Catching the action on a board of and the pot at around 9,825, we found Juicy Li betting out 4,125 into two players.
One of those was "Furniture" John Apostolidis on the button and he made the call as the third player folded.
The river landed the and following a Li check in the cutoff, Apostolidis tossed in a yellow 5,000-denomination chip as Li went into the tank for several minutes before eventually making the call.
Apostolidis tabled his for a rivered flush and Li mucked disgustedly while slipping to 16,600 as Apostolidis moved to 43,500 in chips.
A few more players have now taken their seats with Team PokerStars Pros Eugene Katchalov and Bryan Huang now joining Vivian Im and Naoya Kihara in the field.
Following a raise to 250 and a call, Tom Rafferty three-bet the big blind to 850. The preflop raiser pushed out a four-bet amounting to 2,150 as the player in the middle passed.
Rafferty paused for a few moments before making the call as both players checked the flop before the dealer dropped the on the turn.
Rafferty fired out a bet of 1,700 which was swiftly called before the on the river was met with a Rafferty bet of 3,700. A few moments went by and Rafferty's opponent made the call tabling his to best Rafferty's as the Australian slipped to just under 23,000 in chips.
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and the pot at around 9,825, we found Juicy Li betting out 4,125 into two players.
and following a Li check in the cutoff, Apostolidis tossed in a yellow 5,000-denomination chip as Li went into the tank for several minutes before eventually making the call.
for a rivered flush and Li mucked disgustedly while slipping to 16,600 as Apostolidis moved to 43,500 in chips.
on the turn.
on the river was met with a Rafferty bet of 3,700. A few moments went by and Rafferty's opponent made the call tabling his 
to best Rafferty's 
as the Australian slipped to just under 23,000 in chips.
