That was fast. Only a few minutes after moving to a new seat, John Juanda is moving again - this time to the rail. Jamie Perkins checked a flop, and Juanda bet 850. Perkins called, then checked again when the put a second flush draw out there. Juanda bet 2,500. In response, Perkins raised to 6,500, exactly enough to put Juanda all in. He called with for top pair top kicker, but he was already drawing dead to Perkins' set of fives. The river improved Perkins to a full house and ended Juanda's main event. Perhaps that means we'll see him again at today's session of the Million Dollar Cash Game which starts in 30 minutes.
With roughly 1,800 in the pot and the board reading , Sam Trickett lead out from the big blind for 1,500.
His opponent min-raised to 3,000 only to have Trickett move all in for 10,425. His opponent made the call and the $100,000 Challenge winner was put at risk.
Trickett:
Opponent:
With Trickett holding a firm lock on the hand - so firm that he could at worse chop - the river of the saw Trickett improve to a full house to double through to over 22,000 in chips.
Winfred Yu raised to 550 and two players called including Joe Serock from the big blind. The flop came down and Serock checked. Yu bet 1,050 and the next player called. Serock check-raised to 4,000 and Yu called. The other player folded.
The turn brought the and both players checked. They also checked after the fell on the river. Serock tabled the for a pair of aces and Yu mucked his hand.
John Juanda has just been moved to sit next to his friends from the cash game. Yesterday at the Million Dollar Cash Game they sat:
Seat 1: Wang Qiang
Seat 2: John Juanda
Seat 3: Paul Phua
Today, they are arranged:
Seat 7: John Juanda
Seat 8: Paul Phua
Seat 9: Wang Qiang
In the first hand after Juanda sat down, Phua and Qiang ended up heads up to the flop. Phua checked, and Qiang checked behind. Same on turn. The dealer cautioned them to stick to English at the table. Qiang mucked as soon as the river came out, and Phua showed as he took the small pot.
With the board reading , Nali Kaselias checked to Peter Aristidou. He fired 1,650 and Kaselias, winner of the 2008 PokerNews Cup Main Event, made the call.
The river card completed the board with the . With two ducks on board, Kaselias checked to Aristidou once again. Aristidou wasn't about to let this one go to showdown for cheap and bet 4,500. Kaselias tanked for a couple minutes and looked pained by the decision. Eventually, he gave it up and Aristidou won the pot.
Aristidou increased to 29,000 while Kaselias dropped to 21,000.
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Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Melanie Weisner raised to 525 from under the gun. The hijack seat and cutoff seat both called before action moved over to Karim Jomeen in the big blind. He checked his hand and then tossed in the call.
The four players saw the flop come down with 2,200 in the middle. Action checked through Jomeen and Weisner to the hijack seat and he bet 800. The cutoff folded and Jomeen made the call. Although Weisner was the one who started the action with a preflop raise, she folded as well.
The turn brought the and Jomeen checked. His opponent bet 1,500 from the hijack seat and Jomeen put in a raise to 5,200. The player made the call.
The fell on the river and Jomeen paused for a minute or so before moving all in. His total bet was worth 7,075 and he got called.
Jomeen tabled the for a turned straight that had ended up with a flush on the river. His opponent showed the and then tossed his hand into the muck.