Julien Cohen raised to 1,000 from the hijack seat to start the action on this one. The small blind reraised to 2,500 and Mark Ribeira called from the big blind before Cohen folded, leaving action heads up to the flop.
The small blind checked and Ribeira fired 6,000. After the small blind called, the fell on the turn. Another check came from the player in the small blind before Ribeira tossed out 12,000. After a couple minutes in the tank, the small blind folded and Ribeira won the pot.
Ribeira showed the and said, "When you're hot, you'e hot." He is hot and he's up to 121,000 now.
PokerStars Team Australia Pro Tony Hachem opened to 1,150 from early position and Kent Hunter called from the button to see a flop fall.
Hachem fired out a continuation-bet of 1,600 and Hunter made the call as the rolled off on the turn.
Hachem pushed out a bet of 2,500 with Hunter again making the call ad the dealer dropped the on the river.
Taking the more passive route of checking, Hachem was greeted with a 5,000-chip bet from Hunter, which after a few minutes, opted to respond with a fold.
As Hunter was pushed the pot to move to 35,000, Hachem slipped to 35,000 in chips.
The past few minutes haven't been the kindest to Jeffrey Lisandro as he has seen his stack reduced to a third of what it was at its peak.
After losing against , Lisandro opened the hijack to 1,200 and was three-bet by the button to 2,100.
The big blind smooth-called before Lisandro made it 11,200 total. The button shipped for 20,650, and once the big blind passed, Lisandro made the call.
Lisandro:
Opponent:
The board was spread to see Lisandro double his opponent up while slipping to 19,000 in chips.