a job reporting for PokerNews.com. He typed a recent hand into a notepad on his phone and handed it to us. Here's what happened. This happened in the first level.
Khalil raised to 400 preflop and got two callers: Aytunc Tezay and Dave Lee. The three players then took a flop of . Lee checked and Khalil fired 600. Tezay called and Lee folded.
The turn brought the to the board. Khalil bet 1,100 and Tezay raised to 2,400. Khalil then made the 5,225. Tezay folded and Khalil showed , playing the player not the cards.
With a sizable pot on the river, the board read . Peter Eastgate fired a pot-sized 10,100, leaving himself with about 6,000 behind. His opponent and Team PokerStars Asia Pro Raymund Wu folded, moving Eastgate back up to around 27,000 chips.
On a flop, Philip Dorrington in the small blind led out for 4,500. Roy Vandersluis bumped it up to 9,000.
The turn card prompted a check from both players.
When the fell on the river, Dorrington tossed out three yellow, 5K chips sending Vandersluis into the tank. Dorrington seemed to egg-on the veteran, telling him "I know you're afraid I'll show you a bluff." Finally, Vandersluis folded and Dorrington sloppily mucked, allowing the being revealed.
Vandersluis was left with about 20,000 after the hand and Dorrington up to about 40,000.